Global Innovation Index
The Global Innovation Index 2024 (GII) takes the pulse of innovation against a background of steady but slow global economic growth, shrinking innovation finance and sluggish productivity. It reveals the most innovative economies in the world, ranking the innovation performance of around 130 economies while highlighting innovation strengths and weaknesses.
Envisioned to capture as complete a picture of innovation as possible, the Index comprises around 80 indicators, including measures on the policy environment, education, infrastructure and knowledge creation of each economy.
The different metrics that the GII offers help to monitor performance and benchmark developments against economies within the same region or income group.
Current edition: Unlocking the promise of social entrepreneurship
The Global Innovation Index 2024 (GII) ranks the most innovative economies in the world in 2024 amongst 133 economies and unveils the world’s top S&T innovation clusters. It also reveals how to foster innovation via social entrepreneurship to make a societal impact that benefit everyone everywhere.
Previous editions of the Global Innovation Index
2023 – Innovation in the face of uncertainty
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2023
The Global Innovation Index 2023 (GII) takes the pulse of global innovation trends against the background of an economic environment fraught with uncertainty.
2022 – What is the future of innovation-driven growth?
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2022
The GII 2022 provided a stance on whether stagnation and low productivity growth are here to stay, or whether we are about to enter a new era, where new innovation spurts like the Digital Age and the Deep Science Innovation waves bring about an economic uplift.
2021 - Tracking Innovation through the COVID-19 Crisis
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2021
The GII 2021 drew on a select set of indicators, including the effects on research and development expenditures or access to innovation finance, to provide a perspective on the impact of COVID-19 on global innovation performance.
2020 – Who Will Finance Innovation?
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2020
The GII 2020 shed light on the state of innovation financing by investigating the evolution of existing mechanisms and pointing to progress and remaining challenges.
GII Innovation Insights
Each month, we take a deep dive into one determinant of innovation that constitutes the Global Innovation Index (GII), often together with the GII data collaborators. In this blog, we unveil unique Innovation Insights, untangling the complexities, and driving forces of the most or up-and-coming innovation nations.
GII Innovation talks
Step into the world of innovation trends and gain practical insights on what drives successful innovation. In each episode, we ask top-notch experts from various industries to unravel valuable perspectives on topical innovation insights, igniting inspiration to shape the future.
Inside Spain’s Innovation Policy and Strategies with Teresa Riesgo
March 25, 2025
Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Nigeria’s Startup Capital Lagos
January 15, 2025
Young People Are Innovating for Change: Scientist and Inventor Gitanjali Rao
APRIL 22, 2024
Shooting for the Stars: Aisha Bowe on Bridging the Gender Gap in STEM
October 21, 2023
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About the Global Innovation Index
Since its inception in 2007, the GII has shaped the innovation measurement agenda and become a cornerstone of economic policymaking, with an increasing number of governments systematically analyzing their annual GII results and designing policy responses to improve their performance.
Published anually, the core of the GII provides performance measures and ranks 132 economies on their innovation ecosystems. The Index is built on a rich dataset – the collection of 81 indicators from international public and private sources – going beyond the traditional measures of innovation since the definition of innovation has broadened.
In addition, the GII identifies the world’s top 100 science and technology clusters.
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General enquiries
General enquiries relating to the GII, including from students, academics, journalists and others, may be sent to the GII Team at WIPO. GII-related communications from Member States relating to innovation performance, the state of their economy’s innovation metrics or related GII assistance requests should be directed to the Assistant Director General, IP and Innovation Ecosystems Sector, World Intellectual Property Organization 34, chemin des Colombettes CH-1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland and the GII Team at WIPO.