2024 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	60.6893	Quezon (MM)	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	4	7.6955	4	12.7928	1	13.2788	3	14.8446	2	12.0776
2^nd	56.6604	Manila	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	3	8.1150	1	14.3658	4	9.9890	6	13.7798	4	10.4108
3^rd	56.3456	Pasay	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	2	8.2970	3	12.9298	2	10.3677	4	14.3066	3	10.4445
4^th	53.5331	Muntinlupa	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	17	3.9992	6	11.9078	3	10.1075	2	15.2697	1	12.2489
5^th	52.2415	Iloilo	Iloilo	REGION VI (Western Visayas)	7	6.3750	2	14.3232	9	7.0509	5	14.1535	5	10.3389
6^th	51.2943	Cagayan De Oro	Misamis Oriental	REGION X (Northern Mindanao)	9	5.4324	7	11.5853	7	7.8966	1	16.5126	6	9.8674
7^th	49.9593	Davao	Davao Del Sur	REGION XI (Davao Region)	5	7.5468	8	11.5819	5	8.4445	7	13.6177	8	8.7684
8^th	47.9708	Makati	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	6	6.9536	5	12.0627	6	8.1043	11	12.2528	12	8.5974
9^th	43.6711	Pasig	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	8	5.8656	11	11.1852	12	6.2542	12	12.2316	16	8.1345
10^th	42.9561	Taguig	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	1	8.7788	28	9.2988	24	4.5857	32	10.9674	7	9.3254
11^th	42.9506	Valenzuela	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	27	3.1458	10	11.2058	10	6.3780	8	13.4660	9	8.7550
12^th	42.1279	Baguio	Benguet	CAR - Cordillera Administrative Region	13	4.6190	12	11.0258	14	5.6378	10	12.2871	13	8.5582
13^th	41.7923	Cebu	Cebu	REGION VII (Central Visayas)	10	5.2452	19	10.4919	13	5.8731	21	11.4687	10	8.7134
14^th	41.6910	Caloocan	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	15	4.2930	17	10.6130	11	6.3069	14	12.0938	14	8.3843
15^th	40.8032	General Santos	South Cotabato	REGION XII (Soccsksargen)	14	4.3971	14	10.8959	19	5.0734	17	11.7349	11	8.7019
16^th	40.2301	Puerto Princesa	Palawan	REGION IV-B (MIMAROPA)	30	2.7949	21	10.3604	8	7.7017	13	12.0957	25	7.2774
17^th	39.8003	Butuan	Agusan Del Norte	REGION XIII (Caraga)	11	5.0529	23	10.3065	15	5.4278	24	11.4208	21	7.5923
18^th	38.9759	Mandaluyong	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	26	3.2162	13	10.9746	16	5.2255	26	11.4054	15	8.1542
19^th	38.6210	Bacolod (NO)	Negros Occidental	REGION VI (Western Visayas)	29	3.0714	15	10.8718	21	4.9001	15	12.0048	18	7.7729
20^th	38.5614	tacloban	Leyte	REGION VIII (Eastern Visayas)	24	3.5849	9	11.2636	25	4.5729	29	11.3695	19	7.7705
21^st	38.4539	Mandaue	Cebu	REGION VII (Central Visayas)	23	3.6436	22	10.3466	18	5.1903	16	11.8004	22	7.4730
22^nd	37.6473	Lucena	Quezon	REGION IV-A (CALABARZON)	25	3.4207	16	10.6203	31	3.6240	9	12.5205	23	7.4618
23^rd	37.1492	Lapu Lapu	Cebu	REGION VII (Central Visayas)	21	3.8987	26	9.5117	17	5.1960	19	11.5234	26	7.0194
24^th	36.5231	Angeles	Pampanga	REGION III (Central Luzon)	18	3.9913	18	10.5616	22	4.8478	27	11.3787	32	5.7437
25^th	35.6688	San Juan (MM)	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	32	2.3141	24	10.2334	32	3.5734	23	11.4312	17	8.1167
26^th	35.5640	Iligan	Lanao Del Norte	REGION X (Northern Mindanao)	20	3.9031	31	8.8482	29	4.1394	31	11.0287	20	7.6446
27^th	35.2833	Paranaque	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	12	5.0443	33	7.8445	23	4.6574	30	11.1401	31	6.5970
28^th	35.2659	Olongapo	Zambales	REGION III (Central Luzon)	28	3.0843	20	10.4141	28	4.1914	33	10.9657	30	6.6104
29^th	34.9752	Navotas	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	33	1.9209	25	10.0739	26	4.4853	20	11.4872	27	7.0079
30^th	34.8472	Las Pinas	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	22	3.7800	30	8.8844	30	4.0590	22	11.4576	29	6.6662
31^st	34.7844	Marikina	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	19	3.9761	32	8.3097	27	4.4433	28	11.3768	28	6.6785
32^nd	34.3242	Zamboanga	Zamboanga City	REGION IX (Zamboanga Peninsula)	16	4.1905	29	9.1383	20	4.9144	25	11.4082	33	4.6728
33^rd	33.9795	Malabon	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	31	2.3748	27	9.3985	33	3.3137	18	11.5635	24	7.3290

2024 Most Improved Rankings (Highly Urbanized Cities)

Rank	LGU	Province	Region	2024 Ranking	2023 Ranking	Improvement
1	Taguig	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	10	19	9
2	San Juan (MM)	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	25	33	8
3	Lapu Lapu	Cebu	REGION VII (Central Visayas)	23	29	6
4	Baguio	Benguet	CAR - Cordillera Administrative Region	12	17	5
5	Butuan	Agusan Del Norte	REGION XIII (Caraga)	17	20	3
5	Mandaluyong	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	18	21	3
5	Lucena	Quezon	REGION IV-A (CALABARZON)	22	25	3
5	Angeles	Pampanga	REGION III (Central Luzon)	24	27	3
6	Navotas	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	29	31	2
7	Manila	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	2	3	1
7	Muntinlupa	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	4	5	1
7	Cagayan De Oro	Misamis Oriental	REGION X (Northern Mindanao)	6	7	1
8	Quezon (MM)	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	1	1	0
8	Makati	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	8	8	0
8	Pasig	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	9	9	0
8	Cebu	Cebu	REGION VII (Central Visayas)	13	13	0
8	Iligan	Lanao Del Norte	REGION X (Northern Mindanao)	26	26	0
8	Olongapo	Zambales	REGION III (Central Luzon)	28	28	0
8	Las Pinas	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	30	30	0
9	Pasay	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	3	2	-1
9	Iloilo	Iloilo	REGION VI (Western Visayas)	5	4	-1
9	Davao	Davao Del Sur	REGION XI (Davao Region)	7	6	-1
9	Valenzuela	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	11	10	-1
9	Puerto Princesa	Palawan	REGION IV-B (MIMAROPA)	16	15	-1
9	Malabon	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	33	32	-1
10	Caloocan	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	14	12	-2
10	tacloban	Leyte	REGION VIII (Eastern Visayas)	20	18	-2
11	Bacolod (NO)	Negros Occidental	REGION VI (Western Visayas)	19	16	-3
11	Paranaque	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	27	24	-3
12	General Santos	South Cotabato	REGION XII (Soccsksargen)	15	11	-4
13	Mandaue	Cebu	REGION VII (Central Visayas)	21	14	-7
14	Marikina	Metro Manila	NCR - National Capital Region	31	23	-8
15	Zamboanga	Zamboanga City	REGION IX (Zamboanga Peninsula)	32	22	-10