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How smart is Swansea?

Swansea, United Kingdom, scores 72.8% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #59 of 388 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.

Smart score

72.8%

Rank

#59 / 388

Criteria present

49 / 86

Evidence coverage

89.5%

Swansea's smart city score by area

Data, Digital & Smart Foundation63%

6 present · 7 partial · 2 absent

Mobility & Transport90%

8 present · 2 partial · 0 absent · 2 not assessed

Environment, Energy & Climate79%

7 present · 5 partial · 0 absent · 1 not assessed

Infrastructure, Water & Waste73%

5 present · 6 partial · 0 absent

Health, Education, Safety & Inclusion92%

11 present · 2 partial · 0 absent

Economy, Innovation & Employment94%

7 present · 1 partial · 0 absent

Governance, Resilience & Operating Model68%

5 present · 5 partial · 1 absent · 3 not assessed

Where Swansea is strong

  • ▸Air Quality & Monitoring
  • ▸Solid Waste & Circular Economy
  • ▸Health & Digital Health
  • ▸Education & Digital Skills
  • ▸Culture, Tourism & Recreation

Where the gaps are

  • ▸Connectivity & ICT Infrastructure
  • ▸Governance & Smart-City Operating Model
  • ▸Climate Adaptation & Heat
  • ▸Open Data & Transparency

Evidence highlights

Open Data & Transparency · Official open data portal

The City and County of Swansea publishes data on data.gov.uk, which is described as the 'National Data Library', and also contributes to DataMapWales, a shared data platform for public sector data in Wales.

https://data.gov.uk/search?filters%5Bpublisher%5D=City%20and%20County%20of%20Swansea

Open Data & Transparency · High-value datasets published

Swansea City Council publishes several environmental datasets, including wildlife sites, air quality management zones, contaminated land, tree preservation orders, and water sampling locations, on data.gov.uk.

https://datamap.gov.wales/maps/active-travel-network-maps/

Digital Government Services · Citizen reporting / 311 channel

Swansea provides an online 'Report It' service where citizens can report various issues such as abandoned vehicles, anti-social behaviour on council estates, fraud, missed collections, litter in the street, and fly-tipping.

https://www.swansea.gov.uk/reportit

Public Transport & Real-Time Information · Open schedule data (GTFS)

Traveline Cymru's Data team provides freely available TransXchange files, which include timetable and mapping data for individual services in Wales, to stakeholders for use in third-party systems. They also refer to the Traveline Data website for access to …

https://www.traveline.cymru/data-information-for-stakeholders/

Funding Swansea can bid for

117 open calls — grants, tenders and innovation competitions Swansea is eligible for, including UK-wide schemes any place can apply to. Every entry links to its source.

Showing 12 of 117 — see them all in the explorer.

About this assessment

Swansea was assessed against the 86 criteria of the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework on 2026-09-03 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.

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