// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Geneva?
Geneva scores 38.1% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #249 of 386 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
38.1%
Rank
#249 / 386
Criteria present
26 / 86
Evidence coverage
45.3%
Geneva's smart city score by area
4 present · 3 partial · 0 absent · 8 not assessed
5 present · 2 partial · 1 absent · 4 not assessed
2 present · 1 partial · 0 absent · 10 not assessed
3 present · 2 partial · 0 absent · 6 not assessed
2 present · 3 partial · 0 absent · 8 not assessed
6 present · 1 partial · 0 absent · 1 not assessed
4 present · 1 partial · 0 absent · 9 not assessed
Where Geneva is strong
- ▸Public Transport & Real-Time Information
- ▸Housing & Urban Planning
- ▸Culture, Tourism & Recreation
- ▸Food Security & Urban Agriculture
- ▸Climate Adaptation & Heat
Where the gaps are
- ▸Smart Traffic & Electric Vehicles
- ▸Water & Sanitation
- ▸Solid Waste & Circular Economy
- ▸Public Safety & Emergency
- ▸Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin
Evidence highlights
Open Data & Transparency · Official open data portal
The opendata.swiss portal hosts datasets from "Transports publics genevois TPG", a public entity in Geneva, indicating a government-run open data portal publishing machine-readable datasets.
https://opendata.swiss/en/organization/tpgOpen Data & Transparency · Programmatic API access
Datasets from Transports publics genevois (TPG) are exposed via programmatic API access, as evidenced by an API endpoint at opendata.tpg.ch/api/explore/v2.1 and the listing of "API WFS WMS" as access methods for datasets on opendata.swiss.
https://opendata.tpg.ch/api/explore/v2.1Public Transport & Real-Time Information · Public transport network
Geneva operates a public transport network, as evidenced by the "Geneva public transport’s website" (tpg) which offers annual travel passes and a night network for Greater Geneva.
https://www.tpg.ch/enPublic Transport & Real-Time Information · Open schedule data (GTFS)
Timetables for the entire public transport of Switzerland, including Geneva, are published as open GTFS (General Transit Feed Specification) Static data by the SKI office on opentransportdata.swiss.
https://data.opentransportdata.swiss/dataset/gtfsrtAbout this assessment
Geneva 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.