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A further seven sub-dimensions are:

ICTs

Productivity

Infrastructure

Environment

Energy

Education, Health and Culture

Safety, Housing and Social Inclusion

The KPIs are further subdivided into core and advanced indicators.

Core indicators are those that all cities should be able to report. They provide a basic outline of the city’s
smartness and sustainability – higher levels of performance are generally achievable within these KPIs.

Advanced indicators provide a more in-depth view of a city and measure progress on more advanced
initiatives.

Details on each indicator are available online in the Collection Methodology for Key Performance
Indicators for Smart Sustainable Cities.

Each indicator has been chosen through a process of review and input by international experts and UN
bodies to ensure that the data collected support the SDGs in a local context. City leaders will benefit
from these KPIs in terms of strategic planning and the measurement of their cities' progress towards
their individual smart sustainable city (SSC) goals. The indicators will enable cities to measure their
progress over time, compare their performance with those of other cities, use the data and insights
gleaned as policy tools toward informed policy-setting and decision-making and – through analysis and
sharing – allow for the dissemination of best practices and set the standards for progress in meeting
the SDGs.

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