// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Tampa?
Tampa scores 68.1% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #98 of 388 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
68.1%
Rank
#98 / 388
Criteria present
52 / 86
Evidence coverage
75.6%
Tampa's smart city score by area
7 present · 1 partial · 3 absent · 4 not assessed
5 present · 1 partial · 2 absent · 4 not assessed
9 present · 3 partial · 0 absent · 1 not assessed
6 present · 2 partial · 3 absent
9 present · 1 partial · 3 absent
5 present · 2 partial · 1 absent
11 present · 3 partial · 0 absent
Where Tampa is strong
- ▸Open Data & Transparency
- ▸Air Quality & Monitoring
- ▸Health & Digital Health
- ▸Education & Digital Skills
- ▸Food Security & Urban Agriculture
Where the gaps are
- ▸Active & Shared Mobility
- ▸Digital Government Services
- ▸Solid Waste & Circular Economy
- ▸Smart Traffic & Electric Vehicles
- ▸Public Safety & Emergency
Evidence highlights
Open Data & Transparency · Official open data portal
The City of Tampa operates an official open data platform at opendata.tampa.gov for exploring and downloading open data, as evidenced by the website's title and content listing various datasets in CSV format.
https://opendata.tampa.gov/Open Data & Transparency · Clear open licensing
At least one dataset, the 'water-dataset', explicitly carries a 'Creative Commons Attribution' license on the City of Tampa's open data portal.
https://opendata.tampa.gov/dataset/water-datasetOpen Data & Transparency · High-value datasets published
The Tampa open data portal publishes high-value datasets including 'mobility-dataset' (transport), 'revenue-and-finance-dataset' (budget), 'eco-dataset', 'wastewater-dataset', 'water-dataset' (environment), and 'purchasing-dataset' (procurement).
https://opendata.tampa.gov/api/3/action/package_listOpen Data & Transparency · Programmatic API access
The Tampa open data platform provides programmatic API access, as indicated by the API endpoint 'https://opendata.tampa.gov/api/3/action/package_list' which returns a JSON list of datasets, and the mention of 'discovering and building apps' on the main port…
https://opendata.tampa.gov/api/3/action/package_listAbout this assessment
Tampa 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.