City assessment
How smart is San Juan?
San Juan scores 67.1% against the ISO 37120-series aligned smart city framework in 2026, ranked #195 of 386 by smart reach and #175 on the evidence alone, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Each criterion counts in full where the evidence shows it present, half where partial and nothing where absent, weighted by its category. 14 of 86 are not yet assessed and count as nothing until a finding is made either way. Last assessed 22 Oct 2026.
Smart reach rank
#195 / 386
Smart score
67.1%
Evidenced rank
#175 / 387
Criteria present
50 / 86
Evidence coverage
76.7%
San Juan's smart city score by area
10 present · 1 partial · 1 absent · 3 not yet assessed
6 present · 4 partial · 1 absent · 1 not yet assessed
5 present · 3 partial · 2 absent · 3 not yet assessed
5 present · 2 partial · 0 absent · 4 not yet assessed
8 present · 3 partial · 1 absent · 1 not yet assessed
4 present · 2 partial · 0 absent · 2 not yet assessed
12 present · 1 partial · 1 absent
Where San Juan is strong
- ▸Housing & Urban Planning
- ▸Education & Digital Skills
- ▸Disaster Risk & Resilience
- ▸Climate Adaptation & Heat
- ▸Digital Government Services
Where the evidence shows gaps
- ▸Climate Action & Emissions · 2 absent, 1 partial
- ▸Smart Traffic & Electric Vehicles · 1 absent, 1 partial
- ▸Public Safety & Emergency · 1 absent, 1 partial
- ▸Critical Infrastructure Resilience · 1 absent
- ▸Open Data & Transparency · 1 absent
Not yet assessed
14 of 86 criteria have no finding yet, either way. They count as nothing in the score until one is made, and they are not gaps.
- Solid Waste & Circular Economy3 of 4
- Connectivity & ICT Infrastructure2 of 4
- Energy & Smart Grid2 of 4
- Air Quality & Monitoring1 of 3
- Culture, Tourism & Recreation1 of 2
- Food Security & Urban Agriculture1 of 2
- Health & Digital Health1 of 3
- Public Transport & Real-Time Information1 of 4
- Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin1 of 3
- Water & Sanitation1 of 4
Evidence highlights
Open Data & Transparency · Official open data portal
The Instituto de Estadísticas de Puerto Rico provides a "Portal de Interfaces Programaticas para Aplicaciones (APIs)" for its data, allowing automated use in web and mobile applications.
https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQFOFbLA9HSlvN95JobmVBZ6DeiBTDX4QKzGLkY95p11-BA8R6prloP7TKexZrzgCcHMLbTYmbdY95iaQpn32Cku6ydMHK7g8hvXE5_y9kHQXVxNbdDWlHjKsM5lwhfu9A==Open Data & Transparency · High-value datasets published
The Instituto de Estadísticas de Puerto Rico publishes data in categories such as Environment and Energy, Economy and Finance, and Transportation, which are considered high-value datasets.
https://www.estadisticas.pr.gov/Open Data & Transparency · Programmatic API access
The Instituto de Estadísticas de Puerto Rico offers a "Portal de Interfaces Programaticas para Aplicaciones (APIs)" that provides unrestricted access to statistics for automated use in web and mobile applications.
https://vertexaisearch.cloud.google.com/grounding-api-redirect/AUZIYQFOFbLA9HSlvN95JobmVBZ6DeiBTDX4QKzGLkY95p11-BA8R6prloP7TKexZrzgCcHMLbTYmbdY95iaQpn32Cku6ydMHK7g8hvXE5_y9kHQXVxNbdDWlHjKsM5lwhfu9A==Digital Government Services · Unified online services portal
The Government of Puerto Rico operates PR.gov, a centralized online portal providing access to information, services, and application processes from various government agencies and departments.
https://pr.gov/About this assessment
San Juan was assessed against the 86 criteria of the ISO 37120-series aligned smart city framework on 22 Oct 2026 by AI agents gathering evidence from official public sources. Each criterion is marked present, partial or absent, or left not yet assessed, and every finding links to where it was found. Cities are re-assessed in runs, not continuously: the latest finished on 24 Oct 2026.