// CITY_ASSESSMENT

How smart is Luxembourg?

Luxembourg scores 56.2% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #135 of 386 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.

Smart score

56.2%

Rank

#135 / 386

Criteria present

43 / 86

Evidence coverage

60.5%

Luxembourg's smart city score by area

Data, Digital & Smart Foundation82%

11 present · 1 partial · 2 absent · 1 not assessed

Mobility & Transport83%

6 present · 3 partial · 0 absent · 3 not assessed

Environment, Energy & Climate78%

7 present · 0 partial · 2 absent · 4 not assessed

Infrastructure, Water & Waste67%

4 present · 0 partial · 2 absent · 5 not assessed

Health, Education, Safety & Inclusion88%

6 present · 2 partial · 0 absent · 5 not assessed

Economy, Innovation & Employment63%

4 present · 2 partial · 2 absent

Governance, Resilience & Operating Model79%

5 present · 1 partial · 1 absent · 7 not assessed

Where Luxembourg is strong

  • Open Data & Transparency
  • Health & Digital Health
  • Digital Government Services
  • Public Transport & Real-Time Information
  • Food Security & Urban Agriculture

Where the gaps are

  • Inclusion & Civic Participation
  • Climate Adaptation & Heat
  • Governance & Smart-City Operating Model
  • Green Space & Biodiversity
  • Connectivity & ICT Infrastructure

Evidence highlights

Open Data & Transparency · Official open data portal

Luxembourg operates an official open data portal at data.public.lu, which lists 2,701 datasets and 32,891 files, covering various themes such as geospatial data, environment, meteorology, statistics, and mobility.

https://data.public.lu

Open Data & Transparency · Clear open licensing

Datasets on Luxembourg's open data portal carry explicit open licenses, such as 'Creative Commons Attribution 4.0' for some datasets and a specific 'Open-Licence-en.pdf' for others, as seen for data published by the Ville de Luxembourg.

https://data.public.lu/en/organizations/ville-de-luxembourg/

Open Data & Transparency · High-value datasets published

The Luxembourg open data portal provides high-value datasets including 'Horaires et arrêts des transport publics (NeTEx)' for transport, 'Electricity in Luxembourg - Cross-Border Physical Flows' for energy/environment, and 'Mobilité - Veloh' for bike-sharin…

https://data.public.lu

Open Data & Transparency · Programmatic API access

The Ville de Luxembourg publishes 'Données et API concernant le service de partage de vélos Veloh' on the national open data portal, explicitly indicating programmatic API access for this dataset.

https://data.public.lu/en/organizations/ville-de-luxembourg/

About this assessment

Luxembourg 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.