// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Medan?
Medan scores 8.7% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #207 of 213 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
8.7%
Rank
#207 / 213
Criteria present
3 / 86
Evidence coverage
14%
Medan's smart city score by area
0 present · 2 partial · 0 absent · 13 not assessed
0 present · 0 partial · 0 absent · 12 not assessed
0 present · 2 partial · 0 absent · 11 not assessed
0 present · 0 partial · 0 absent · 11 not assessed
1 present · 3 partial · 0 absent · 9 not assessed
0 present · 1 partial · 0 absent · 7 not assessed
2 present · 1 partial · 0 absent · 11 not assessed
Where Medan is strong
- ▸Health & Digital Health
- ▸Air Quality & Monitoring
- ▸Inclusion & Civic Participation
- ▸Critical Infrastructure Resilience
- ▸Food Security & Urban Agriculture
Where the gaps are
- ▸Digital Government Services
- ▸Connectivity & ICT Infrastructure
- ▸Disaster Risk & Resilience
- ▸Food Security & Urban Agriculture
- ▸Governance & Smart-City Operating Model
Evidence highlights
Inclusion & Civic Participation · Online civic participation
Indonesia operates 'LAPOR! - Layanan Aspirasi dan Pengaduan Online Rakyat,' a national online platform where citizens can submit complaints or aspirations directly to authorized government agencies, including city governments (Pemkot), which are then verifi…
https://www.lapor.go.id/Critical Infrastructure Resilience · Cybersecurity / digital resilience
Medan has a Computer Security Incident Response Team (Medan-CSIRT) established by the Mayor of Medan, responsible for incident response in the city's government sector.
https://medancsirt.pemkomedan.go.id/rfc2350.pdfGovernance & Smart-City Operating Model · Transparent procurement
Medan is mentioned in the context of a project managed through an electronic government procurement system (LPSE) which organizes electronic government procurement and binds users to an Integrity Pact, indicating transparent procurement practices.
https://spseicb.pu.go.id/eproc-icb/About this assessment
Medan was assessed against the 86 criteria of the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework on 2026-07-06 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.