// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Beirut?
Beirut scores 19.1% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #185 of 213 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
19.1%
Rank
#185 / 213
Criteria present
10 / 86
Evidence coverage
27.9%
Beirut's smart city score by area
0 present · 2 partial · 1 absent · 12 not assessed
1 present · 3 partial · 1 absent · 7 not assessed
2 present · 1 partial · 2 absent · 8 not assessed
0 present · 0 partial · 2 absent · 9 not assessed
2 present · 4 partial · 3 absent · 4 not assessed
2 present · 4 partial · 0 absent · 2 not assessed
3 present · 0 partial · 1 absent · 10 not assessed
Where Beirut is strong
- ▸Culture, Tourism & Recreation
- ▸Education & Digital Skills
- ▸Energy & Smart Grid
- ▸Health & Digital Health
- ▸Food Security & Urban Agriculture
Where the gaps are
- ▸Housing & Urban Planning
- ▸Open Data & Transparency
- ▸Digital Government Services
- ▸Active & Shared Mobility
- ▸Public Safety & Emergency
Evidence highlights
Education & Digital Skills · Education provision data
UNICEF Lebanon's education program highlights that more than 700,000 children are out of school in Lebanon, indicating a significant data point related to education provision.
https://www.unicef.org/lebanon/education-programmeEducation & Digital Skills · Digital-skills / inclusion programme
The Beirut Digital District and the World Bank launched "Skilling Up Lebanon," a program designed to provide digital skills to approximately 9,500 young women and men in Lebanon over three years.
https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2022/04/07/beirut-digital-district-and-the-world-bank-launch-skilling-up-lebanonCritical Infrastructure Resilience · Water-supply resilience
The Beirut and Mount Lebanon Water Establishment is implementing projects to provide clean water, including creating new water resources by drilling wells and building water tanks, and a project to transfer Awali water to Beirut. The Ministry of Energy and …
https://www.energyandwater.gov.lb/Climate Adaptation & Heat · Climate adaptation plan
Lebanon launched a Climate Policy Package in Beirut, which includes a National Adaptation Plan (NAP 2025–2035) aimed at strengthening resilience to climate shocks.
https://www.undp.org/lebanon/press-releases/lebanon-launches-climate-policy-package-advance-paris-agreement-goals-and-accelerate-low-carbon-transitionAbout this assessment
Beirut 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.