MEDIA RELEASE: First Asian Winner as Sydney Moves into Top 10 of 500 Cities in 11th Annual Innovation Ranking


Tokyo Wins, Sydney Moves into Top 10 of Cities for Innovation Globally Ahead of Melbourne for First Time in 11 Years

CITIES BECOME SMARTER AS TECH SOLVES CITY PROBLEMS OF 2 GLOBE-SHAKING TRENDS – 2thinknow

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2thinknow // MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – Sydney moved in the top 10 of the world’s most innovative cities for the first time since rankings started in 2007.

In tenth place, Sydney was also the first Australian city in the top ten and marked the first time three cities in the top ten had been in the Asia region. Melbourne moved up nine places to 16th, with a reinvigorated tech sector and government infrastructure projects supporting the Victorian innovation eco-system according to the analysts.

The overall winner was Tokyo, the first time an Asian city won the city rankings. The top five cities of the Innovation Cities Index included previous winners London (won 2015, 2017), Silicon Valley (San Francisco-San Jose) and New York, followed by Los Angeles. Singapore rose one place behind previous early double winner Boston, Toronto, Paris and Sydney rounding out the global top ten.

“What really surprised us this year, was the resurgence of Tokyo, moving up to eclipse rival cities like Boston. They showed clear direction by embracing smart technology change to lead innovation, and leadership in what we have identified as the twin long-term globe shaking trends of robotics and 3D manufacturing.” said Christopher Hire, director of commercial data provider 2thinknow, which publishes the annual ranking.

According to the analysts Tokyo's gradual climb was also based off strong baseline performance average across the broad-base of 162 city indicators used to score the cities, and a focus on applied technology as a unique solution to current urban opportunities and challenges.

Behind the rankings is the analysis that cities with higher rates of innovation will experience higher economic output and be perceived as the best destinations to invest in commercial product, service or social innovation.

“This year innovation is likely to come from large cities as usual, but we found on a population-adjusted basis many small cities are punching above their weight. It’s the year of big cities with physical networks and small cities with digital networks, going global,” said Hire in a statement.

INNOVATION IN ANZAC CITIES

In positive news for Adelaide (163), the city rose 14 places. Brisbane cemented the city’s leadership as the areas third major city, now in 54th place ahead of Auckland (96). Regional capitals of Newcastle (up 27 places) and Wollongong (up 38 places) also moved up based on recent community efforts to boost the cities and strengthened university performance (alongside Brisbane).

Hobart’s startup and arts scene and resultant increased economic activity caused it to move up twenty places, with broadband mitigating some of the effects of the distance of the capital from global cities.

New Zealand’s Wellington (96, up 8 places) moved up off strong environmental and cultural performances to challenge Auckland (down 7 places), partly attributed to rising business costs. Both Queenstown and Christchurch moved up and began recovering.

The Innovation Cities Index has been published annually since 2007 by commercial data provider 2thinknow to measure each cities pre-conditions for innovation using 162 indicators based on commercial data sold to corporations.

CLASSIFYING CITIES GLOBALLY

The city ranking classified five hundred cities into four bands for innovation based on trend-adjusted scores derived from 162 indicators annually benchmarked and reduced to three factor scores for measuring conditions conducive to creating a process of innovation in a city.

The top band was ‘Nexus’ cities of which there were 52 cities (approximately top 10%). There were 120 cities in the next ‘Hub’ category (about 25%). 256 cities (or about 50% of cities considered) were in the next globally competitive ‘Node’ category, this year.

According to the research model ‘Nexus’ cities remain the optimal locations for innovation of a general nature, and Hub cities remain optimal for innovation in a few key industry segments.

After the classification process, the cities are ranked by the analysts.

TOP GLOBAL ‘NEXUS’ CITIES

As in 2017, nine of the top Nexus cities remained in Asia, including Seoul (12), Hong Kong (27), Shanghai (35) now topping Beijing (37) and Osaka (45).

