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Global Innovation Index  

Report cover of the Global Innovation Index Report 2025
Abbreviated title (ISO 4)	Glob. Innov. Index
Language	English, French, Italian, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Russian, German, Korean, Portuguese, Japanese
Publication details
Publisher	World Intellectual Property Organization
Publication history	2007–present
Frequency	Annual
License	CC BY 4.0
Indexing
ISSN	2263-3693
Links
wipo.int/global_innovation_index globalinnovationindex.org

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The Global Innovation Index (GII) is a yearly report. It ranks countries based on how good they are at innovation. Innovation means creating new ideas, products, or ways of doing things. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) publishes this important report. It helps us understand which countries are leading the way in new inventions and ideas.

How the Global Innovation Index Started

The Global Innovation Index began in 2007. It was created by Soumitra Dutta. It started with the help of INSEAD, a business school, and World Business magazine. The main goal was to track how countries innovate.

How Innovation is Measured

The Global Innovation Index uses a special method to rank countries. It looks at two main parts to measure innovation:

• Innovation Input Index: This measures things that help innovation. For example, how much a country invests in education or research.
• Innovation Output Index: This measures the results of innovation. For example, how many new patents or creative products a country produces.

Each part has smaller sections called "pillars." These pillars look at different aspects of innovation. Experts combine all these scores to get a final ranking. Governments around the world use this index. They learn how to improve their country's ability to innovate. The General Assembly of the United Nations even mentioned it. They see it as important for sustainable development.

Special Focus Themes

Every two years, the Global Innovation Index picks a special theme. This theme explores a specific area of innovation. For example, in 2020, the theme was about "Who will pay for innovation?" This helped people understand how new ideas get funding. Other themes have looked at new ideas in health, the environment, and food. These themes help us think deeply about different kinds of innovation.

Top Innovators in 2025

This chart shows countries that have improved their innovation ranking a lot since 2013 and 2019.

The 2025 Global Innovation Index ranked 139 countries. To be included, countries needed enough information. This year, the index used 78 different ways to measure innovation. These measurements help create a fair ranking.

Here are the top countries for innovation in 2025:

