City

Country/region

Company Strength  Index

Local  Elements  Index

Local Demand Index

Software  Environment Index

Hardware Environment  Index

Global  Connection Index

Composite Urban  Competitiveness Index

Ranking

London

United Kingdom

1

1

0.842

1

0.845

1

1

1

New York

United States

0.99

0.889

0.923

0.948

0.726

0.949

0.9436

2

Tokyo

Japan

0.947

0.87

1

0.691

0.697

0.813

0.8617

3

Paris

France

0.773

0.556

0.984

0.653

0.726

0.959

0.799

4

Singapore

Singapore

0.84

0.735

0.622

0.953

0.717

0.727

0.7695

5

Hong Kong

Hong Kong, China  

0.776

0.67

0.628

0.951

0.694

0.795

0.7544

6

Shanghai

China

0.816

0.816

0.604

0.758

0.619

0.852

0.7395

7

Beijing

China

0.813

0.956

0.56

0.565

0.472

0.872

0.6833

8

Sydney

Australia

0.511

0.684

0.649

0.972

0.708

0.584

0.6687

9

Frankfurt

Germany

0.406

0.581

0.399

0.826

1

0.754

0.6608

10

Seoul

Republic of  Korea

0.635

0.857

0.619

0.613

0.687

0.627

0.6543

11

Moscow

Russian  Federation

0.577

0.706

0.764

0.555

0.538

0.861

0.6477

12

Chicago

United States

0.369

0.617

0.585

0.948

0.748

0.7

0.6454

13

Toronto

Canada

0.457

0.726

0.553

0.907

0.714

0.555

0.6272

14

Amsterdam

Netherlands

0.388

0.737

0.448

0.837

0.757

0.713

0.6249

15

Los Angeles

United States

0.434

0.781

0.709

0.916

0.487

0.63

0.6249

16

Houston

United States

0.364

0.685

0.572

0.948

0.646

0.637

0.6129

17

Milan

Italy

0.52

0.542

0.417

0.67

0.889

0.694

0.6086

18

Dublin

Ireland

0.483

0.669

0.426

0.865

0.717

0.605

0.598

19

Seattle

United States

0.318

0.723

0.421

0.949

0.803

0.524

0.5936

20

Madrid

Spain

0.566

0.642

0.482

0.662

0.647

0.708

0.5881

21

Oslo

Norway

0.326

0.718

0.592

0.832

0.742

0.487

0.5856

22

San Francisco

United States

0.409

0.654

0.445

0.919

0.684

0.567

0.5778

23

Vienna

Austria

0.395

0.555

0.518

0.828

0.776

0.554

0.577

24

Taipei

Taiwan, China

0.529

0.786

0.385

0.746

0.693

0.529

0.5742

25

Melbourne

Australia

0.393

0.566

0.629

0.908

0.654

0.457

0.5647

26

Zurich

Switzerland

0.305

0.838

0.512

0.565

0.793

0.562

0.5641

27

Philadelphia

United States

0.271

0.607

0.502

0.947

0.71

0.528

0.557

28

San Jose

United States

0.331

0.732

0.471

0.885

0.816

0.326

0.5568

29

Osaka

Japan

0.454

0.562

0.643

0.659

0.718

0.485

0.5553

30

Stockholm

Sweden

0.403

0.63

0.466

0.727

0.736

0.566

0.554

31

Phoenix City

United States

0.317

0.642

0.499

0.916

0.644

0.544

0.5526

32

Dallas

United States

0.381

0.479

0.489

0.917

0.637

0.635

0.5526

33

Boston

United States

0.367

0.715

0.415

0.885

0.636

0.551

0.5507

34

Dubai

United Arab  Emirates

0.4

0.42

0.42

0.614

0.878

0.688

0.5482

35

San Diego

United States

0.294

0.698

0.489

0.951

0.691

0.408

0.5449

36

Barcelona

Spain

0.392

0.585

0.405

0.694

0.721

0.678

0.5447

37

Munich

Germany

0.334

0.567

0.464

0.762

0.76

0.561

0.5401

38

Copenhagen

Denmark

0.407

0.524

0.452

0.806

0.814

0.436

0.5397

39

Oakland (United  States)

