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Revealed: These Are the Most Innovative Countries in the World, 2025

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According to the “World Innovation Index” published by CEOWORLD magazine, the United States ranks 7th in innovation, while China ranks 20th. The index considers factors such as patent applications, global brand value, hi-tech manufacturing, researchers per million population, corporate R&D investors, government R&D spending, university-industry R&D collaboration, knowledge-intensive employment, finance for startups, venture capital received, environmental performance, information and communication technology access, regulatory quality, and policies for doing business. The report emphasizes changes in global innovation leadership, focusing on emerging economies challenging traditional leaders.

The top performer on the index is Singapore, which has made substantial investments in research and development. Small countries can outrank larger ones because indicators are scaled according to a country’s population, GDP, and spending power. The index also considers a country’s adoption, use, and production of technology. The World Innovation Index score is correlated with a country’s GDP per person, so richer countries tend to rank higher. However, some countries, like China and India, outperform their rankings given their level of development.

Most Innovative Countries in the World, 2025

RankCountryRegionScore
1SingaporeAsia97.81
2TaiwanAsia 97.8
3South KoreaAsia97.68
4SwitzerlandEurope97.29
5IsraelAsia96.99
6NetherlandsEurope96.62
7United StatesAmericas96.47
8FinlandEurope96.31
9DenmarkEurope96.2
10JapanAsia95.48
11United KingdomEurope 95.23
12FranceEurope94.95
13SwedenEurope94.6
14EstoniaEurope94.58
15AustriaEurope94.14
16GermanyEurope93.63
17Hong Kong (China)Asia93.45
18NorwayEurope92.75
19IcelandEurope92.61
20ChinaAsia92.38
21AustraliaOceania92
22BelgiumEurope91.49
23IrelandEurope91.33
24LuxembourgEurope91.2
25SpainEurope 90.72
26MaltaEurope90.45
27Czech Republic (Czechia)Europe90.43
28United Arab EmiratesAsia 90.4
29MalaysiaAsia90.29
30PortugalEurope90.24
31SloveniaEurope 90.23
32LithuaniaEurope89.74
33New ZealandOceania89.51
34ItalyEurope88.43
35CyprusEurope88.03
36CanadaAmericas87.81
37HungaryEurope87.7
38IndiaAsia87.63
39PolandEurope87.53
40ThailandAsia 86.96
41LatviaEurope86.82
42CroatiaEurope86.81
43GreeceEurope86.71
44SlovakiaEurope 86.26
45Saudi ArabiaAsia86.25
46VietnamAsia86.14
47BrazilAmericas85.93
48ChileAmericas85.89
49SerbiaEurope85.54
50IndonesiaAsia85.42
51RussiaEurope85.41
52BulgariaEurope84.91
53Turkey (Türkiye)Asia84.87
54RomaniaEurope84.05
55QatarAsia83.82
56PhilippinesAsia83.73
57MauritiusAfrica83.67
58MexicoAmericas83.19
59MonacoEurope82.98
60Macao (China)Asia82.88
61LiechtensteinEurope82.37
62AndorraEurope82.07
63BahamasAmericas81.96
64BelizeAmericas81.91
65Antigua and BarbudaAmericas81.69
66GeorgiaAsia80.59
67North MacedoniaEurope80.01
68ArmeniaAsia80
69MontenegroEurope79.82
70BahrainAsia 79.79
71MoldovaEurope78.08
72UkraineEurope 77.55
73ColombiaAmericas77.06
