European Smart City Index 2025. Zurich tops the 2024 smart city index, with european and asian cities dominating the rankings. Funded by the european union horizon 2020 programme, it aims to develop and validate, with the aid of cities, key performance indicators and data collection procedures.

Smart cities are anticipated to drive economic growth: Launched by the commission in 2008, the covenant of mayors for climate and energy brings together local and regional authorities who voluntarily commit to implementing the eu’s.