United States

0.254

0.686

0.385

0.949

0.787

0.416

0.5384

40

Washington

United States

0.389

0.652

0.417

0.948

0.504

0.615

0.536

41

Atlanta

United States

0.435

0.569

0.392

0.853

0.565

0.665

0.534

42

Berlin

Germany

0.393

0.475

0.561

0.697

0.661

0.622

0.5317

43

Hamburg

Germany

0.371

0.522

0.491

0.729

0.74

0.527

0.5265

44

Austin

United States

0.355

0.734

0.436

0.887

0.605

0.445

0.5253

45

Vancouver

Canada

0.29

0.775

0.386

0.874

0.637

0.485

0.5236

46

Charlotte

United States

0.219

0.597

0.424

0.854

0.729

0.551

0.5204

47

Montreal

Canada

0.277

0.534

0.495

0.875

0.673

0.505

0.5156

48

Helsinki

Finland

0.312

0.624

0.408

0.716

0.803

0.441

0.5095

49

Rome

Italy

0.396

0.524

0.493

0.67

0.565

0.678

0.508

50

Bangkok

Thailand

0.412

0.65

0.386

0.791

0.551

0.578

0.508

51

Jacksonville

United States

0.239

0.61

0.429

0.915

0.768

0.332

0.5014

52

Yokohama

Japan

0.204

0.489

0.566

0.788

0.781

0.419

0.5012

53

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

0.268

0.664

0.346

0.833

0.736

0.446

0.4997

54

Miami

United States

0.365

0.561

0.372

0.885

0.54

0.589

0.4968

55

Brussels

Belgium

0.404

0.582

0.276

0.81

0.616

0.605

0.4965

56

Milwaukee

United States

0.225

0.554

0.41

0.853

0.828

0.365

0.496

57

Cincinnati

United States

0.274

0.502

0.365

0.95

0.752

0.389

0.4904

58

Manchester

United Kingdom

0.374

0.416

0.478

0.704

0.668

0.568

0.4903

59

Bergen

Norway

0.148

0.591

0.522

0.833

0.779

0.34

0.4888

60

Portland

United States

0.305

0.554

0.396

0.791

0.79

0.363

0.4865

61

Baltimore

United States

0.239

0.579

0.414

0.885

0.671

0.441

0.4855

62

Columbus

United States

0.326

0.573

0.434

0.886

0.696

0.31

0.4841

63

Arlington

United States

0.24

0.465

0.374

0.918

0.814

0.363

0.4832

64

Wellington

New Zealand

0.296

0.551

0.226

0.864

0.843

0.382

0.4792

65

Shenzhen

China

0.317

0.599

0.466

0.726

0.612

0.465

0.4756

66

Utrecht

Netherlands

0.168

0.561

0.367

0.839

0.732

0.486

0.4748

67

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

0.53

0.667

0.262

0.635

0.599

0.497

0.4732

68

Minneapolis

United States

0.292

0.692

0.372

0.821

0.523

0.495

0.4684

69

Brisbane

Australia

0.247

0.512

0.518

0.811

0.649

0.393

0.4674

70

Kyoto

Japan

0.138

0.687

0.46

0.659

0.831

0.324

0.4674

71

Cleveland

United States

0.317

0.385

0.378

0.95

0.718

0.368

0.4672

72

Stuttgart

Germany

0.209

0.506

0.388

0.826

0.694

0.484

0.4646

73

Guangzhou

China

0.313

0.699

0.492

0.533

0.557

0.542

0.4642

74

Auckland (New Zealand)

