// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Dubai?
Dubai scores 60.5% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #96 of 386 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
60.5%
Rank
#96 / 386
Criteria present
36 / 86
Evidence coverage
77.9%
Dubai's smart city score by area
4 present · 5 partial · 2 absent · 4 not assessed
7 present · 4 partial · 0 absent · 1 not assessed
7 present · 4 partial · 0 absent · 2 not assessed
5 present · 5 partial · 0 absent · 1 not assessed
6 present · 3 partial · 1 absent · 3 not assessed
3 present · 4 partial · 0 absent · 1 not assessed
4 present · 6 partial · 2 absent · 2 not assessed
Where Dubai is strong
- ▸Housing & Urban Planning
- ▸Health & Digital Health
- ▸Public Transport & Real-Time Information
- ▸Energy & Smart Grid
- ▸Governance & Smart-City Operating Model
Where the gaps are
- ▸Connectivity & ICT Infrastructure
- ▸Climate Adaptation & Heat
- ▸Disaster Risk & Resilience
- ▸Education & Digital Skills
- ▸Public Safety & Emergency
Evidence highlights
Open Data & Transparency · Official open data portal
GDRFA Dubai provides an open data platform for statistics and reports, and Dubai Municipality offers open data with datasets available on Dubai Pulse.
https://gdrfad.gov.ae/en/open-dataDigital Government Services · Unified online services portal
Dubai has an official city portal, Dubai.ae, powered by the Digital Dubai Authority, which provides inclusive information about the city, its services and offerings. Additionally, the "Dubai Now" app offers access to over 280 services from 44 government and…
https://dubainow.dubai.ae/Digital Government Services · Online payments for taxes & fees
The Dubai Municipality website offers "Quick Pay" for instant payment to clear fines related to building, company, and vehicle. The "Dubai Now" app also includes "Bills" among its city services.
https://dubainow.dubai.ae/Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin · 3D digital twin / city model
Dubai is implementing Building Information Modeling (BIM) with a roadmap to define unified standards for building designs and to develop a mechanism to send data to a geospatial database for updating the base map.
https://www.dm.gov.ae/discover/gis-projects/About this assessment
Dubai was assessed against the 86 criteria of the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework on 2026-07-12 by AI agents gathering evidence from official public sources. Each criterion is marked present, partial or absent, and every finding links to where it was found. Scores refresh continuously as cities publish new evidence.