Malta Moves Up Smart Centres Index

Malta has moved up three places to 12^th in the ranking of the Smart Centres Index, getting the highest position of EU jurisdictions. Malta's financial services centre ranked 13^th in terms of its competitiveness, with the country's reputation ranking 10^th.

Malta was given a rating of 696, just a point below 11^th placed Chicago. New York was again ranked first, with a rating of 733, followed by London and Los Angeles.

The SCI is published by commercial think tank Z/Yen,and this 6^th index evaluated 75 jurisdictions, looking at three separate dimensions: innovation support; creative intensity; and delivery capability. Malta's ranking for these three dimensions was, respectively, 6^th, 13^th and 19^th.