Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Index
2023 Rankings
Rankings of Cities and Municipalities are based on the sum of their scores on 5 Pillars: Economic Dynamism, Government Efficiency, Infrastructure, Resiliency, and Innovation. Provincial rankings are based on population and income weighted average of the Overall scores of cities and municipalities under a province.
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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 4 winners for the 2022 CMCI Academic Symposiums.
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Spatial Analysis of Local Competitiveness Relationship of Economic Dynamism of Cities and Municipalities in Major Regional Metropolitan Areas
Dr. Ronnie H. Encarnacion, Dr. Dina C. Magnaye, and Ms. Annlouise Genevieve M. Castro
The competitiveness of the cities and municipalities in the Philippines pre and mid-COVID-19 pandemic
Dr. Rina A. Abner-Puerta
Predictive Effect of Business Permit Modalities on Selected Economic Indicators among the Municipalities in the Philippines
Dr. Hannah Dara Vanzuela Garay-Nugroho
A Descriptive Research on the Resiliency of Local Government Units in Negros Occidental Examining the 2020 Land Use Plan Data
(STUDENT CATEGORY) Athena D. Ledesma
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
Creates stable expansion of businesses and industries and higher employment. The pillar matches the output and productivity of the local economy with...
Government Efficiency
Refers to the quality and reliability of government services and government support for effective and sustainable productive expansion.
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Infrastructure
Pertains to the physical assets that connect, expand, and sustain a locality and its surroundings to enable the provision of goods and services.
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Resiliency
Applies to the capacity of a locality to build systems that can absorb change and disturbance and being able to adapt to such changes.
Innovation
Refers to the ability of a locality to harness its creative potential to improve or sustain current levels of productivity.
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