Innovation Cities™ Index 2021 : Europe


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Which are the most advanced cities in Europe? Which cities of Europe have the current best conditions for innovation, in this Covid-19 city ranking? What are Europe's most innovative cities for 2021?

While European cities temporarily trail the U.S. and Asia this year in the top hundred, we answer which are the most advanced cities in Europe - using the pandemic, and 'work-from-home' to their advantage? Who retained their 'European' city status while enduring 2020-2021?

This Covid-19 updated Europe city rankings, follows the world's most innovative cities top 100 and Innovation Cities Index: Global 500 cities lists recently released.

Based on the 14th annual Innovation Cities™ Index city rankings process. Original quantitative method, based on 162 indicators (including consideration of 1000+ data point inputs) per city.

Included in 'Europe' are cities of continental Europe (including E.U and non-E.U.), United Kingdom, Russia, Turkey, and many nations generally classified as European (or areas within Europe) for a variety of reasons in most lists.

The list also includes all the latest DRAMATIC changes since late 2019. FAQ to all rankings.

2THINKNOW have developed this city ranking for innovation, since the 2007 launch.

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FAQ

This city rankings measure conditions for innovation. This includes the most popular areas for 2021 innovation: digital transformation, technology application, startups, economic development, sustainability, liveability, mobility and other key areas of the best city to live, work and play - bser on 162 standard indicators for innovators.

The Innovation Cities™ Indexes annually measure each city of the 500 as an innovation economy, since 2007. We seek to definitively answer the question -  'which are the world's most innovative cities '?

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162 City Indicators

Based on 162 standard indicators with underlying Data Points from 2thinknow's awesome City Benchmarking Data set - all available to order for single cities or sets of cities.