In North America, there were 23 Nexus cities compared with 19 last year, indicating renewed United States and Canadian cities dominance of innovation. Cities that improved dramatically in the ranking included Chicago (11), Dallas-Fort Worth (13), Seattle (15), Houston (17), Austin (29), Denver (31) and Philadelphia (32) due to favorable trends and improved economic development.

The last time the Index was compiled in 2016-2017 was based on Obama era data, and while overall scores had declined just over one percentage point, United States cities showed higher scores on average across all cities.

In Europe there were 19 Nexus cities, reversed from 24 cities last year due to declined economic conditions providing a slower market rate of adoption of innovations according to the analysts. There were fewer rising cities in Europe, but some included Berlin (13), Oslo (36) and Rome (47).

Last year’s high-ranked European capitals that fell but retained high positions Amsterdam (18), Vienna (19), Munich (21), Barcelona (30), Madrid (38), Copenhagen (39) and Milan (40). According to the analysts, this was due to less favorable trends and distractions from a local policy focus on economic development and innovation during the period.

Dubai (33) remained the only Emerging Nexus city, although Tel Aviv remain highly ranked (44) competitor in the Mid-East region, with the next regional city being Abu Dhabi (69), trailed by Kuwait City (268) and Doha (294).

Africa’s top innovator remained Cape Town (265) and Johannesburg (380) although both cities declined due to the economic implications of recent policies.

REGION – ASIA & OCEANIA

ASIAN INNOVATION SPIKY

The total number of top hundred cities in Asia fell by one to 18 from 19, due to Perth (now 105) and Guangzhou (113) being jumped by newcomer Wellington.

Overall top hundred cities in Asia region improved by an average of three places, and five places in the top 35% of all cities. Analysts attributed to a ‘spike’ factor of wealth concentration in Asian society, reflecting a greater concentration of innovation to fewer locations in Asia, compared with the greater distribution more equitably within European society. In practice, this means location matters more in starting new ideas in Asia than Europe or the United States.

Beyond Nexus cities, other key Hub cities in Asia region included Brisbane, Shenzhen (55), Taipei (60), Kyoto (64), Busan (68) and Kuala Lumpur (99).

Major Chinese cities held steady in the Index overall with the most notable rises being in the two Nexus cities of Hong Kong (up 8 places) and Shenzhen (up 14 places). Other notable changes included Suzhou (up 42 places) and cities such as Fuzhou, Ningbo and the island of Macau improving significantly.

Australian cities improved on average eleven places relative to competing cities, which is the same as the overall improvement in Chinese cities. The analysts noted that improvement in the top hundred cities was harder than improvement outside the top hundred due to increased competition amongst changed trends in the top twenty percent globally.

In Australia, more overlooked regional and smaller capital cities marched upwards such as Canberra (152), Adelaide (163), Gold Coast (198), Wollongong (262, up 38 places), Hobart (264, up 20 places) and Newcastle (up 27 places to 309) because of broadband access to global services.

The top Indian cities for innovation were Mumbai (92) and Bangalore (139), with Delhi at (199).

REGION - AMERICAS

SILICON VALLEY STORY OF SATELLITE CITIES

In the United States, Los Angeles and a series of Bay Area satellite cities such as San Diego (23), Portland (41), Oakland (up 12 places to 43), Sacramento (up 21 places to 59) and Santa-Ana-Anaheim (up 37 places) reinforced their destination attractiveness to tech companies priced out of the San Francisco Bay Area in the analysis.

Oakland was noted as especially significant, having capitalized on the success of being in the Bay Area while having a distinct city program and overcome past economic issues.

NORTH AMERICA TECH RESURGENCE

North American cities were represented in the top hundred cities with 37 cities in the United States, 5 in Canada and Mexico City (73) being the new winner in Latin America, replacing Sao Paulo and Rio De Janeiro. This left 43 cities within the top 100 in the NAFTA Zone.

Larger Canadian cities continued their top rankings with few changes including Montréal (22), Vancouver (25) and Québec City (58) due to higher costs.

Lower business costs and improved innovation policies lead Ottawa (126), Halifax (202) and Hamilton (205) to achieve above average positions relative to their smaller populations with potential to improve in future years.

