The Global Innovation Index 2026 reveals an innovation landscape in transition, where technological progress continues, investment patterns are shifting and deep science ventures are working to translate frontier research into scalable industries. To drill further into the data behind the GII, visit the GII Innovation Ecosystems & Data Explorer.
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- GII Advisory Committee
- GII Industry Association Network
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Image: WIPO GII 2026 at a glance
The Global Innovation Index 2026 ranks the innovation performance of 139 economies, maps the world’s top 100 innovation clusters, and tracks the main global innovation trends.
This year’s special GII theme asks how deep science startups turn frontier research into new industries, and what it takes for them to scale.
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Image: WIPO Global Innovation Tracker
The Global Innovation Index 2026 Tracker takes the pulse of innovation at a time of economic and geopolitical recalibration, continuing technological breakthroughs and shifting investment patterns that shape how ideas emerge, spread, and scale globally.
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Image: WIPO GII 2026 results
The GII unveils the world's innovation leaders and measures the performance of 139 economies.
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Image: WIPO GII 2026 Ranking of World’s Top 100 Innovation Clusters
The GII reveals the world's top innovation clusters, by size and intensity.
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Image: WIPO Special theme 2026: Powering entrepreneurs at the frontier of science, turning pilots into pipelines
This year’s special theme explores how deep science ventures are translating frontier research into scalable industries driving the next wave of productivity growth.
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Image: WIPO GII Innovation Ecosystems and Data Explorer
The monitoring tools described in this chapter help users to track and interpret innovation performance metrics for 139 economies.
- Appendix I – Conceptual and measurement framework of the Global Innovation Index
- Appendix II – Joint Research Centre (JRC) statistical audit of the 2026 Global Innovation Index
- Appendix III – Sources and definitions
- Appendix IV – Global Innovation Index innovation cluster methodology
- Appendix V – Methodology of the Special theme