// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Gothenburg?
Gothenburg scores 58.2% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #119 of 386 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
58.2%
Rank
#119 / 386
Criteria present
42 / 86
Evidence coverage
68.6%
Gothenburg's smart city score by area
6 present · 3 partial · 0 absent · 6 not assessed
8 present · 3 partial · 1 absent
7 present · 2 partial · 0 absent · 4 not assessed
6 present · 2 partial · 1 absent · 2 not assessed
8 present · 2 partial · 0 absent · 3 not assessed
4 present · 1 partial · 0 absent · 3 not assessed
3 present · 4 partial · 2 absent · 5 not assessed
Where Gothenburg is strong
- ▸Public Transport & Real-Time Information
- ▸Energy & Smart Grid
- ▸Green Space & Biodiversity
- ▸Culture, Tourism & Recreation
- ▸Digital Government Services
Where the gaps are
- ▸Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin
- ▸Critical Infrastructure Resilience
- ▸Connectivity & ICT Infrastructure
- ▸Governance & Smart-City Operating Model
- ▸Air Quality & Monitoring
Evidence highlights
Open Data & Transparency · Official open data portal
The City of Gothenburg (Göteborgs Stad) operates an official open data portal, as indicated by the page text "Göteborgs Stad öppna data" on data.goteborg.se.
https://data.goteborg.se/Open Data & Transparency · Programmatic API access
Göteborg Energi, a municipal company in Gothenburg, offers programmatic API access for electricity grid fees, explicitly stating that data can be accessed via a machine-readable API.
https://www.goteborgenergi.se/apiSmart Traffic & Electric Vehicles · Smart parking
The EasyPark app provides a direct overview of parking options on its map in Gothenburg, enabling users to find and pay for parking, while the APCOA FLOW app also offers functions to find or pay for parking directly on a mobile device.
https://www.easypark.com/sv-se/har-parkerar-du/parkering-i-goteborgSmart Traffic & Electric Vehicles · Traffic / congestion open data
Gothenburg publishes current traffic situation and congestion data openly through Trafiken.nu, a collaborative platform that provides real-time traffic information for the metropolitan area to help users plan smarter journeys.
https://trafiken.nu/About this assessment
Gothenburg 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.