Outside the top hundred innovation efforts by cities like Detroit’s (80) neighboring small city Ann Arbor (up 51 places to 114) and Des Moines in Iowa (up 26 places) could be seen in their movements. The analysts noted the start-up and tech scenes appearing in American cities as providing “strong grass roots of opportunity positivity in the U.S. economy”.

A lot of this was noted as due to the movement of new product ideas “as a service” e.g. SAAS (Software as A Service), FAAS (Fashion as A Service) or MAAS (Mobility as A Service) enabling new ways of monetizing undervalued assets in the digital economy.

LATIN TECH TANGO CHALLENGE

The top 10 Latin American cities moved up an average of 11 places each, showing that Latin American capitals were challenging and growing distinct identities from cities of the United States. The fastest movers were Bogota (up 46 places) and Santiago (up 23 places) off improved start-up and more stable business policies.

REGION - EUROPE

BREXIT WEAKENS EUROPE NOT UK

Because the Index factored in economic performance, Europe scored fewer cities than usual with 35 in the top hundred but with improved performance by Stockholm (28), Oslo (36), recovering Athens (62) and Lisbon (rising 17 places to 90).

Strong mobility solutions (such as an embedded fast rail network) were noted as a key performance differentiator enabling European cities to maintain a strong performance across the data-set. Sustainability performance also played a big part in European cities strong performance when smaller populations are accounted for.

The number of cities reduced further to 27 for Continental Europe, once the four Brexit cities of London, Manchester (34, up 11 places), Edinburgh (89) and Glasgow (95) and four other non-continental cities are excluded – Tel Aviv (44), Istanbul (53), Moscow (48) and Saint Petersburg (93).

Outside the top 100 often-overlooked Liverpool (up 22 places to 129) and Leeds (up 13 places to 150) proved that London’s recent last few years of innovation success had now begun transferring to other cities in the United Kingdom.

The European Union had 25% of the cities in the top hundred once Helsinki and Zürich are excluded (not European Union members).

ANALYST FUTURE PREDICTIONS - RECOVERY WHERE NEXT

“Our index is often a lead index – in 2009, we predicted the resilience of German cities, events in Ukraine, and the GFC, as we last year correctly predicting the ongoing recovery of Athens based on the Index. Cities that do well in our index can go on to be recognized in other indexes. This year we are predicting that Thessaloniki will continue to recover rapidly having risen 71 places.”

“We also predict that French cities have hit bottom based on their current scores and should rebound in 18-24 months. German cities have declined this year but may improve in 2-3 years, less with significant policy change.”

“If the United States avoids any damaging conflicts, U.S. cities should continue to grow, and an economic turnaround in Europe is already under way. Asian cities will continue to be less numerically represented but greater power will be concentrated into a few key Asian centers,” Hire ended.

BACKGROUND

All indexes are published on www.innovation-cities.com/indexes along with further resources. All data in the Index can be purchased. The publisher and creator of the city ranking is 2thinknow, a private business established in Melbourne in 2006 from research started in Vienna in 2005.

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Background & About 2thinknow

Over 75% of cities, with a population of over one million residents monitor the Innovation Cities Index results, and many major entities such as Samsung, PWC, Brookings Institution, UN-Habitat and Jones Lang LaSalle use the Index results to assess broad-based city innovation.

2thinknow supplies raw data to Fortune 500 corporations and leading management consultants to assist them with making key business decisions.

Melbourne based company 2thinknow was started in 2006 as a commercial data provider and training organization, who have modeled the innovation process based on city data. 2thinknow is the world’s first innovation agency established in Melbourne in 2006. The Innovation Cities Program by 2thinknow commenced in 2007 from 2005 research. 2thinknow develops innovative data collection and analysis techniques based on sector innovation by city location. 2thinknow.com

2thinknow delivers City Benchmarking Data, analyst reports, the Innovation Course and other innovation services to city, business and government clients. See 2thinknow.com

INDEXES TEXT LINKS

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AMERICAS: http://innovation-cities.com/?p=13951

ASIA: http://innovation-cities.com/?p=13966

EUROPE: http://innovation-cities.com/?p=13955

EMERGING: http://innovation-cities.com/?p=13974

CITY RESOURCES:

Supporting Analysis Report: http://report.innovation-cities.com -- About & pre-order 2018 Report (packaged with 2017 report used to compile Index basis) here.