New Zealand

0.233

0.393

0.369

0.864

0.843

0.357

0.464

75

Glasgow

United Kingdom

0.311

0.58

0.358

0.675

0.685

0.492

0.4631

76

Hague

Netherlands

0.148

0.575

0.409

0.807

0.728

0.43

0.4628

77

Denver

United States

0.261

0.559

0.419

0.823

0.505

0.579

0.4622

78

Istanbul

Turkey

0.419

0.385

0.472

0.563

0.478

0.77

0.4604

79

Geneva

Switzerland

0.34

0.503

0.458

0.564

0.736

0.448

0.4594

80

Macao

Macao, China

0.184

0.435

0.428

0.728

0.904

0.322

0.4564

81

Nashville

United States

0.301

0.533

0.403

0.821

0.631

0.401

0.4563

82

Birmingham

United Kingdom

0.359

0.427

0.401

0.774

0.665

0.434

0.4556

83

Leeds

United Kingdom

0.343

0.461

0.396

0.895

0.569

0.429

0.454

84

Liverpool

United Kingdom

0.346

0.436

0.327

0.735

0.729

0.448

0.4509

85

Sacramento

United States

0.221

0.463

0.385

0.886

0.793

0.276

0.4508

86

Tel Aviv

Israel

0.266

0.564

0.352

0.819

0.656

0.408

0.4507

87

Bristol

United Kingdom

0.309

0.447

0.333

0.801

0.705

0.425

0.4477

88

Nottingham

United Kingdom

0.206

0.585

0.302

0.807

0.72

0.415

0.4475

89

Tampa

United States

0.247

0.454

0.359

0.95

0.683

0.324

0.4424

90

Raleigh

United States

0.167

0.601

0.372

0.887

0.679

0.324

0.4422

91

Fukuoka

Japan

0.279

0.621

0.448

0.659

0.746

0.246

0.4421

92

Essen

Germany

0.187

0.349

0.381

0.826

0.707

0.52

0.4421

93

Budapest

Hungary

0.458

0.569

0.299

0.689

0.584

0.437

0.4417

94

Anaheim

United States

0.158

0.303

0.356

0.885

0.817

0.417

0.4399

95

Las Vegas

United States

0.188

0.42

0.401

0.724

0.689

0.541

0.4397

96

Sheffield

United Kingdom

0.224

0.456

0.346

0.71

0.738

0.473

0.4366

97

Detroit

United States

0.234

0.503

0.452

0.915

0.681

0.209

0.4363

98

Adelaide

Australia

0.166

0.412

0.458

0.811

0.753

0.314

0.4296

99

Plymouth

United Kingdom

0.213

0.511

0.288

0.839

0.74

0.343

0.4284

100

Hanover

Germany

0.219

0.383

0.371

0.794

0.76

0.372

0.4276

101

Palo Alto

United States

0.131

0.561

0.248

0.982

0.766

0.26

0.4275

102

Ottawa

Canada

0.303

0.495

0.414

0.843

0.532

0.387

0.4272

103

Nagoya

Japan

0.149

0.592

0.527

0.659

0.76

0.226

0.427

104

Pittsburgh

United States

0.253

0.621

0.356

0.756

0.584

0.398

0.4264

105

Rotterdam

Netherlands

0.279

0.442

0.415

0.807

0.684

0.295

0.4258

106

Bonn

Germany

0.241

0.422

0.332

0.826

0.69

0.39

0.4222

107

Wilmington

United States

0.147

0.595

0.272

0.724

0.85

0.287

0.421

108

Canberra

Australia

0.186

0.519

0.368

0.917

0.717

0.209

0.4208

109

Lima

Peru

0.268

0.315

0.356

0.626

0.784

0.481

0.4205

110

Prague

Czech Republic

0.357

0.576

0.303

0.646

0.598

0.427

0.4169

111

Doha

