// CITY_ASSESSMENT
How smart is Beirut?
Beirut scores 43.3% against the DC20 smart city framework in 2026 — ranked #141 of 213 cities assessed, with every finding traceable to a public source.
Smart score
43.3%
Rank
#141 / 213
Criteria present
28 / 82
Evidence coverage
53.7%
Beirut's smart city score by area
11 present · 2 partial · 2 absent · 6 not assessed
2 present · 4 partial · 0 absent · 10 not assessed
7 present · 2 partial · 0 absent · 8 not assessed
5 present · 6 partial · 3 absent · 6 not assessed
3 present · 2 partial · 3 absent
Where Beirut is strong
- ▸Digital Twin
- ▸Interoperability & Open Standards
- ▸EV & Active-Travel Infrastructure
- ▸Air-Quality & Climate Monitoring
- ▸Resilience & Climate Adaptation
Where the gaps are
- ▸Citizen Engagement & Participation
- ▸Real-time Public Transit Intelligence
- ▸Smart Traffic & Adaptive Signals
- ▸Smart Energy & Buildings
- ▸Pervasive IoT Sensing
Evidence highlights
Open Data by Default · Official open data portal
Beirut has an open data portal through the Beirut Urban Lab, and Lebanon also has a national open data portal.
https://opendata.beiruturbanlab.com/Open Data by Default · Open APIs / programmatic access
A Lebanese government API Gateway exists, suggesting programmatic access to data.
https://lebanon-apigw.mdes.gov.lb/Open Data by Default · High-value dataset coverage
High-value datasets such as electricity transmission network data and open mapping data are available for Lebanon, which includes Beirut.
https://energydata.info/datasets/lebanon-electricity-transmission-networkDigital Twin · 3D city model / digital twin
The American University of Beirut (AUB) has a research cluster dedicated to 'AUB-TWIN', indicating the presence of a digital twin project.
https://icil.aub.edu.lb/research-clusters/aub-twin/About this assessment
Beirut 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.