Data: https://citybenchmarkingdata.com

Added Notes for Editors

Updated Index

2thinknow’s City Benchmarking Data set contains over 2000 cities, of which 500 are currently selected for full benchmarking. In 2011, the number of cities appearing in the yearly published scores and rankings was 331, up from 289 cities in 2010. The new inclusions reflected previously omitted destinations in the Emerging, Asian and Americas regions. There is a base level of development, population and services required to appear in the Index.

The Innovation Cities™ Index purpose is to measure the development of innovation economies globally.

The index measures the 3 factor preconditions for innovation -- Cultural Assets, Human Infrastructure and Networked Markets.

To make it easy to read the indexes 2thinknow publish a global top 100, global full, and 4 regional indexes: Americas, Asia, Europe and Emerging.

Quick facts about the Index.

  • The worldwide rankings are produced annually by analysts at innovation consulting analysts, 2thinknow.
  • The index is not a survey, but is independently researched by 2thinknow analysts.
  • The index was first produced in 2007 with 22 cities from 95 profiled.
  • City Benchmarking Data, contains all 500 global cities benchmarked on 162 city indicators.
  • Data is updated between August and early next year (until finished), with more than 50% of indicators being refreshed in this period.
  • Explanation of the 162 city indicators, and how cities can become innovation economies are contained in the Innovation Cities Analysis Report, from 2thinknow. http://report.innovation-cities.com
  • All cities scores are weighted against 30 current change trends (detailed and available in the report).

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Innovation Cities™ Index 2018: Top 100

