Hamburg wins again, but loses a lot of advantage, Munich is recovering speed, Dresden takes the podium for the first time and overall almost all the latecomers manage to catch up: these are the results of the Smart City Index, which the digital association Bitkom 2022 has relaunched for the fourth time. Hamburg he defended his title with 86.1 out of a possible 100 points, just behind for the first time Monk in second place with 85.3 points, completing the podium Dresden with some distance and 81.6 points. For both pursuers he is ahead by two or three positions. But second place in the previous year Colony (4th, 79.4 points) and the third place of 2021 Karlsruhe (14th, 73.5 points) from the podium. The top 10 came close. There are only 4.1 points between 4th and 10th place. They are new to the top ten Nuremberg (6th, 77.6 points), Aachen (7th, 77.3 points) and Dusseldorf (9th, 76.6 points). Each of these three cities moved up ten places. Complete the top 10 Stuttgart (5th, 78.1 points), Bochum (8th, 77.0 points) and Darmstadt (10th, 75.3 points).
Subject areas show hidden champions
The Smart City Index also makes visible the strengths of individual cities that do not occupy a top position in the overall ranking. In the administration are approximately Heilbronn (53rd overall) e Heidelberg (28°) also in front Bonn (21.) and Duisburg (41°) are strong here. The first place as a German city with the most digital administration reaches sixth place overall Nuremberg. Nuremberg is the only major city to be ranked first in two of the five categories. Nuremberg was also able to score the most points in the area of mobility. Strong are here too Berlin (3rd, 11th overall), Hanover (7th, 24th overall) e Osnabrück (10th, 15th overall). in Energy and Environment cuts Paderborn best, which ranks 26th overall. Also Ulm (2nd, 16th overall), Trier (3rd, 12th overall), Munster (6th, 18th overall), Oldenburg (8th, 31st overall), Solingen (9th, 35th overall) e Wolfsburg (10th, 42nd overall) enter the top 10 of this category. In IT and communication it is the 17th overall Gelsenkirchen superior. In this field you can also approx Like it (5th, 27th overall), Regensburg (6th, 34th overall) e Lubeck (9th, 25th overall) secure a top placement. In the category Gesellschaft intersects the general leader Hamburg better. Also good in this area Wuppertaler (4th, 23rd overall), Potsdam (5th, 43rd overall) e Leipzig (6th, 22nd overall).
Cities in Saxony, Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria do particularly well
The results of the Smart City Index differ by region. On average, cities in Saxony, Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria perform significantly better than the average. Rhineland-Palatinate and Hesse are also above average, while the results of North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony are below average. However, the number of cities included in the ranking also differs significantly between states: There are only three major cities in Saxony, compared to 30 in North Rhine-Westphalia. No statement can be made for federal states with fewer than three big cities. Regardless of region, college towns perform better on average.
Oldenburg and Hanover make up most of the land
The greatest climber in the general classification is Oldenburg (67.2 points), who can close the 25-place gap from back to front midfield in 31st place. occupies 21 seats Hanover (70.3/24). The relegates of the year are Rostock (45.8 points/71st place/28 places), Jena (50.4/59/25) and Bielefeld (58.1/46./19). Berg: “The strong movements can also be explained by the fact that no city has remained stationary and the average level has risen. In this way it is possible to carry out digital projects and still lose some places because others have done even more Salzgitter (33.6 points), Bremerhaven (32.2) and Erfurt (31:9). For the first time not among the last classified Bergisch Gladbach (47.9 points), which finished second to last three times in a row and climbed 14 places to 66th place this year.
Approximately 11,000 data points for 81 cities
A total of nearly 11,000 data points have been registered, audited and qualified for the Smart City Index. All 81 cities with a population of at least 100,000 inhabitants were analyzed and evaluated in the five thematic areas administration, IT and communication, energy and environment, mobility and society. The five areas are divided into 36 indicators, which in turn consist of a total of 133 parameters: from online services to the citizen, to the sharing of offers, from environmental sensors to the availability of broadband. Municipalities were actively involved in data collection. Cities were able to self-report their level of performance and had to confirm this with sources used by 85% of cities. The data was then validated by a team of Bitkom Research experts. The missing data was searched for all other cities and the cities then had the opportunity to verify it themselves. The Smart City Index is supported by Detecon, Visa, PwC and Uber.
