// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Daegu?
Daegu scores 31.5% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #228 of 385 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
31.5%
Rank
#228 / 385
Criteria present
22 / 86
Evidence coverage
38.4%
Daegu's smart city score by area
6 present · 3 partial · 2 absent · 4 not assessed
2 present · 1 partial · 5 absent · 4 not assessed
3 present · 1 partial · 0 absent · 9 not assessed
3 present · 2 partial · 1 absent · 5 not assessed
5 present · 1 partial · 2 absent · 5 not assessed
3 present · 1 partial · 2 absent · 2 not assessed
0 present · 2 partial · 4 absent · 8 not assessed
Where Daegu is strong
- ▸Culture, Tourism & Recreation
- ▸Housing & Urban Planning
- ▸Inclusion & Civic Participation
- ▸Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin
- ▸Air Quality & Monitoring
Where the gaps are
- ▸Active & Shared Mobility
- ▸Connectivity & ICT Infrastructure
- ▸Governance & Smart-City Operating Model
- ▸Critical Infrastructure Resilience
- ▸Public Transport & Real-Time Information
Evidence highlights
Digital Government Services · Unified online services portal
Daegu Metropolitan City operates an online portal (minwon.daegu.go.kr) that allows residents to apply for and receive various municipal services and permits online, including housing loan support, merchant registration, and environmental applications.
https://minwon.daegu.go.kr/Digital Government Services · Citizen reporting / 311 channel
Daegu Metropolitan City provides online channels such as "Duduriso (Civil Petition Application)," "Environmental Complaint Box," and "Safety Complaint Box" for citizens to report issues.
https://english.daegu.go.kr/Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin · Live city data dashboard
The "Daegu Metropolitan City Buk-gu Data Integrated Platform" features a section called "Buk-gu's day in data" which displays regularly updated indicators such as total population, number of households, births, deaths, marriages, divorces, and vehicle regis…
https://data.buk.daegu.kr/Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin · Integrated urban data platform
Daegu Metropolitan City's Buk-gu district operates a "Data Integrated Platform" (대구광역시 북구 데이터 통합플랫폼) which offers services like commercial district analysis, a life map, and a job map, indicating integration of various urban data.
https://data.buk.daegu.kr/About this assessment
Daegu was assessed against the 86 criteria of the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework on 2026-07-11 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. Scores refresh continuously as cities publish new evidence.