RankChangeCity NameCountryStateRegionSubregionClassificationIndex ScoreCityID
12TokyoJapanTokyoASIAJAPAN1 NEXUS561361
2-1LondonUnited KingdomEUROPEUK1 NEXUS56737
31San Francisco - San JoseUnited StatesCaliforniaAMERICASUSA1 NEXUS551557
4-2New YorkUnited StatesNew YorkAMERICASUSA1 NEXUS55901
51Los AngelesUnited StatesCaliforniaAMERICASUSA1 NEXUS55740
61SingaporeSingaporeSingaporeASIAASIA PAC1 NEXUS541240
7-2BostonUnited StatesMassachusettsAMERICASUSA1 NEXUS53167
80TorontoCanadaOntarioAMERICASCANADA1 NEXUS531370
90ParisFranceIle-de-FranceEUROPEEURO CONT1 NEXUS531002
104SydneyAustraliaNSWASIAANZ1 NEXUS531300
119ChicagoUnited StatesIllinoisAMERICASUSA1 NEXUS53264
12-1SeoulSouth KoreaSeoulASIAASIA PAC1 NEXUS521218
133Dallas-Fort WorthUnited StatesTexasAMERICASUSA1 NEXUS52325
143BerlinGermanyEUROPEEURO CONT1 NEXUS51142
156SeattleUnited StatesWashingtonAMERICASUSA1 NEXUS511215
169MelbourneAustraliaVICASIAANZ1 NEXUS51811
175HoustonUnited StatesTexasAMERICASUSA1 NEXUS51525
18-6AmsterdamNetherlandsEUROPEEURO CONT1 NEXUS5043
19-9ViennaAustriaViennaEUROPEEURO CONT1 NEXUS491439
20-2AtlantaUnited StatesGeorgiaAMERICASUSA1 NEXUS4979
21-6MunichGermanyEUROPEEURO CONT1 NEXUS49863
22-3MontrealCanadaQuebecAMERICASCANADA1 NEXUS49853
2313San DiegoUnited StatesCaliforniaAMERICASUSA1 NEXUS491160
243Washington DCUnited StatesDistrict of ColumbiaAMERICASUSA1 NEXUS491471
25-1VancouverCanadaBritish ColumbiaAMERICASCANADA1 NEXUS491426
260MiamiUnited StatesFloridaAMERICASUSA1 NEXUS48822
278Hong KongChinaHong KongASIACHINA1 NEXUS48522
283StockholmSwedenEUROPEEURO CONT1 NEXUS481279
2918AustinUnited StatesTexasAMERICASUSA1 NEXUS4887
30-17BarcelonaSpainEUROPEEURO CONT1 NEXUS48105
3111DenverUnited StatesColoradoAMERICASUSA1 NEXUS46334
322PhiladelphiaUnited StatesPennsylvaniaAMERICASUSA1 NEXUS481027
33-5DubaiUnited Arab EmiratesEMERGINGMID-EAST1 NEXUS47353
3411ManchesterUnited KingdomEUROPEUK1 NEXUS47782
35-3ShanghaiChinaShanghaiASIACHINA1 NEXUS471227
363OsloNorwayEUROPEEURO CONT1 NEXUS47978
37-7BeijingChinaBeijingASIACHINA1 NEXUS47125
38-15MadridSpainEUROPEEURO CONT1 NEXUS47766
39-6CopenhagenDenmarkEUROPEEURO CONT1 NEXUS46302
40-11MilanItalyEUROPEEURO CONT1 NEXUS46825
417PortlandUnited StatesOregonAMERICASUSA1 NEXUS461053
42-2HamburgGermanyEUROPEEURO CONT1 NEXUS46483
4312OaklandUnited StatesCaliforniaAMERICASUSA1 NEXUS46944
44-7Tel AvivIsraelEUROPEMID-EAST1 NEXUS451337
455OsakaJapanOsaka (excludes Kobe)ASIAJAPAN1 NEXUS452112
460HelsinkiFinlandEUROPEEURO CONT1 NEXUS45497
474RomeItalyEUROPEEURO CONT1 NEXUS451117
48-5MoscowRussiaMoscowEUROPERUSSIA1 NEXUS45858
490DublinIrelandEUROPEEURO CONT1 NEXUS45354
5011OrlandoUnited StatesFloridaAMERICASUSA1 NEXUS45972