Qatar

0.219

0.432

0.488

0.778

0.606

0.361

0.4164

112

Sao Paulo

Brazil

0.481

0.572

0.449

0.555

0.486

0.381

0.4164

113

Calgary

Canada

0.212

0.671

0.438

0.908

0.582

0.132

0.4147

114

St. Louis

United States

0.292

0.542

0.364

0.692

0.657

0.325

0.4127

115

Valencia

Spain

0.206

0.447

0.337

0.694

0.722

0.427

0.4121

116

Virginia

United States

0.244

0.365

0.379

0.727

0.783

0.309

0.4106

117

El Paso

United States

0.213

0.304

0.408

0.694

0.925

0.217

0.4106

118

San Antonio

United States

0.227

0.379

0.47

0.822

0.65

0.299

0.4102

119

Kuwait

Kuwait

0.133

0.338

0.462

0.727

0.715

0.428

0.4095

120

Memphis

United States

0.241

0.31

0.41

0.788

0.692

0.373

0.4089

121

Indianapolis

United States

0.208

0.631

0.439

0.725

0.596

0.28

0.4082

122

Buffalo

United States

0.181

0.413

0.339

0.886

0.778

0.224

0.4081

123

Santa Ana

United States

0.115

0.493

0.359

0.92

0.632

0.34

0.4069

124

Mumbai

India

0.543

0.609

0.403

0.384

0.376

0.574

0.4062

125

Cardiff

United Kingdom

0.248

0.421

0.312

0.807

0.757

0.261

0.405

126

Aurora

United States

0.265

0.359

0.356

0.823

0.547

0.491

0.405

127

Buenos Aires

Argentina

0.511

0.378

0.319

0.43

0.569

0.595

0.4044

128

Newcastle

United Kingdom

0.19

0.567

0.296

0.646

0.721

0.386

0.4029

129

Fort Worth

United States

0.164

0.441

0.419

0.725

0.593

0.472

0.4023

130

Mesa

United States

0.235

0.422

0.389

0.885

0.595

0.31

0.4022

131

Kawasaki

Japan

0.139

0.465

0.444

0.723

0.722

0.296

0.4019

132

Long Beach

United States

0.153

0.339

0.384

0.918

0.647

0.36

0.4008

133

New Orleans

United States

0.244

0.285

0.35

0.95

0.694

0.267

0.4001

134

Kansas

United States

0.271

0.372

0.387

0.854

0.59

0.329

0.3969

135

Mexico City

Mexico

0.371

0.532

0.527

0.382

0.464

0.526

0.3969

136

Dortmund

Germany

0.215

0.373

0.381

0.73

0.697

0.363

0.3966

137

Tianjin

China

0.291

0.54

0.479

0.629

0.521

0.348

0.3946

138

Hangzhou

China

0.119

0.685

0.414

0.597

0.665

0.309

0.3944

139

Athens

Greece

0.385

0.541

0.429

0.25

0.61

0.523

0.3925

140

Cologne

Germany

0.237

0.294

0.431

0.697

0.685

0.38

0.3922

141

Christchurch

New Zealand

0.144

0.468

0.266

0.864

0.849

0.147

0.392

142

Honolulu

United States

0.208

0.445

0.369

0.791

0.698

0.243

0.3908

143

San Diego

Chile

0.257

0.409

0.4

0.783

0.555

0.368

0.3895

144

Lyon

France

0.303

0.43

0.355

0.592

0.623

0.437

0.3895

145

Nice

France

0.186

0.28

0.329

0.654

0.755

0.481

0.3894

146

Dusseldorf

Germany

0.31

0.251

0.385

0.826

0.46

0.538

0.3893

147

Goteborg

Sweden

0.223

0.411

0.412

0.663

0.835

0.146

0.3874

148

Hamilton (Canada)

