{"id":44921,"date":"2025-04-09T03:03:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T00:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/?p=44921"},"modified":"2026-10-02T03:34:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T00:34:12","slug":"khobar-ranks-61st-globally-among-smartest-cities-in-2025-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/khobar-ranks-61st-globally-among-smartest-cities-in-2025-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Khobar Ranks 61st Globally Among Smartest Cities in 2025 Index"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The city of Khobar, located in Saudi Arabia\u2019s Eastern Province, has made an impressive leap in digital transformation and urban innovation, securing the 61st position globally in the 2025 Smart City Index by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD).<\/p>\n<p>This achievement highlights Khobar\u2019s efforts in adopting smart city principles, including the enhancement of digital infrastructure, expansion of e-government services, implementation of smart mobility systems, and environmental sustainability initiatives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44922\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44922\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44922\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/khobar-ranks-61st-globally-among-smartest-cities-in-2025-index\/khobar-ranks-61st-globally-among-smartest-cities-in-2025-index-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Khobar-Ranks-61st-Globally-Among-Smartest-Cities-in-2025-Index-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1000,611\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Khobar Ranks 61st Globally Among Smartest Cities in 2025 Index\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Khobar Ranks 61st Globally Among Smartest Cities in 2025 Index&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Khobar Ranks 61st Globally Among Smartest Cities in 2025 Index&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Khobar-Ranks-61st-Globally-Among-Smartest-Cities-in-2025-Index-2.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44922\" src=\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Khobar-Ranks-61st-Globally-Among-Smartest-Cities-in-2025-Index-2.jpg\" alt=\"Khobar Ranks 61st Globally Among Smartest Cities in 2025 Index\" width=\"1000\" height=\"611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Khobar-Ranks-61st-Globally-Among-Smartest-Cities-in-2025-Index-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Khobar-Ranks-61st-Globally-Among-Smartest-Cities-in-2025-Index-2-300x183.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Khobar-Ranks-61st-Globally-Among-Smartest-Cities-in-2025-Index-2-768x469.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Khobar-Ranks-61st-Globally-Among-Smartest-Cities-in-2025-Index-2-600x367.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44922\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Khobar Ranks 61st Globally Among Smartest Cities in 2025 Index<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Khobar outperformed several major international cities, underscoring the Kingdom\u2019s commitment to building integrated digital cities in line with the goals of Saudi Vision 2030.<\/p>\n<p>Also Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/thesauditimes.net\/en\/riyadh-gears-up-for-inaugural-art-week-celebrating-saudi-visual-culture\/\">Riyadh Gears Up for Inaugural Art Week Celebrating Saudi Visual Culture<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city of Khobar, located in Saudi Arabia\u2019s Eastern Province, has made an impressive leap in digital transformation and urban innovation, securing the 61st position globally in the 2025 Smart City Index by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD). 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Also Read: Riyadh Gears Up<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44923,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[229],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Khobar Ranks 61st Globally Among Smartest Cities in 2025 Index | The Saudi Times<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Khobar Ranks 61st Globally Among Smartest Cities in 2025 Index .. 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