5115Las VegasUnited StatesNevadaAMERICASUSA1 NEXUS45713
5213BaltimoreUnited StatesMarylandAMERICASUSA1 NEXUS4597
5328IstanbulTurkeyEUROPEMID-EAST2 HUB44564
545BrisbaneAustraliaQLDASIAANZ2 HUB44186
5514ShenzhenChinaGuangdongASIACHINA2 HUB441230
56-15FrankfurtGermanyEUROPEEURO CONT2 HUB44409
57-19StuttgartGermanyEUROPEEURO CONT2 HUB441285
58-1QuebecCanadaQuebecAMERICASCANADA2 HUB441079
5921SacramentoUnited StatesCaliforniaAMERICASUSA2 HUB441133
6012TaipeiTaiwanTaiwanASIACHINA2 HUB441313
616Minneapolis-St PaulUnited StatesMinnesotaAMERICASUSA2 HUB441544
6212AthensGreeceEUROPEEURO CONT2 HUB4478
63-10PragueCzech RepublicCentral Bohemian RegionEUROPEEURO CONT2 HUB441061
646KyotoJapanKyotoASIAJAPAN2 HUB44700
65-3DusseldorfGermanyEUROPEEURO CONT2 HUB44363
66-22LyonFranceRhone-AlpesEUROPEEURO CONT2 HUB44757
6737Santa Ana-AnaheimUnited StatesCaliforniaAMERICASUSA2 HUB441173
6810BusanSouth KoreaASIAASIA PAC2 HUB431553
69-1Abu DhabiUnited Arab EmiratesEMERGINGMID-EAST2 HUB438
70-16LeipzigGermanyEUROPEEURO CONT2 HUB43718
7128TampaUnited StatesFloridaAMERICASUSA2 HUB431327
72-16CologneGermanyEUROPEEURO CONT2 HUB43290
7311Mexico CityMexicoMexico CityAMERICASLATIN AMERICA2 HUB43821
74-3BudapestHungaryEUROPEEURO CONT2 HUB43194
7525PittsburghUnited StatesPennsylvaniaAMERICASUSA2 HUB431035
76-12BrusselsBelgiumBrusselsEUROPEEURO CONT2 HUB43190
77-19Raleigh-DurhamUnited StatesNorth CarolinaAMERICASUSA2 HUB431085
788Kansas CityUnited StatesKS/MOAMERICASUSA2 HUB43614
79-3Sao PauloBrazilSao PauloAMERICASLATIN AMERICA2 HUB431204
80-3DetroitUnited StatesMichiganAMERICASUSA2 HUB43337
81-18PhoenixUnited StatesArizonaAMERICASUSA2 HUB431030
82-22Buenos AiresArgentinaBuenos AiresAMERICASLATIN AMERICA2 HUB43196
832Salt Lake CityUnited StatesUtahAMERICASUSA2 HUB431149
8438NashvilleUnited StatesTennesseeAMERICASUSA2 HUB43890
85-33ZurichSwitzerlandEUROPEEURO CONT2 HUB431526
86-3CalgaryCanadaAlbertaAMERICASCANADA2 HUB43210
8720NewarkUnited StatesNew JerseyAMERICASUSA2 HUB43902
8810RiversideUnited StatesCaliforniaAMERICASUSA2 HUB431111
89-2EdinburghUnited KingdomEUROPEUK2 HUB42368
90-17LisbonPortugalEUROPEEURO CONT2 HUB42730
915ProvidenceUnited StatesRhode IslandAMERICASUSA2 HUB421067
92-2MumbaiIndiaMaharashtraASIAINDIA2 HUB42862
93-18St PetersburgRussiaSt PetersburgEUROPERUSSIA2 HUB421271
94-3AlbuquerqueUnited StatesNew MexicoAMERICASUSA2 HUB4227
95-2GlasgowUnited KingdomEUROPEUK2 HUB42446
96-7AucklandNew ZealandGreater AucklandASIAANZ2 HUB4281
9729MemphisUnited StatesTennesseeAMERICASUSA2 HUB42813
983RichmondUnited StatesVirginiaAMERICASUSA2 HUB421105
99-7Kuala LumpurMalaysiaKuala LumpurASIAASIA PAC2 HUB42689
1008WellingtonNew ZealandWellingtonASIAANZ2 HUB421473

