// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Kuala Lumpur?
Kuala Lumpur scores 45.1% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #209 of 386 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
45.1%
Rank
#209 / 386
Criteria present
30 / 86
Evidence coverage
53.5%
Kuala Lumpur's smart city score by area
6 present · 3 partial · 0 absent · 6 not assessed
5 present · 0 partial · 0 absent · 7 not assessed
6 present · 2 partial · 1 absent · 4 not assessed
1 present · 2 partial · 0 absent · 8 not assessed
8 present · 2 partial · 1 absent · 2 not assessed
0 present · 3 partial · 0 absent · 5 not assessed
4 present · 4 partial · 0 absent · 6 not assessed
Where Kuala Lumpur is strong
- ▸Open Data & Transparency
- ▸Inclusion & Civic Participation
- ▸Public Transport & Real-Time Information
- ▸Energy & Smart Grid
- ▸Air Quality & Monitoring
Where the gaps are
- ▸Water & Sanitation
- ▸Climate Adaptation & Heat
- ▸Connectivity & ICT Infrastructure
- ▸Food Security & Urban Agriculture
- ▸Climate Action & Emissions
Evidence highlights
Open Data & Transparency · Official open data portal
Malaysia has an official open data portal at data.gov.my, described as the "one-stop centre to browse Malaysia's wealth of open data," and the Department of Statistics Malaysia also operates OpenDOSM. Kuala Lumpur itself has a "Data & Statistik" portal on d…
https://data.gov.my/Open Data & Transparency · High-value datasets published
Malaysia's official open data portal (data.gov.my) provides a data catalogue with categories including Transportation, Environment, and National Accounts, and offers machine-readable datasets such as electricity supply data in CSV and Parquet formats.
https://data.gov.my/data-catalogueOpen Data & Transparency · Programmatic API access
Both Malaysia's official open data portal (data.gov.my) and the Department of Statistics Malaysia's OpenDOSM platform (open.dosm.gov.my) feature "API Docs" in their navigation, indicating programmatic API access to datasets.
https://data.gov.my/Digital Government Services · Citizen reporting / 311 channel
Kuala Lumpur has a "Public Complaint System Kuala Lumpur" called ADU@KL 2.0, which is a portal for citizens to report issues.
https://adukl.dbkl.gov.my/About this assessment
Kuala Lumpur was assessed against the 86 criteria of the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework on 2026-07-11 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.