Global Innovation Index

On 16th September 2025, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) released the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2025 in partnership with the Portulans Institute.

  • The GII uses 78 indicators, ranging from research and development (R&D) spending, venture capital (VC) deals, high-tech exports and intellectual property filings in evaluating nearly 140 world economies on their innovative performance.
  • The GII 2025 is calculated as the average of two sub-indices.
    • The Innovation Input Sub-Index gauges elements of the economy that enable and facilitate innovative activities and is grouped into five pillars:
      1. Institutions
      2. Human capital and research
      3. Infrastructure
      4. Market sophistication
      5. Business sophistication.
    • The Innovation Output Sub-Index captures the results of innovative ....
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