Innovation Cities™ Index 2018: Asia

RankGlobal RankCity NameCountryStateRegionSubregionClassificationIndex ScoreCityID
11TokyoJapanTokyoASIAJAPAN1 NEXUS561361
26SingaporeSingaporeSingaporeASIAASIA PAC1 NEXUS541240
310SydneyAustraliaNSWASIAANZ1 NEXUS531300
412SeoulSouth KoreaSeoulASIAASIA PAC1 NEXUS521218
516MelbourneAustraliaVICASIAANZ1 NEXUS51811
627Hong KongChinaHong KongASIACHINA1 NEXUS48522
735ShanghaiChinaShanghaiASIACHINA1 NEXUS471227
837BeijingChinaBeijingASIACHINA1 NEXUS47125
945OsakaJapanOsaka (excludes Kobe)ASIAJAPAN1 NEXUS452112
1054BrisbaneAustraliaQLDASIAANZ2 HUB44186
1155ShenzhenChinaGuangdongASIACHINA2 HUB441230
1260TaipeiTaiwanTaiwanASIACHINA2 HUB441313
1364KyotoJapanKyotoASIAJAPAN2 HUB44700
1468BusanSouth KoreaASIAASIA PAC2 HUB431553
1592MumbaiIndiaMaharashtraASIAINDIA2 HUB42862
1696AucklandNew ZealandGreater AucklandASIAANZ2 HUB4281
1799Kuala LumpurMalaysiaKuala LumpurASIAASIA PAC2 HUB42689
18100WellingtonNew ZealandWellingtonASIAANZ2 HUB421473
19105PerthAustraliaWAASIAANZ2 HUB421020
20106BangkokThailandBangkokASIAASIA PAC2 HUB42101
21113GuangzhouChinaGuangdongASIACHINA2 HUB41468
22120NagoyaJapanAichiASIAJAPAN2 HUB41877
23127FukuokaJapan Fukuoka PrefectureASIAJAPAN2 HUB41423
24139BangaloreIndiaKarnatakaASIAINDIA2 HUB40100
25143YokohamaJapanKanagawaASIAJAPAN2 HUB401508
26144IncheonSouth KoreaASIAASIA PAC2 HUB401550
27145SapporoJapanHokkaidoASIAJAPAN2 HUB401546
28152CanberraAustraliaACTASIAANZ2 HUB40219
29160DaeguSouth KoreaNorth GyeongsangASIAASIA PAC2 HUB401552
30163AdelaideAustraliaSAASIAANZ2 HUB4013
31177JakartaIndonesiaJakartaASIAASIA PAC3 NODE39582
32189DaejeonSouth KoreaChungnamASIAASIA PAC3 NODE391613
33198Gold CoastAustraliaQLDASIAANZ3 NODE391533
34199DelhiIndiaDelhiASIAINDIA3 NODE39332
35200ChristchurchNew ZealandSouth islandASIAANZ3 NODE39273
36220SuzhouChinaJiangsuASIACHINA3 NODE391297
37227NagasakiJapanNagasakiASIAJAPAN3 NODE38876
38229UlsanSouth KoreaASIAASIA PAC3 NODE381551
39241NanjingChinaJiangsuASIACHINA3 NODE38883
40252ChennaiIndiaTamil NaduASIAINDIA3 NODE38255
41256TianjinChinaTianjinASIACHINA3 NODE381349
42259ChengduChinaSichuanASIACHINA3 NODE37254
43260HiroshimaJapanHiroshima Prefecture,ASIAJAPAN3 NODE37514
44262WollongongAustraliaNSWASIAANZ3 NODE371555
45264HobartAustraliaTASASIAANZ3 NODE37518
46281ChongqingChinaChongqingASIACHINA3 NODE37272
47285XiamenChinaFujianASIACHINA3 NODE371493
48287ManilaPhilippinesManilaASIAASIA PAC3 NODE37783
49299HangzhouChinaZhejiangASIACHINA3 NODE36488
50302WuhanChinaHubeiASIACHINA3 NODE361488
51304NingboChinaZhejiangASIACHINA3 NODE361683
52308MacauChinaMacauASIACHINA3 NODE36760
53309NewcastleAustraliaNSWASIAANZ3 NODE361531
54310DongguanChinaGuangdongASIACHINA3 NODE36347
55313KagoshimaJapanASIAJAPAN3 NODE36600
56315DalianChinaLiaoningASIACHINA3 NODE36324
57316HyderabadIndiaAndhra PradeshASIAINDIA3 NODE36531
58321KaohsiungTaiwanTaiwanASIACHINA3 NODE361610
59325Ho Chi Minh CityVietnamSouth VietnamASIAASIA PAC3 NODE35517
60326GeelongAustraliaVICASIAANZ3 NODE351530
61327ColomboSri LankaASIAASIA PAC3 NODE35292
62331SuwonSouth KoreaGyeonggi-doASIAASIA PAC3 NODE351614
63334Xi'anChinaShaanxiASIACHINA3 NODE351494
64337QingdaoChinaShandongASIACHINA3 NODE351078
65344FuzhouChinaFujianASIACHINA3 NODE351693
66345AhmedabadIndiaGujaratASIAINDIA3 NODE3517
67346PuneIndiaMaharashtraASIAINDIA3 NODE351076
68347WuxiChinaJiangsuASIACHINA3 NODE351490
69348ZhuhaiChinaGuangdongASIACHINA3 NODE351524
70349KawasakiJapanASIAJAPAN3 NODE35632
71351WenzhouChinaZhejiangASIACHINA3 NODE351676
72354BallaratAustraliaVICASIAANZ3 NODE341528
73356BendigoAustraliaVICASIAANZ3 NODE341529
74360QueenstownNew ZealandOtagoASIAANZ3 NODE341541
75362Petaling JayaMalaysiaSelangorASIAASIA PAC3 NODE341615
76365QuanzhouChinaFujianASIACHINA3 NODE341675
77370TainanTaiwanTaiwanASIACHINA3 NODE341312
78372NanningChinaGuangxiASIACHINA3 NODE341690
79373ShenyangChinaLiaoning ASIACHINA3 NODE341554
80374KunmingChinaYunnanASIACHINA3 NODE341682
81378HanoiVietnamHanoiASIAASIA PAC3 NODE33490
82383KolkataIndiaWest BengalASIAINDIA3 NODE33670
83384YangzhouChinaJiangsuASIACHINA3 NODE331750
84386JinanChinaShandongASIACHINA3 NODE331677
85388Changchun, JilinChinaJilinASIACHINA3 NODE331608
86390NanchangChinaJiangxiASIACHINA3 NODE331678
87391NantongChinaJiangsuASIACHINA3 NODE331689
88392TaiyuanChinaShanxiASIACHINA3 NODE331680
89393JaipurIndiaRajasthanASIAINDIA3 NODE33581
90394FoshanChinaGuangdongASIACHINA3 NODE33406
91395ZhengzhouChinaHenanASIACHINA3 NODE331611
92396HarbinChinaHeilongjiangASIACHINA3 NODE33492
93398TaichungTaiwanTaiwanASIACHINA3 NODE332086
94403FujiJapanASIAJAPAN3 NODE32416
95411HefeiChinaAnhuiASIACHINA3 NODE321685
96412ZhongshanChinaGuangdongASIACHINA3 NODE322073
97417Yantai-WeihaiChinaShandongASIACHINA3 NODE321609
98424SuratIndiaGujaratASIAINDIA3 NODE311294
99429YangonBurmaYangon RegionASIAASIA PAC4 UPSTART301501
100431ChittagongBangladeshChittagongASIAASIA PAC4 UPSTART301607
101438BandungIndonesiaWest JavaASIAASIA PAC4 UPSTART301612
102442LucknowIndiaUttar PradeshASIAINDIA4 UPSTART30749
103447DhakaBangladeshDhaka DivisionASIAASIA PAC4 UPSTART29338
104448KanpurIndiaUttar PradeshASIAINDIA4 UPSTART29613
105449ShantouChinaGuangdongASIACHINA4 UPSTART291674
106452MaduraiIndiaTamil NaduASIAINDIA4 UPSTART291545
107472Phnom Penh, CamCambodiaPhnom PenhASIAASIA PAC4 UPSTART271028
108480UlaanbaatarMongoliaASIAASIA PAC4 UPSTART251407

