Barcelona’s IESE Business School has released its annual Cities in Motion Index, which is a list of the world’s “smartest cities”. Rankings for 165 cities from 80 countries have been determined through performance scores based on a long rubric of economic and social indicators. 

According to the IESE, this rubric has been designed to judge each city’s progress towards “a novel form of local economic development: the creation of a global city, the promotion of the entrepreneurial spirit, and innovation, among other aspects.” 

Listed below are the world’s top 50 smartest cities:

  1. New York
  2. London
  3. Paris
  4. Tokyo
  5. Reykjavik
  6. Singapore
  7. Seoul
  8. Toronto
  9. Hong Kong
  10. Amsterdam
  11. Berlin
  12. Melbourne
  13. Copenhagen
  14. Chicago
  15. Sydney
  16. Stockholm
  17. Los Angeles
  18. Wellington
  19. Vienna
  20. Washington
  21. Boston
  22. Helsinki
  23. Oslo
  24. Zurich
  25. Madrid
  26. Barcelona
  27. San Francisco
  28. Auckland
  29. Bern
  30. Dublin
  31. Hamburg
  32. Geneva
  33. Gothenburg
  34. Basel
  35. Ottawa
  36. Vancouver
  37. Munich
  38. Montreal
  39. Houston
  40. Prague
  41. Dallas
  42. Frankfurt
  43. Rotterdam
  44. Lyon
  45. Milan
  46. Philadelphia
  47. San Diego
  48. Brussels
  49. Riga
  50. Tallinn