Digital Cities Index 2022

The Digital Cities Index (DCI) 2022, developed by Economist Impact, considers four key pillars of digital connectivity, services, culture and sustainability in order to assess the extent and impact of digitization in 30 global cities.

This whitepaper combines highlights from the DCI with expert commentary on the key factors determining success in the utilization of digital technology in today’s cities, and uses the rankings to benchmark performance and identify the leading cities and the best practices that got them there.

Over the last decade, cities across the world have built digital infrastructure and embedded digital technologies into urban services. A suite of frontier capabilities—artificial intelligence (AI), the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing and 5G connectivity—are all offering municipal authorities a powerful set of tools to make cities smarter, safer, cleaner and more inclusive.

Yet the digital transformation of cities is a complex, long-term process with many challenges and pitfalls, including inappropriate technology, vendor “lock-in”, cost and even social backlash and opposition. Cities now have a decade of experience to draw from to ensure they make the optimal choices in terms of technology design, acquisition, deployment and monitoring.

You can access the whitepaper here.