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Data on 1 City

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Data Comparing Cities

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2021 REGION RankingCityGEOGRAPHYSTATE/PROVINCECity IDCurrent City Classification*Current Score2019 REGION RankingRegional POST COVID-19 CHANGE2021 GLOBAL Ranking
1ParisFranceÎle-de-France1002NEXUS512110
2LondonUnited Kingdom737NEXUS511-111
3StockholmSweden1279NEXUS5010716
4ViennaAustriaVienna1439NEXUS495122
5AmsterdamNetherlands43NEXUS499424
6OsloNorway978NEXUS4912625
7BerlinGermany142NEXUS483-431
8IstanbulTurkey564NEXUS4813532
9MoscowRussiaMoscow858NEXUS4811234
10MunichGermany863HUB476-439
11MadridSpain766HUB477-440
12HelsinkiFinland497HUB4719741
13BarcelonaSpain105HUB464-952
14CopenhagenDenmark302HUB4616254
15MilanItaly825HUB458-763
16ZürichSwitzerland1526HUB4521570
17HamburgGermany483HUB4415-290
18DublinIreland354HUB4417-192
19RomeItaly1117HUB4414-593
20RotterdamNetherlands1123HUB4429994
21BudapestHungary194HUB4427697
22GothenburgSweden453NODE447048108
23TallinnEstonia1323NODE447956113
24St PetersburgRussiaSt Petersburg1271NODE433713121
25WarsawPoland1470NODE433813123
26FrankfurtGermany409NODE4322-4124
27PragueCzech RepublicCentral Bohemian Region1061NODE4320-7125
28BrusselsBelgiumBrussels190NODE4323-5126
29MalmöSweden777NODE437445128
30StuttgartGermany1285NODE4328-2130
31The HagueNetherlands1537NODE43321132
32DüsseldorfGermany363NODE4225-7156
33ReykjavikIceland1099NODE4210875157
34LisbonPortugal730NODE4231-3158
35BaselSwitzerland1538NODE424510164
36LuxembourgLuxembourg1548NODE427236167
37AnkaraTurkeyAnkara50NODE429659181
38IzmirTurkeyIzmir574NODE4211375189
39ValenciaSpain1421NODE41401198
40GenevaSwitzerland437NODE4135-5199
41ManchesterUnited Kingdom782NODE4118-23200
42BucharestRomania193NODE416119201
43SalzburgAustriaSalzburg1153NODE416724203
44LeipzigGermany718NODE4134-10205
45EindhovenNetherlands370NODE41461209
46UtrechtNetherlands1416NODE416519213
47BernSwitzerland1539NODE417629215
48OportoPortugal966NODE4043-5221
49AthensGreece78NODE4026-23224
50RigaLatvia1106NODE4010656225
51EdinburghUnited Kingdom368NODE4033-18226
52LyonFranceRhône-Alpes757NODE4024-28227
53HannoverGermany489NODE40541228
54WrocławPolandLower Silesian1908NODE4010248230
55BirminghamUnited KingdomWest Midlands152NODE4039-16231
56BremenGermany181NODE40626232
57EssenGermany386NODE4049-8234
58CologneGermany290NODE4030-28236
59DuisburgGermany357NODE406910238
60KarlsruheGermany619NODE4051-9240
61FlorenceItaly396NODE3958-3253
62BilbaoSpain149NODE3948-14255
63Napoli (Naples)Italy886NODE3952-11256
64GlasgowUnited Kingdom446NODE3936-28257
65BelfastUnited Kingdom129NODE3957-8258
66DortmundGermany349NODE3964-2259
67GrazAustriaStyria459NODE398316262
68AntwerpBelgiumFlanders54NODE398012263
69LiverpoolUnited Kingdom732NODE3941-28264
70KrakówPoland682NODE399020266
71NottinghamUnited Kingdom933NODE3956-15267
72KielGermany643NODE399220268
73BristolUnited Kingdom187NODE3950-23269
74SheffieldUnited Kingdom1229NODE39751270
75GdanskPoland434NODE3910732274
76BonnGermany164NODE3959-17275
77Newcastle-upon-TyneUnited Kingdom903NODE3955-22277
78KatowicePoland626NODE3911032278
79DresdenGermany352NODE3842-37292
80SevilleSpain1224NODE38866295
81NurembergGermany943NODE3860-21296
82GijónSpain443NODE3812745298
83LjubljanaSlovenia734NODE3811734299
84Mannheim-HeidelbergGermany1558NODE3877-7300
85MálagaSpain776NODE38949301
86PamplonaSpain997NODE3812236302
87Bursa, TurkeyTurkeyBursa1618NODE3813952304
88BochumGermany159NODE38880306
89NiceFranceProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur907NODE3871-18308
90AachenGermanyNorth Rhine-Westphalia1NODE3868-22309
91SofiaBulgaria1247NODE3889-2310
92NantesFrancePays de la Loire884NODE3873-19311
93LeedsUnited Kingdom715NODE3853-40312
94MarseilleFranceProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur794NODE3844-50313
95CardiffUnited Kingdom226NODE3863-32314
96LinzAustriaUpper Austria728NODE38971315
97WuppertalGermany1489NODE381058317
98OdenseDenmark948NODE3811416318
99LucerneSwitzerland1540NODE3893-6321
100BelgradeSerbia132NODE3711818332
101VilniusLithuania1445NODE3711615335
102TimisoaraRomania1352NODE3713836336
103ToulouseFranceMidi-Pyrénées1376NODE3747-56337
104BratislavaSlovakia176NODE3712824338
105AdanaTurkeyMersin Adana1619NODE3714338339
106VeniceItaly1433NODE37104-2340
107TorinoItaly1369NODE3766-41341
108BordeauxFranceAquitaine165NODE3787-21342
109AntalyaTurkey1993NODE3713223343
110GentBelgiumEast Flanders439NODE37101-9345
111PadovaItaly991NODE371121346
112SouthamptonUnited Kingdom1260NODE3782-30352
113LilleFranceNord-Pas-de-Calais724NODE3791-22354
114CoventryUnited Kingdom310NODE3778-36355
115GranadaSpain455NODE371216356
116GrenobleFranceRhône-Alpes463NODE36100-16360
117ModenaItaly839NODE36115-2361
118StrasbourgFranceAlsace1284NODE3681-37362
119LiègeBelgiumLiège723NODE3699-20363
120RennesFranceBrittany1096NODE3685-35364
121VeronaItaly1435NODE36109-12365
122KazanRussiaTatarstan633NODE3613715366
123Bath & NE SomersetUnited Kingdom118NODE36111-12367
124TriesteItaly1383NODE36123-1370
125Kingston-Upon-HullUnited Kingdom649NODE3698-27374
126BrnoCzech RepublicSouth Moravian Region188NODE36120-6375
127Le HavreFranceHaute-Normandie714NODE361336376
128ZagrebCroatia1515NODE361302382
129ThessalonikiGreece1549NODE3595-34383
130MontpellierFranceLanguedoc-Roussillon852NODE35103-27384
131YekaterinburgRussiaSverdlovsk Oblast1506NODE3514211385
132KosiceSlovakia678NODE351408386
133BolognaItaly162NODE3584-49388
134DijonFranceBourgogne1581NODE35125-9389
135ParmaItaly1003NODE35129-6392
136ReimsFranceChampagne-Ardenne1094NODE35124-12394
137RouenFranceHaute-Normandie1596NODE35135-2396
138Saint-ÉtienneFranceRhône-Alpes1137NODE35126-12399
139LeuvenBelgiumFlemish Brabant1620UPSTART35119-20400
140VolgogradRussiaVolgograd Oblast1459UPSTART3515515401
141KaliningradRussiaKaliningrad Oblast603UPSTART3515110404
142NovosibirskRussiaNovosibirsk Oblast940UPSTART35141-1406
143ChisinauMoldova1621UPSTART341474410
144DubrovnikCroatia355UPSTART341484411
145LimogesFranceLimousin1584UPSTART34131-14417
146SkopjeMacedonia1243UPSTART34144-2419
147SamaraRussiaSamara Oblast1154UPSTART341536421
148SarajevoBosnia and Herzegovina1206UPSTART341491422
149Nizhny NovgorodRussiaNizhny Novgorod920UPSTART34146-3423
150Rostov-na-DonuRussiaRostov-na-Donu1121UPSTART34145-5425
151VladivostokRussiaPrimorsky Krai1457UPSTART341565428
152MetzFranceLorraine1585UPSTART33136-16429
153GuimaraesPortugalNorte2081UPSTART331585432
154Santa Cruz de TenerifeSpain1178UPSTART33150-4435
155KrasnoyarskRussiaKrasnoyarsk Krai685UPSTART33152-3437
156OmskRussiaOmsk Oblast963UPSTART331571439
157CannesFranceProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur1535UPSTART32134-23441
158SaratovRussiaSaratov Oblast1208UPSTART321613448
159PermRussiaPerm Krai1019UPSTART32154-5450
160TomskRussiaTomsk Oblast1366UPSTART321600452
161OrenburgRussiaOrenburg Oblast971UPSTART321621454
162IzhevskRussiaUdmurt Republic573UPSTART321653455
163TiranaAlbania1353UPSTART31159-4464
164TolyattiRussiaSamara Oblast1365UPSTART31163-1465
165BarnaulRussiaAltai Krai109UPSTART31164-1469

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