Innovation Human Capital & Research

WIPO Global Innovation Index 2026 — Human capital and research. This pillar gauges the human capital of countries. 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.

🇰🇷South Korea

71.74

🇸🇬Singapore

65.36

🇩🇪Germany

65.08

🇫🇮Finland

63.85

🇸🇪Sweden

63.57

🇭🇰Hong Kong

62.83

🇬🇧United Kingdom

61.23

🇨🇭Switzerland

60.97

🇦🇺Australia

60.77

🇦🇹Austria

60.09

🇨🇦Canada

59.53

🇩🇰Denmark

59.21

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates

57.86

🇺🇸United States

57.27

🇧🇪Belgium

56.26

🇳🇱Netherlands

55.89

🇫🇷France

54.77

🇯🇵Japan

54.31

🇮🇱Israel

53.91

🇵🇹Portugal

52.95

🇳🇿New Zealand

52.29

🇳🇴Norway

51.87

🇨🇳China

49.66

🇸🇮Slovenia

49.18

🇮🇪Ireland

48.98

🇻🇪Venezuela

48.76

🇪🇸Spain

48.44

🇬🇷Greece

47.48

🇮🇹Italy

47.37

🇱🇺Luxembourg

47.19

🇸🇦Saudi Arabia

46.95

🇷🇺Russia

46.37

🇮🇸Iceland

45.48

🇪🇪Estonia

44.23

🇵🇱Poland

43.81

🇭🇺Hungary

43.16

🇨🇿Czechia

42.63

🇧🇾Belarus

41.79

🇩🇿Algeria

41.01

🇨🇱Chile

40.88

🇹🇷Türkiye

40.64

🇶🇦Qatar

40.38

🇭🇷Croatia

40.10

🇱🇹Lithuania

39.72

🇹🇳Tunisia

39.64

🇨🇾Cyprus

39.23

🇧🇷Brazil

38.89

🇷🇸Serbia

38.57

🇧🇹Bhutan

38.56

🇲🇹Malta

38.43

Highlights

As of 2026, South Korea ranks first with 71.74, followed by Singapore (65.36) and Germany (65.08).

Across 139 countries and territories, values run from 71.74 (South Korea) to 6.30 (Zimbabwe), with a median of 32.37.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 6 from Europe, 3 from Asia and 1 from Oceania.

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, South Korea ranks first with 71.74, followed by Singapore (65.36) and Germany (65.08).

Across 139 countries and territories, values run from 71.74 (South Korea) to 6.30 (Zimbabwe), with a median of 32.37.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 6 from Europe, 3 from Asia and 1 from Oceania.

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