2023 Rankings of Highly Urbanized Cities

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.

Rank	Score	LGU	Province	Region	Economic Dynamism		Government Efficiency		Infrastructure		Resiliency		Innovation
Rank	Score	LGU	Province	Region	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score
1^st	61.8475	Quezon (MM)	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	2	9.4220	6	11.7392	1	11.9904	1	16.0835	1	12.6124
2^nd	56.7826	Pasay	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	1	10.4603	3	12.5054	4	9.6496	8	13.0787	3	11.0886
3^rd	56.2923	Manila	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	7	6.0325	1	13.7182	2	10.3906	4	14.5617	2	11.5893
4^th	51.0439	Iloilo	Iloilo	REGION VI (Western Visayas)	4	7.5667	2	12.7484	9	6.5593	5	13.7901	4	10.3794
5^th	49.5927	Muntinlupa	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	18	4.2434	23	9.7610	3	10.3802	3	15.1394	6	10.0687
6^th	49.0816	Davao	Davao Del Sur	REGION XI (Davao Region)	3	8.4444	16	10.4872	5	8.2965	7	13.2551	11	8.5984
7^th	48.6120	Cagayan De Oro	Misamis Oriental	REGION X (Northern Mindanao)	14	4.8493	7	11.4919	8	6.7486	2	15.3938	5	10.1284
8^th	47.1135	Makati	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	5	7.4013	9	11.0538	7	7.2805	11	12.4362	10	8.9417
9^th	44.5875	Pasig	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	8	6.0307	4	11.8189	13	5.7601	10	12.5480	14	8.4298
10^th	44.2105	Valenzuela	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	19	4.1003	5	11.7476	12	5.8851	6	13.3719	8	9.1056
11^th	42.1879	General Santos	South Cotabato	REGION XII (Soccsksargen)	15	4.7618	10	10.9526	15	5.3650	18	11.9350	7	9.1735
12^th	42.0494	Caloocan	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	17	4.6018	12	10.8582	10	6.1716	14	12.1345	15	8.2833
13^th	41.7344	Cebu	Cebu	REGION VII (Central Visayas)	9	5.9998	14	10.6502	17	5.2588	30	11.3253	12	8.5003
14^th	41.6661	Mandaue	Cebu	REGION VII (Central Visayas)	6	6.6789	15	10.5177	20	4.8566	16	11.9716	21	7.6413
15^th	41.6592	Puerto Princesa	Palawan	REGION IV-B (MIMAROPA)	16	4.6238	17	10.2688	6	7.3092	13	12.2507	25	7.2067
16^th	41.1841	Bacolod (NO)	Negros Occidental	REGION VI (Western Visayas)	29	3.2198	8	11.2587	14	5.6263	15	12.0685	9	9.0108
17^th	40.7706	Baguio	Benguet	CAR - Cordillera Administrative Region	10	5.7468	22	9.7934	24	4.4246	12	12.3412	13	8.4646
18^th	39.6107	Tacloban	Leyte	REGION VIII (Eastern Visayas)	20	4.0765	11	10.9462	21	4.8052	20	11.8842	17	7.8986
19^th	38.4518	Taguig	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	13	4.9251	18	10.1997	29	4.1554	32	11.1003	16	8.0713
20^th	38.3162	Butuan	Agusan Del Norte	REGION XIII (Caraga)	23	3.9046	21	9.8512	18	5.0213	21	11.7349	20	7.8042
21^st	37.7354	Mandaluyong	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	12	4.9951	32	8.4762	22	4.7667	22	11.6443	18	7.8531
22^nd	37.4007	Zamboanga	Zamboanga City	REGION IX (Zamboanga Peninsula)	24	3.7355	20	9.8548	11	5.8887	24	11.5353	30	6.3864
23^rd	36.6775	Marikina	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	26	3.6077	19	10.1265	23	4.5201	25	11.5079	27	6.9153
24^th	36.3001	Paranaque	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	11	5.3264	33	8.2859	16	5.2753	26	11.4956	33	5.9169
25^th	36.2865	Lucena	Quezon	REGION IV-A (CALABARZON)	22	3.9363	27	8.9628	33	3.4521	9	12.7044	24	7.2309
26^th	35.6624	Iligan	Lanao Del Norte	REGION X (Northern Mindanao)	21	3.9756	28	8.7751	32	3.9817	31	11.1112	19	7.8188
27^th	35.4969	Angeles	Pampanga	REGION III (Central Luzon)	27	3.5827	29	8.7577	27	4.3025	28	11.3456	23	7.5084
28^th	35.4143	Olongapo	Zambales	REGION III (Central Luzon)	32	2.6913	13	10.6775	31	4.0643	29	11.3392	29	6.6420
29^th	35.3183	Lapu Lapu	Cebu	REGION VII (Central Visayas)	25	3.6747	25	9.3187	25	4.3943	23	11.6176	32	6.3130
30^th	35.1899	Las Pinas	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	28	3.4562	30	8.5989	19	5.0016	27	11.4578	28	6.6754
31^st	35.0496	Navotas	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	31	2.7510	24	9.6970	26	4.3062	17	11.9413	31	6.3541
32^nd	34.8983	Malabon	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	33	2.6070	26	8.9946	28	4.2958	19	11.8986	26	7.1023
33^rd	34.1455	San Juan (MM)	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	30	2.9594	31	8.5682	30	4.1408	33	10.9236	22	7.5535

