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A further 7 sub-dimensions are:

ICTs

Productivity

Infrastructure

Environment

Energy

Education, Health and Culture

Safety, Housing and Social Inclusion

The KPIs are further subdivided into core and advanced indicators.

Core indicators are those that all cities should be able to report. They provide a basic outline of the city’s
smartness and sustainability – higher levels of performance are generally achievable within these KPIs.

Advanced indicators provide a more in-depth view of a city and measure progress on more advanced
initiatives.

Details on each indicator are available online in the Collection Methodology for Key Performance
Indicators for Smart Sustainable Cities.

Each indicator has been chosen through a process of review and input by international experts and UN
agencies, programmes and secretariats to ensure that the data collected support the SDGs in a local
context. City leaders will benefit from these KPIs in terms of strategic planning and the measurement
of their cities' progress towards their individual smart sustainable city (SSC) goals. The indicators will
enable cities to measure their progress over time, compare their performance with those of other
cities, use the data and insights gleaned as policy tools toward informed policy-setting and decision-
making and – through analysis and sharing – allow for the dissemination of best practices and set the
standards for progress in meeting the SDGs.

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