Canada

0.21

0.548

0.375

0.78

0.635

0.216

0.3864

149

Hiroshima

Japan

0.142

0.592

0.438

0.626

0.72

0.199

0.3837

150

Bologna

Italy

0.105

0.534

0.306

0.67

0.722

0.371

0.3833

151

Marseille

France

0.176

0.281

0.398

0.623

0.732

0.443

0.3822

152

Dresden

Germany

0.197

0.395

0.371

0.698

0.688

0.327

0.378

153

Dongguan

China

0.085

0.482

0.391

0.565

0.805

0.297

0.374

154

Oklahoma

United States

0.085

0.422

0.404

0.821

0.626

0.321

0.3734

155

Johannesburg

South Africa

0.337

0.282

0.328

0.77

0.514

0.453

0.3728

156

Tulsa

United States

0.226

0.312

0.37

0.854

0.71

0.179

0.372

157

Leipzig

Germany

0.141

0.35

0.374

0.633

0.784

0.325

0.3718

158

Edmonton

Canada

0.165

0.568

0.407

0.87

0.551

0.162

0.3709

159

Riyadh

Saudi Arabia

0.189

0.285

0.46

0.636

0.751

0.272

0.369

160

Xi’an

China

0.234

0.512

0.382

0.533

0.602

0.385

0.3678

161

Hobart

Australia

0.122

0.337

0.328

0.692

0.891

0.189

0.3649

162

Belfast

United Kingdom

0.182

0.394

0.292

0.742

0.68

0.33

0.3645

163

Lisbon

Portugal

0.263

0.333

0.247

0.598

0.627

0.531

0.3632

164

Tucson

United States

0.229

0.382

0.397

0.823

0.487

0.344

0.3627

165

Shizuoka

Japan

0.235

0.561

0.393

0.594

0.709

0.129

0.3626

166

Warsaw

Poland

0.452

0.428

0.294

0.507

0.551

0.392

0.3612

167

Kaohsiung

Taiwan, China

0.195

0.472

0.322

0.811

0.663

0.163

0.3596

168

Kobe

Japan

0.134

0.508

0.461

0.594

0.623

0.285

0.3594

169

St. Petersburg

Russian  Federation

0.235

0.47

0.354

0.55

0.521

0.488

0.359

170

Bremen

Germany

0.13

0.297

0.378

0.665

0.705

0.381

0.3586

171

Bucharest

Romania

0.362

0.37

0.278

0.728

0.561

0.315

0.3568

172

Sakai

Japan

0.114

0.465

0.409

0.626

0.731

0.216

0.3554

173

Chiba

Japan

0.156

0.492

0.415

0.626

0.724

0.157

0.3553

174

Dalian

China

0.226

0.524

0.388

0.63

0.619

0.213

0.3546

175

Mannheim

Germany

0.137

0.419

0.33

0.827

0.624

0.26

0.3545

176

Himeji

Japan

0.151

0.468

0.366

0.659

0.726

0.19

0.353

177

Incheon

Republic of  Korea

0.175

0.466

0.391

0.645

0.639

0.254

0.3515

178

Southampton

United Kingdom

0.157

0.497

0.284

0.614

0.672

0.331

0.3498

179

Busan

Republic of  Korea

0.205

0.518

0.415

0.644

0.62

0.174

0.3498

180

Omaha

United States

0.098

0.486

0.385

0.854

0.49

0.301

0.3491

181

Winnipeg

Canada

0.083

0.462

0.395

0.803

0.527

0.322

0.3487

182

Quebec

Canada

0.121

0.532

0.371

0.748

0.726

0.061

0.3485

183

Suzhou

China

0.108

0.436

0.462

0.565

0.737

0.199

0.3468

184

Sendai

Japan

0.153

0.568

0.424

0.594

0.679

0.125

0.345

185

Hsinchu

Taiwan, China

0.128

0.526

0.225

0.68

0.786

0.177

0.3448

186

Nanjing

China

0.206

0.675

0.4

0.63

0.442

0.257

0.3437

187

Saitama

Japan

0.109

0.307

0.436

0.691

0.747

0.188

0.3425

188

Toledo

United States

0.095

0.268

0.345

0.692

0.808

0.25

0.3423

189

Jakarta

Indonesia

0.455

0.254

0.367

0.419

0.48

0.532

0.3423

190

Riverside

United States

0.195

0.5

0.344

0.855

0.403

0.299

0.3397

191

Toulouse

France

0.268

0.314

0.346

0.591

0.638

0.328

0.3393

192

Reykjavik

Iceland

0.09

0.476

0.222

0.708

0.766

0.228

0.339

193

Bordeaux

France

0.211

0.267

0.298

0.588

0.742

0.339

0.338

194

Ljubljana

Slovenia

0.297

0.34

0.222

0.693

0.682

0.25

0.3367

195

Aarhus

Denmark

0.137

0.293

0.389

0.71

0.793

0.122

0.3365

196

Bangalore

India

0.428

0.562

0.314

0.381

0.396

0.466

0.3363

197

Xiamen

China

0.19

0.647

0.311

0.565

0.532

0.296

0.3357

198

Corpus Christi

United States

0.127

0.229

0.348

0.725

0.736

0.271

0.3346

199

Porto

Portugal

0.18

0.37

0.204

0.467

0.753

0.449

0.3338

200