// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Salalah?
Salalah scores 15% against the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #230 of 256 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
15%
Rank
#230 / 256
Criteria present
10 / 86
Evidence coverage
18.6%
Salalah's smart city score by area
5 present · 0 partial · 1 absent · 9 not assessed
0 present · 0 partial · 1 absent · 11 not assessed
0 present · 2 partial · 0 absent · 11 not assessed
2 present · 1 partial · 0 absent · 8 not assessed
2 present · 2 partial · 5 absent · 4 not assessed
0 present · 0 partial · 0 absent · 8 not assessed
1 present · 1 partial · 0 absent · 12 not assessed
Where Salalah is strong
- ▸Housing & Urban Planning
- ▸Open Data & Transparency
- ▸Urban Data Platform & Digital Twin
- ▸Education & Digital Skills
- ▸Health & Digital Health
Where the gaps are
- ▸Smart Traffic & Electric Vehicles
- ▸Public Safety & Emergency
- ▸Disaster Risk & Resilience
- ▸Air Quality & Monitoring
- ▸Green Space & Biodiversity
Evidence highlights
Open Data & Transparency · Official open data portal
Oman operates an official "Data Portal" at data.gov.om, which is described as a free, data-sharing portal providing access to data related to the Sultanate of Oman for citizens, investors, researchers, and developers.
https://www.ncsi.gov.om/Open Data & Transparency · Clear open licensing
The content on Oman's official data portal (data.gov.om) and the National Centre for Statistics & Information (NCSI) website is explicitly licensed under the Open Government License - Sultanate of Oman.
https://www.ncsi.gov.om/publicationsOpen Data & Transparency · High-value datasets published
Oman's data portal and NCSI website publish various high-value datasets, including environmental statistics, tourism indicators, real estate price inflation, energy statistics, population data, national accounts, housing, and electricity data.
https://www.ncsi.gov.om/Housing & Urban Planning · Online planning / permits
The Dhofar Municipality, which includes Salalah, provides an electronic services portal (edm.gov.om) that offers online services for municipal licensing and building permits.
https://edm.gov.om/About this assessment
Salalah was assessed against the 86 criteria of the UN ISO-aligned smart city framework on 2026-07-09 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.