The Global Innovation Index (GII) 2025, now in its 18th edition, measures innovation performance across around 140 economies and unveils the world’s top 100 innovation clusters.
It tracks global innovation trends through investment patterns, technological progress, adoption rates, and socioeconomic impacts. It provides a useful resource for government, industry, researchers and anyone with a stake in developing innovation ecosystems around the world.
Global Innovation Index Ranking 2025
This year the most innovative economies are:
World’s 100 Innovation Clusters
The GII cluster ranking, expanded with venture capital data, reveals the world’s largest innovation hubs:
- Shenzhen–Hong Kong–Guangzhou
- Tokyo–Yokohama
- San Jose–San Francisco
- Beijing
- Seoul
- Shanghai-Suzhou
- New York
- London
- Boston-Cambridge
- Los Angeles
The Top 100 clusters together account for around 70% of global patent filings and venture capital activity, underlining their central role in shaping the future of innovation.
Global Innovation Tracker 2025
The Global Innovation Tracker provides a snapshot of global innovation activity across all four phases of the innovation cycle:
Science and innovation investment
Technological progress
Technology adoption
Socioeconomic impact
This year, the GII Global Innovation Tracker shows that innovation investments are largely positive – except for venture capital. Yet, innovation investment growth is at an historically low level.
About the Global Innovation Index
Since its launch in 2007, the GII has become the leading global benchmark for measuring and comparing innovation performance. It is recognized by the UN General Assembly as an authoritative reference for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) policies.
The 2025 edition is published by WIPO, in partnership with the Portulans Institute.
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Past editions of the GII
GII 2024 – Unlocking the promise of social entrepreneurship
The GII 2024 reveals who is leading globally in innovation, ranking the innovation performance of 133 economies and highlighting their strengths and weaknesses.
GII 2023 – Innovation in the face of uncertainty
The GII 2023 takes the pulse of global innovation trends against the background of an economic environment fraught with uncertainty.
GII 2022 – What is the future of innovation-driven growth?
The GII 2022 tracks the most recent global innovation trends against the background of an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, slowing productivity growth and other evolving challenges.
GII 2021 – Tracking Innovation through the COVID-19 Crisis
The GII 2021 presents the most recent global innovation trends in the new Global Innovation Tracker. This edition also focuses on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on innovation.