Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index
2020 Rankings
Rankings of Cities and Municipalities are based on the sum of their scores on 4 Pillars: Economic Dynamism, Government Efficiency, Infrastructure, and Resiliency. Provincial rankings are based on population and income weighted average of the Overall scores of cities and municipalities under a province.
Hall of Fame Awardee
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Most Competitive
Provinces
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Highly Urbanized Cities
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Component Cities
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1st to 2nd Class Municipalities
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3rd to 4th Class Municipalities
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5th to 6th Class Municipalities
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Welcome to the new CMCI Website
Learn how to navigate the Data Analytics Platform of the Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index (CMCI) with Undersecretary Rafaelita M. Aldaba of the DTI – Competitiveness and Innovation Group (CIG).
Rankings Data Portal Heat MapAbout the Index
CMCI is an annual ranking of Philippine cities and municipalities developed by the National Competitiveness Council through the Regional Competitiveness Committees (RCCs) with the assistance of the United States Agency for International Development.
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Building local competitiveness is critical to enhancing long-term national competitiveness. In pursuit of this goal, the National Competitiveness Council encouraged the creation of Regional Competitiveness Committees (RCCs) across the Philippines. Each RCC is composed of members from the public sector, private sector and academe. It should have one chairman from the public sector and a co-chairman from the private sector.
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Academic Symposium Winners
Here are our Top 3 winners for the 2020 CMCI Academic Symposiums.
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DETERMINANTS OF RESILIENCY WITH ECONOMIC DYNAMISM AS A MEDIATING VARIABLE: EVIDENCE FROM THE CITIES AND MUNICIPALITIES IN THE PHILIPPINES
Rina A. Abner ■ rina.abner@parsu.edu.ph ■ Partido State University
Modeling the Philippine Cities’ Competitiveness Toward a Sustained Development Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
Reymund B. Flores ■ reymund.flores@wvsu.edu.ph ■ West Visayas State University
Data Cleaning: Enhancing the integrity of the Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index (CMCI) database
Mary Gretchen F. Chaves, DBA ■ University of the Philippines Cebu
Johnny E. Snyder, Ph.D. ■ Colorado Mesa University
Indicators
Existing competitiveness indicator systems were used as guidelines in forming the framework behind the Index. Four convergent pillars were found among the most common key indicator areas:
Economic Dynamism
is usually associated with activities that create stable expansion of business and industries and higher employment.
Government Efficiency
refers to the quality and reliability of government services and government support for effective and sustainable productive expansion.
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Infra-
structure
refers to the physical building blocks that connect, expand, and sustain a locality and its surroundings to enable the provision of goods and services.
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Resiliency
is the capacity of a locality to facilitate businesses and industries to create jobs, raise productivity, and increase the incomes of citizens over time despite of the shocks...
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