74UruguayAmericas76.18
75MongoliaAsia76.12
76South AfricaAfrica75.96
77Costa RicaAmericas75.91
78KuwaitAsia75.65
79JordanAsia75.18
80OmanAsia74.93
81PeruAmericas74.92
82ArgentinaAmericas74.53
83BarbadosAmericas74.24
84PanamaAmericas74.18
85UzbekistanAsia 74.16
86AlbaniaEurope74.05
87BelarusEurope73.24
88KazakhstanAsia72.7
89JamaicaAmericas72.62
90Bosnia and HerzegovinaEurope72.56
91TunisiaAfrica 72.49
92EgyptAfrica71.62
93BotswanaAfrica71.59
94Brunei DarussalamAsia71.47
95Sri LankaAsia71
96Cabo Verde [Cape Verde]Africa70.97
97SenegalAfrica70.44
98KenyaAfrica68.64
99Dominican RepublicAfrica68.59
100El SalvadorAmericas68.58
101KyrgyzstanAsia68.01
102BoliviaAmericas67.9
103MoroccoAfrica67.87
104Iran (Islamic Republic of)Asia67.65
105ParaguayAmericas67.44
106LebanonAsia67.26
107AzerbaijanAsia66.93
108GhanaAfrica66.87
109NamibiaAfrica66.75
110CambodiaAsia66.14
111RwandaAfrica66.13
112Saint Kitts and NevisAmericas65.91
113SamoaOceania65.86
114San MarinoEurope65.85
115São Tomé and PríncipeAfrica65.19
116Saint LuciaAmericas64.92
117Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesAmericas64.56
118EcuadorAmericas64.54
119TajikistanAsia 64.31
120Trinidad and TobagoAmericas64.2
121MadagascarAfrica63.07
122LaosAsia62.56
123ZambiaAfrica62.3
124TogoAfrica62.21
125ZimbabweAfrica61.74
126BeninAfrica61.62
127TanzaniaAfrica60.77
128UgandaAfrica 60.65
129GuatemalaAmericas60.59
130CameroonAfrica60.31
131NicaraguaAmericas60.29
132Myanmar [Burma]Asia60.12
133BurundiAfrica59.82
134MozambiqueAfrica59.49
135Burkina FasoAfrica59.46
136HondurasAmericas59.45
137AlgeriaAfrica59.44
138Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)Africa59.39
139NigeriaAfrica59.37
140BangladeshAsia58.83
141EthiopiaAfrica58.78
142MaliAfrica58.44
143NigerAfrica57.62
144AngolaAfrica57.44
145IraqAsia57.4
146FijiOceania57.37
147CubaAmericas57.04
148BhutanAsia56.92
149AfghanistanAsia56.88
150Central African RepublicAfrica56.83
151ChadAfrica56.66
152ComorosAfrica56.65
153DjiboutiAfrica56.12
154DominicaAmericas56.08
155DR Congo [Democratic Republic of the Congo]Africa55.95
156Equatorial GuineaAfrica55.85
157EritreaAfrica55.78
158Eswatini [Swaziland]Africa55.63
159GabonAfrica55.14
160GambiaAfrica54.17
161GuineaAfrica54.05
162Guinea-BissauAfrica53.96
163GuyanaAmericas53.6
164HaitiAmericas53.56
165KiribatiOceania53.35
166LesothoAfrica53.1
167LiberiaAfrica52.65
168LibyaAfrica52.52
169MalawiAfrica52.21
170Papua New GuineaOceania52.18
171North KoreaAsia52.01
172NauruOceania51.56
173MicronesiaOceania51.52
174MauritaniaAfrica51.37
175Marshall IslandsOceania51.09
176MaldivesAsia50.88
177NepalAsia50.65
178PalauOceania50.35
179VanuatuOceania50.17
180VenezuelaAmericas49.82
181Republic of the CongoAfrica49.62
182SeychellesAfrica49.18
183Sierra LeoneAfrica48.57
184Solomon IslandsOceania48.55
185SomaliaAfrica47.93
186South SudanAfrica47.75
187PakistanAsia47.35
188SudanAfrica46.88
189SurinameAmericas46.62
190TurkmenistanAsia46.39
191TuvaluOceania45.91
192TongaOceania45.75
193SyriaAsia45.42
194PalestineAsia45.18
195Timor Leste (East Timor)Asia45.1
196YemenAsia45.02

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