2020 Rankings of Highly Urbanized Cities

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.

Rank	Score	LGU	Province	Region	Economic Dynamism		Government Efficiency		Infrastructure		Resiliency
Rank	Score	LGU	Province	Region	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score
1^st	65.9782	Manila	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	3	11.1776	1	20.5491	1	15.0476	3	19.2039
2^nd	60.0393	Davao	Davao Del Sur	REGION XI (Davao Region)	2	12.8814	2	16.8969	2	11.3410	5	18.9200
3^rd	58.6473	Pasay	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	1	16.2490	7	13.3476	3	10.9004	8	18.1505
4^th	53.7875	Makati	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	4	10.3983	5	13.7879	4	10.4550	4	19.1462
5^th	50.4908	Muntinlupa	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	17	6.2993	6	13.7101	6	9.6684	1	20.8130
6^th	48.5923	Pasig	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	5	9.0562	10	12.6723	8	8.5741	7	18.2897
7^th	47.2754	Cagayan De Oro	Misamis Oriental	REGION X (Northern Mindanao)	12	6.5619	9	12.7239	5	9.6868	6	18.3028
8^th	46.4667	Valenzuela	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	18	6.1466	3	13.9845	11	6.9813	2	19.3543
9^th	45.0140	Caloocan	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	15	6.3469	4	13.9012	12	6.8979	9	17.8679
10^th	43.4816	Paranaque	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	7	7.3331	11	11.6567	10	7.5117	19	16.9801
11^th	43.3213	Bacolod (NO)	Negros Occidental	REGION VI (Western Visayas)	13	6.5463	13	11.4510	9	7.8839	10	17.4401
12^th	42.3356	Iloilo	Iloilo	REGION VI (Western Visayas)	8	7.2209	8	12.7702	22	5.3618	18	16.9826
13^th	42.2247	Cebu	Cebu	REGION VII (Central Visayas)	6	8.1790	12	11.5931	7	9.3211	32	13.1314
14^th	40.2337	Mandaluyong	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	16	6.3101	16	10.9907	19	5.7369	13	17.1959
15^th	40.0458	Zamboanga	Zamboanga Del Sur	REGION IX (Zamboanga Peninsula)	10	6.8838	17	10.7796	17	6.1491	29	16.2333
16^th	39.9320	General Santos	South Cotabato	REGION XII (Soccsksargen)	23	5.1746	15	11.0026	13	6.6763	14	17.0785
17^th	38.6992	Puerto Princesa	Palawan	REGION IV-B (MIMAROPA)	26	4.4454	18	10.7444	14	6.4398	15	17.0697
18^th	38.6424	Mandaue	Cebu	REGION VII (Central Visayas)	9	6.9422	29	8.7865	15	6.2485	25	16.6652
19^th	38.5430	Baguio	Benguet	CAR - Cordillera Administrative Region	11	6.7338	26	9.3391	18	5.8129	26	16.6571
20^th	38.4119	Las Pinas	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	19	5.9257	22	10.0330	20	5.4662	17	16.9870
21^st	37.7028	Butuan	Agusan Del Norte	REGION XIII (Caraga)	14	6.5245	28	8.8924	21	5.4216	20	16.8643
22^nd	37.5898	Lapu Lapu	Cebu	REGION VII (Central Visayas)	20	5.9253	23	10.0213	25	4.9387	24	16.7045
23^rd	36.6971	Malabon	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	28	4.2039	21	10.0475	24	5.1564	12	17.2893
24^th	35.8332	Tacloban	Leyte	REGION VIII (Eastern Visayas)	25	4.6524	20	10.1110	30	4.3316	23	16.7382
25^th	35.7576	Navotas	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	30	3.9953	24	9.8300	27	4.5776	11	17.3546
26^th	35.2588	San Juan (MM)	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	29	4.1335	25	9.6874	29	4.4085	16	17.0295
27^th	35.0568	Angeles	Pampanga	REGION III (Central Luzon)	24	4.8816	30	8.7478	26	4.9067	28	16.5206
28^th	34.9544	Taguig	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	31	3.2206	14	11.2997	16	6.2220	30	14.2120
29^th	34.6469	Olongapo	Zambales	REGION III (Central Luzon)	27	4.2528	27	9.0551	28	4.5242	21	16.8148
30^th	34.2552	Iligan	Lanao Del Norte	REGION X (Northern Mindanao)	22	5.4099	31	8.4902	32	3.7573	27	16.5977
31^st	33.0876	Lucena	Quezon	REGION IV-A (CALABARZON)	21	5.6602	32	6.6018	31	4.0595	22	16.7660
32^nd	32.8290	Marikina	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	32	3.1750	19	10.2409	23	5.3006	31	14.1125

2020 Most Improved Rankings (Highly Urbanized Cities)

Rank	LGU	Province	Region	2020 Ranking	2019 Ranking	Improvement
1	Puerto Princesa	Palawan	REGION IV-B (MIMAROPA)	17	33	16
2	Las Pinas	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	20	28	8
3	Valenzuela	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	8	15	7
4	Caloocan	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	9	14	5
5	Zamboanga	Zamboanga Del Sur	REGION IX (Zamboanga Peninsula)	15	19	4
5	Butuan	Agusan Del Norte	REGION XIII (Caraga)	21	25	4
6	Muntinlupa	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	5	8	3
6	Mandaluyong	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	14	17	3
6	Tacloban	Leyte	REGION VIII (Eastern Visayas)	24	27	3
6	San Juan (MM)	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	26	29	3
7	Mandaue	Cebu	REGION VII (Central Visayas)	18	20	2
8	Manila	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	1	2	1
8	Davao	Davao Del Sur	REGION XI (Davao Region)	2	3	1
8	Pasay	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	3	4	1
8	Makati	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	4	5	1
8	Paranaque	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	10	11	1
8	Olongapo	Zambales	REGION III (Central Luzon)	29	30	1
8	Iligan	Lanao Del Norte	REGION X (Northern Mindanao)	30	31	1
8	Lucena	Quezon	REGION IV-A (CALABARZON)	31	32	1
9	Pasig	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	6	6	0
9	Cagayan De Oro	Misamis Oriental	REGION X (Northern Mindanao)	7	7	0
9	General Santos	South Cotabato	REGION XII (Soccsksargen)	16	16	0
9	Lapu Lapu	Cebu	REGION VII (Central Visayas)	22	22	0
9	Malabon	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	23	23	0
10	Bacolod (NO)	Negros Occidental	REGION VI (Western Visayas)	11	10	-1
10	Cebu	Cebu	REGION VII (Central Visayas)	13	12	-1
10	Baguio	Benguet	CAR - Cordillera Administrative Region	19	18	-1
10	Navotas	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	25	24	-1
10	Angeles	Pampanga	REGION III (Central Luzon)	27	26	-1
11	Iloilo	Iloilo	REGION VI (Western Visayas)	12	9	-3
12	Marikina	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	32	21	-11
13	Taguig	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	28	13	-15