// CITY_ASSESSMENT

How smart is Astana?

Astana scores 40.4% against the DC20 smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #157 of 213 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.

Smart score

40.4%

Rank

#157 / 213

Criteria present

25 / 82

Evidence coverage

48.8%

Astana's smart city score by area

Data & Digital Foundation57%

7 present · 3 partial · 5 absent · 6 not assessed

Mobility31%

1 present · 3 partial · 4 absent · 8 not assessed

Environment & Resources69%

4 present · 3 partial · 1 absent · 9 not assessed

Governance & People63%

8 present · 3 partial · 4 absent · 5 not assessed

Economy & Method81%

5 present · 3 partial · 0 absent

Where Astana is strong

  • Digital Government / e-Services
  • Interoperability & Open Standards
  • Innovation Ecosystem
  • Outcome Measurement & KPIs
  • Smart Water & Waste

Where the gaps are

  • Pervasive IoT Sensing
  • Integrated Multimodal Mobility (MaaS)
  • Smart Traffic & Adaptive Signals
  • EV & Active-Travel Infrastructure
  • Digital Inclusion & Literacy

Evidence highlights

Open Data by Default · Official open data portal

Astana, as part of Kazakhstan, has access to an official government open data portal at data.egov.kz, which serves as a public, machine-readable data source.

https://data.egov.kz

Open Data by Default · Open APIs / programmatic access

The official Kazakhstan government open data portal (data.egov.kz) provides programmatic access to data, as evidenced by a URL containing "api/v4".

https://data.egov.kz/cms/api/v4

Air-Quality & Climate Monitoring · Air-quality monitoring network

The official government data portal for Kazakhstan includes a section for "ecological monitoring," which implies the existence of a network for monitoring environmental factors, including air quality.

https://data.egov.kz/datasets/view?index=ekologicheskiy-monitoring

Air-Quality & Climate Monitoring · Real-time AQ open data

The official government data portal for Kazakhstan provides datasets for "ecological monitoring," indicating that air quality data is available as open data.

https://data.egov.kz/datasets/view?index=ekologicheskiy-monitoring

About this assessment

Astana was assessed against the 82 criteria of the DC20 smart city framework on 2026-06-26 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 — see how smart cities are measured. Scores refresh continuously as cities publish new evidence.