2023 Most Improved Rankings (Highly Urbanized Cities)

Rank	LGU	Province	Region	2023 Ranking	2022 Ranking	Improvement
1	Cebu	Cebu	REGION VII (Central Visayas)	13	24	11
2	Butuan	Agusan Del Norte	REGION XIII (Caraga)	20	29	9
3	Iligan	Lanao Del Norte	REGION X (Northern Mindanao)	26	33	7
4	Tacloban	Leyte	REGION VIII (Eastern Visayas)	18	23	5
5	Iloilo	Iloilo	REGION VI (Western Visayas)	4	7	3
5	Puerto Princesa	Palawan	REGION IV-B (MIMAROPA)	15	18	3
5	Lucena	Quezon	REGION IV-A (CALABARZON)	25	28	3
5	Lapu Lapu	Cebu	REGION VII (Central Visayas)	29	32	3
6	Pasig	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	9	11	2
6	Olongapo	Zambales	REGION III (Central Luzon)	28	30	2
7	Pasay	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	2	3	1
7	Cagayan De Oro	Misamis Oriental	REGION X (Northern Mindanao)	7	8	1
7	General Santos	South Cotabato	REGION XII (Soccsksargen)	11	12	1
7	Caloocan	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	12	13	1
7	Las Pinas	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	30	31	1
8	Quezon (MM)	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	1	1	0
8	Muntinlupa	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	5	5	0
8	Valenzuela	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	10	10	0
8	Mandaue	Cebu	REGION VII (Central Visayas)	14	14	0
8	Baguio	Benguet	CAR - Cordillera Administrative Region	17	17	0
9	Manila	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	3	2	-1
9	Zamboanga	Zamboanga City	REGION IX (Zamboanga Peninsula)	22	21	-1
9	Marikina	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	23	22	-1
10	Davao	Davao Del Sur	REGION XI (Davao Region)	6	4	-2
10	Makati	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	8	6	-2
10	Angeles	Pampanga	REGION III (Central Luzon)	27	25	-2
11	Taguig	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	19	16	-3
12	Paranaque	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	24	19	-5
12	Navotas	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	31	26	-5
13	Mandaluyong	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	21	15	-6
13	San Juan (MM)	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	33	27	-6
14	Bacolod (NO)	Negros Occidental	REGION VI (Western Visayas)	16	9	-7
15	Malabon	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	32	20	-12