Innovation Cities™ Index 2018: Australia & New Zealand

RankGlobal RankCity NameCountryStateRegionSubregionClassificationIndex ScoreCityID
110SydneyAustraliaNSWASIAANZ1 NEXUS531300
216MelbourneAustraliaVICASIAANZ1 NEXUS51811
354BrisbaneAustraliaQLDASIAANZ2 HUB44186
496AucklandNew ZealandGreater AucklandASIAANZ2 HUB4281
5100WellingtonNew ZealandWellingtonASIAANZ2 HUB421473
6105PerthAustraliaWAASIAANZ2 HUB421020
7152CanberraAustraliaACTASIAANZ2 HUB40219
8163AdelaideAustraliaSAASIAANZ2 HUB4013
9198Gold CoastAustraliaQLDASIAANZ3 NODE391533
10200ChristchurchNew ZealandSouth islandASIAANZ3 NODE39273
11262WollongongAustraliaNSWASIAANZ3 NODE371555
12264HobartAustraliaTASASIAANZ3 NODE37518
13309NewcastleAustraliaNSWASIAANZ3 NODE361531
14326GeelongAustraliaVICASIAANZ3 NODE351530
15354BallaratAustraliaVICASIAANZ3 NODE341528
16356BendigoAustraliaVICASIAANZ3 NODE341529
17360QueenstownNew ZealandOtagoASIAANZ3 NODE341541

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