Rank	Country and region	Score	Income group
1	Switzerland	66.0	High-income
2	Sweden	62.6	High-income
3	United States	61.7	High-income
4	South Korea	60.0	High-income
5	Singapore	59.9	High-income
6	United Kingdom	59.1	High-income
7	Finland	57.7	High-income
8	Netherlands	57.0	High-income
9	Denmark	56.9	High-income
10	China	56.6	Upper middle-income
11	Germany	55.5	High-income
12	Japan	53.6	High-income
13	France	53.4	High-income
14	Israel	52.3	High-income
15	Hong Kong	51.5	High-income
16	Estonia	51.1	High-income
17	Canada	51.1	High-income
18	Ireland	50.4	High-income
19	Austria	50.1	High-income
20	Norway	49.2	High-income
21	Belgium	48.5	High-income
22	Australia	48.0	High-income
23	Luxembourg	47.3	High-income
24	Iceland	47.0	High-income
25	New Zealand	45.5	High-income
26	Cyprus	45.5	High-income
27	Malta	45.4	High-income
28	Italy	44.9	High-income
29	Spain	44.6	High-income
30	United Arab Emirates	44.2	High-income
31	Portugal	43.9	High-income
32	Czech Republic	42.0	High-income
33	Lithuania	40.8	High-income
34	Malaysia	40.6	Upper middle-income
35	Slovenia	40.1	High-income
36	Hungary	40.0	High-income
37	Bulgaria	39.1	High-income
38	India	38.2	Lower middle-income
39	Poland	37.7	High-income
40	Croatia	37.7	High-income
41	Latvia	37.5	High-income
42	Greece	37.4	High-income
43	Turkey	37.2	High-income
44	Vietnam	37.1	Lower middle-income
45	Thailand	36.7	Upper middle-income
46	Saudi Arabia	36.0	High-income
47	Slovakia	35.5	High-income
48	Qatar	34.6	High-income
49	Romania	34.3	High-income
50	Philippines	33.6	Lower middle-income
51	Chile	33.1	High-income
52	Brazil	32.9	Upper middle-income
53	Mauritius	32.5	Upper middle-income
54	Serbia	31.7	Upper middle-income
55	Indonesia	31.3	Upper middle-income
56	Georgia	31.2	Upper middle-income
57	Morocco	31.1	Lower middle-income
58	Mexico	30.5	Upper middle-income
59	Armenia	30.5	Upper middle-income
60	Russia	30.3	High-income
61	South Africa	30.1	Upper middle-income
62	Bahrain	30.0	High-income
63	Macedonia	29.8	Upper middle-income
64	Montenegro	29.8	Upper middle-income
65	Jordan	29.7	Lower middle-income
66	Ukraine	29.7	Lower middle-income
67	Albania	29.6	Upper middle-income
68	Uruguay	28.8	High-income
69	Oman	28.7	High-income
70	Iran	28.5	Lower middle-income
71	Colombia	28.5	Upper middle-income
72	Costa Rica	28.4	High-income
73	Kuwait	28.2	High-income
74	Moldova	27.4	Upper middle-income
75	Seychelles	27.2	High-income
76	Tunisia	27.0	Lower middle-income
77	Argentina	26.8	Upper middle-income
78	Mongolia	26.7	Upper middle-income
79	Uzbekistan	26.5	Lower middle-income
80	Peru	26.5	Upper middle-income
81	Kazakhstan	26.3	Upper middle-income
82	Panama	25.9	High-income
83	Jamaica	25.2	Upper middle-income
84	Barbados	25.1	High-income
85	Belarus	25.1	Upper middle-income
86	Egypt	24.7	Lower middle-income
87	Botswana	24.6	Upper middle-income
88	Brunei	24.5	High-income
89	Senegal	23.8	Lower middle-income
90	Lebanon	23.6	Lower middle-income
91	Namibia	23.5	Lower middle-income
92	Bosnia and Herzegovina	23.4	Upper middle-income
93	Sri Lanka	22.9	Lower middle-income
94	Azerbaijan	22.9	Upper middle-income
95	Cape Verde	22.6	Lower middle-income
96	Kyrgyzstan	22.6	Lower middle-income
97	Dominican Republic	22.6	Upper middle-income
98	El Salvador	22.2	Upper middle-income
99	Pakistan	22.1	Lower middle-income
100	Cambodia	21.9	Lower middle-income
101	Ghana	21.9	Lower middle-income
102	Paraguay	21.4	Upper middle-income
103	Kenya	21.4	Lower middle-income
104	Rwanda	21.1	Low-income
105	Nigeria	21.1	Lower middle-income
106	Bangladesh	21.0	Lower middle-income
107	Nepal	20.2	Lower middle-income
108	Tajikistan	20.2	Lower middle-income
109	Laos	20.1	Lower middle-income
110	Côte d'Ivoire	19.7	Lower middle-income
111	Bolivia	19.6	Lower middle-income
112	Zambia	19.6	Lower middle-income
113	Ecuador	19.5	Upper middle-income
114	Trinidad and Tobago	19.3	High-income
115	Algeria	18.9	Lower middle-income
116	Cameroon	18.2	Lower middle-income
117	Togo	18.1	Low-income
118	Benin	17.8	Lower middle-income
119	Honduras	17.7	Lower middle-income
120	Madagascar	17.6	Low-income
121	Tanzania	17.5	Low-income
122	Myanmar	17.3	Lower middle-income
123	Guatemala	17.1	Upper middle-income
124	Uganda	17.1	Lower middle-income
125	Malawi	16.0	Low-income
126	Burkina Faso	15.9	Low-income
127	Burundi	15.8	Low-income
128	Mozambique	15.4	Low-income
129	Zimbabwe	15.4	Lower middle-income
130	Nicaragua	15.4	Lower middle-income
131	Mauritania	15.4	Low-income
132	Lesotho	14.9	Low-income
133	Guinea	14.9	Lower middle-income
134	Ethiopia	14.4	Low-income
135	Mali	14.0	Low-income
136	Venezuela	13.7	Lower middle-income
137	Republic of the Congo	13.6	Lower middle-income
138	Angola	13.0	Lower middle-income
139	Niger	11.9	Low-income

See also

• International Innovation Index

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  This chart shows how the top 10 countries in the Global Innovation Index changed between 2018 and 2022.