Copenhagen tops digital cities ranking

Copenhagen has topped the inaugural Digital Cities Index from Economist Impact, the research and analysis arm of The Economist Group.

The global ranking rates 30 cities across four pillars: connectivity, services, culture and sustainability.

Research combines quantitative and qualitative analysis, and a survey of 3,000 residents across the cities. The results show how cities are performing in terms of metrics like internet speed as well as qualitative factors such as the presence of strategies and policies for technologies like 5G and artificial intelligence.

The top-performing cities in the Digital Cities Index are Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Beijing, London and Seoul, with the latter t...