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WIPO Global Innovation Index 2026 — Business sophistication. The fifth enabler pillar tries to capture the level of business sophistication to assess how conducive firms are to innovation activity. Higher scores rank first.

📅 2026📏 GII score (0–100)139 entries

Oceania · 2

Europe · 40

Asia · 39

Americas · 23

Africa · 35

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Every dot is one country, placed by its value (GII score (0–100)); the vertical bar marks each row’s median. Rows are world regions, ordered by their median. Hover a dot for its name.

🇸🇪Sweden

66.69

🇺🇸United States

64.66

🇨🇭Switzerland

64.36

🇸🇬Singapore

62.19

🇳🇱Netherlands

61.39

🇰🇷South Korea

60.71

🇯🇵Japan

58.05

🇧🇪Belgium

55.94

🇮🇱Israel

55.80

🇩🇰Denmark

55.67

🇫🇮Finland

55.45

🇩🇪Germany

55.30

🇱🇺Luxembourg

55.03

🇮🇪Ireland

54.72

🇬🇧United Kingdom

54.70

🇨🇳China

54.42

🇫🇷France

52.76

🇦🇹Austria

50.49

🇮🇸Iceland

48.97

🇨🇦Canada

48.85

🇳🇴Norway

48.53

🇲🇹Malta

48.48

🇦🇺Australia

48.39

🇳🇿New Zealand

46.81

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates

45.03

🇪🇪Estonia

43.77

🇨🇾Cyprus

43.75

🇲🇾Malaysia

42.98

🇭🇰Hong Kong

42.94

🇪🇸Spain

39.70

🇵🇹Portugal

39.68

🇨🇿Czechia

39.62

🇮🇹Italy

39.23

🇱🇹Lithuania

39.22

🇭🇺Hungary

38.72

🇵🇱Poland

38.71

🇸🇮Slovenia

37.39

🇹🇷Türkiye

35.99

🇨🇲Cameroon

34.78

🇨🇷Costa Rica

34.48

🇹🇭Thailand

34.43

🇧🇷Brazil

34.17

🇱🇻Latvia

33.59

🇷🇺Russia

33.46

🇿🇦South Africa

32.54

🇧🇬Bulgaria

32.48

🇸🇦Saudi Arabia

32.29

🇻🇳Vietnam

32.18

🇵🇭Philippines

31.95

🇲🇼Malawi

31.64

Highlights

As of 2026, Sweden ranks first with 66.69, followed by United States (64.66) and Switzerland (64.36).

Across 139 countries and territories, values run from 66.69 (Sweden) to 14.81 (Burkina Faso), with a median of 26.07.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from Europe, 4 from Asia and 1 from the Americas.

Source: WIPO — Global Innovation Index 2026, 2026. Unit: GII score (0–100).

Source: WIPO — Global Innovation Index 2026 · entered by hand Oct 18, 2026

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Highlights

As of 2026, Sweden ranks first with 66.69, followed by United States (64.66) and Switzerland (64.36).

Across 139 countries and territories, values run from 66.69 (Sweden) to 14.81 (Burkina Faso), with a median of 26.07.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 5 from Europe, 4 from Asia and 1 from the Americas.

Source: WIPO — Global Innovation Index 2026, 2026. Unit: GII score (0–100).