2022 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, 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	58.4528	Quezon (MM)	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	2	10.2592	2	12.8681	2	9.2227	2	14.2440	1	11.8588
2^nd	57.4961	Manila	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	4	9.5426	12	11.0425	1	11.6643	5	13.6591	2	11.5876
3^rd	57.0837	Pasay	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	1	13.2223	4	11.8563	3	9.1180	8	13.1662	4	9.7209
4^th	51.2908	Davao	Davao Del Sur	REGION XI (Davao Region)	3	9.9888	8	11.3809	6	7.5505	6	13.4685	7	8.9021
5^th	49.8209	Muntinlupa	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	16	5.7849	25	9.1739	4	8.5502	1	18.0682	10	8.2437
6^th	48.7075	Makati	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	5	8.8739	5	11.6329	5	7.7708	10	12.2246	11	8.2053
7^th	48.1300	Iloilo	Iloilo	REGION VI (Western Visayas)	12	6.1405	1	13.3121	7	6.6755	3	13.8708	12	8.1311
8^th	46.4242	Cagayan De Oro	Misamis Oriental	REGION X (Northern Mindanao)	13	5.9490	7	11.3863	8	6.3920	4	13.7502	6	8.9467
9^th	45.2061	Bacolod (NO)	Negros Occidental	REGION VI (Western Visayas)	20	5.2099	6	11.3871	9	6.1328	12	12.1104	3	10.3659
10^th	44.8891	Valenzuela	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	11	6.5038	11	11.1731	14	5.1584	7	13.3363	8	8.7175
11^th	44.8071	Pasig	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	6	8.1034	9	11.3268	11	5.6032	13	12.0650	15	7.7087
12^th	43.4796	General Santos	South Cotabato	REGION XII (Soccsksargen)	28	4.4329	3	12.4917	19	4.8920	11	12.1921	5	9.4709
13^th	42.7570	Caloocan	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	15	5.8576	14	10.6698	10	5.8276	15	12.0473	9	8.3547
14^th	41.8057	Mandaue	Cebu	REGION VII (Central Visayas)	7	7.2455	19	10.0939	18	4.9169	14	12.0498	18	7.4996
15^th	40.9446	Mandaluyong	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	9	6.9222	22	9.6040	21	4.6178	17	11.8210	13	7.9796
16^th	39.8952	Taguig	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	14	5.9136	16	10.4649	23	4.4623	29	11.2496	14	7.8048
17^th	38.9157	Baguio	Benguet	CAR - Cordillera Administrative Region	23	4.8861	10	11.1791	30	3.4176	19	11.7789	16	7.6540
18^th	38.8987	Puerto Princesa	Palawan	REGION IV-B (MIMAROPA)	27	4.4599	17	10.2728	12	5.2679	23	11.6837	23	7.2144
19^th	38.7138	Paranaque	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	10	6.7545	23	9.4538	13	5.1681	16	11.8765	29	5.4609
20^th	37.9560	Malabon	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	24	4.7751	18	10.1132	20	4.8584	18	11.8006	26	6.4087
21^st	37.7092	Zamboanga	Zamboanga City	REGION IX (Zamboanga Peninsula)	18	5.3459	29	8.5752	22	4.5990	21	11.7425	19	7.4466
22^nd	37.6813	Marikina	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	21	5.0984	13	10.7409	29	3.8106	26	11.5538	25	6.4776
23^rd	37.4105	Tacloban	Leyte	REGION VIII (Eastern Visayas)	29	4.2798	20	10.0764	26	4.1189	24	11.6446	21	7.2908
24^th	36.6917	Cebu	Cebu	REGION VII (Central Visayas)	8	7.0574	32	7.1760	15	5.1271	33	9.7167	17	7.6145
25^th	36.5357	Angeles	Pampanga	REGION III (Central Luzon)	25	4.6505	28	8.7562	24	4.4292	28	11.3744	20	7.3254
26^th	35.7285	Navotas	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	33	3.3707	24	9.3150	31	3.4120	9	12.3604	22	7.2704
27^th	35.4075	San Juan (MM)	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	22	4.9639	15	10.4833	33	2.8204	25	11.5776	27	5.5623
28^th	34.7612	Lucena	Quezon	REGION IV-A (CALABARZON)	19	5.2168	31	8.0075	32	3.2411	20	11.7659	24	6.5299
29^th	34.2015	Butuan	Agusan Del Norte	REGION XIII (Caraga)	30	4.1416	26	9.1010	17	5.0037	31	10.6007	30	5.3545
30^th	33.3199	Olongapo	Zambales	REGION III (Central Luzon)	32	3.6399	21	9.7742	27	4.0016	32	10.3659	28	5.5383
31^st	33.3183	Las Pinas	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	17	5.6187	27	8.7633	28	3.9999	27	11.4858	32	3.4506
32^nd	32.1366	Lapu Lapu	Cebu	REGION VII (Central Visayas)	26	4.6457	30	8.1144	25	4.3442	30	10.7527	31	4.2796
33^rd	30.0436	Iligan	Lanao Del Norte	REGION X (Northern Mindanao)	31	3.6683	33	6.7286	16	5.1212	22	11.7416	33	2.7839

2022 Most Improved Rankings (Highly Urbanized Cities)

Rank	LGU	Province	Region	2022 Ranking	2021 Ranking	Improvement
1	Iloilo	Iloilo	REGION VI (Western Visayas)	7	15	8
1	Marikina	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	22	30	8
2	Mandaluyong	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	15	21	6
2	Malabon	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	20	26	6
3	Lucena	Quezon	REGION IV-A (CALABARZON)	28	33	5
4	Taguig	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	16	20	4
4	San Juan (MM)	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	27	31	4
5	Bacolod (NO)	Negros Occidental	REGION VI (Western Visayas)	9	12	3
5	Angeles	Pampanga	REGION III (Central Luzon)	25	28	3
6	Olongapo	Zambales	REGION III (Central Luzon)	30	32	2
7	Caloocan	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	13	14	1
7	Puerto Princesa	Palawan	REGION IV-B (MIMAROPA)	18	19	1
7	Navotas	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	26	27	1
8	Quezon (MM)	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	1	1	0
8	Manila	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	2	2	0
8	Pasay	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	3	3	0
8	Davao	Davao Del Sur	REGION XI (Davao Region)	4	4	0
8	Muntinlupa	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	5	5	0
8	Makati	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	6	6	0
8	Baguio	Benguet	CAR - Cordillera Administrative Region	17	17	0
9	Cagayan De Oro	Misamis Oriental	REGION X (Northern Mindanao)	8	7	-1
9	General Santos	South Cotabato	REGION XII (Soccsksargen)	12	11	-1
9	Mandaue	Cebu	REGION VII (Central Visayas)	14	13	-1
9	Tacloban	Leyte	REGION VIII (Eastern Visayas)	23	22	-1
10	Valenzuela	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	10	8	-2
10	Pasig	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	11	9	-2
11	Paranaque	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	19	16	-3
11	Zamboanga	Zamboanga City	REGION IX (Zamboanga Peninsula)	21	18	-3
12	Iligan	Lanao Del Norte	REGION X (Northern Mindanao)	33	29	-4
13	Butuan	Agusan Del Norte	REGION XIII (Caraga)	29	24	-5
14	Lapu Lapu	Cebu	REGION VII (Central Visayas)	32	25	-7
15	Las Pinas	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	31	23	-8
16	Cebu	Cebu	REGION VII (Central Visayas)	24	10	-14