Institutions for Innovation

WIPO Global Innovation Index 2026 — Institutions. This pillar captures the institutional framework of an economny, such as the political, regulatory and business environment. 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.

🇸🇬Singapore

97.67

🇩🇰Denmark

87.90

🇳🇿New Zealand

84.92

🇫🇮Finland

84.85

🇨🇭Switzerland

84.34

🇱🇺Luxembourg

83.64

🇭🇰Hong Kong

81.61

🇳🇴Norway

81.38

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates

80.23

🇮🇪Ireland

79.70

🇸🇪Sweden

78.55

🇦🇺Australia

78.30

🇳🇱Netherlands

77.16

🇮🇸Iceland

76.85

🇨🇦Canada

76.64

🇧🇪Belgium

73.66

🇶🇦Qatar

73.49

🇪🇪Estonia

73.26

🇺🇸United States

73.04

🇱🇹Lithuania

72.90

🇩🇪Germany

72.73

🇰🇷South Korea

72.45

🇯🇵Japan

72.22

🇦🇹Austria

71.81

🇸🇦Saudi Arabia

70.14

🇷🇼Rwanda

69.01

🇲🇾Malaysia

68.93

🇬🇧United Kingdom

67.51

🇺🇾Uruguay

67.28

🇨🇿Czechia

67.21

🇧🇭Bahrain

67.03

🇧🇳Brunei

67.01

🇮🇱Israel

65.67

🇲🇺Mauritius

65.46

🇫🇷France

65.16

🇦🇿Azerbaijan

64.89

🇬🇪Georgia

64.47

🇧🇹Bhutan

64.44

🇴🇲Oman

63.65

🇲🇹Malta

62.08

🇧🇼Botswana

61.83

🇵🇹Portugal

60.70

🇱🇻Latvia

60.57

🇧🇧Barbados

59.95

🇦🇱Albania

59.74

🇨🇻Cape Verde

59.33

🇨🇱Chile

59.33

🇨🇳China

59.32

🇮🇩Indonesia

59.22

🇨🇾Cyprus

59.18

Highlights

As of 2026, Singapore ranks first with 97.67, followed by Denmark (87.90) and New Zealand (84.92).

Across 139 countries and territories, values run from 97.67 (Singapore) to 2.56 (Venezuela), with a median of 50.51.

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, Singapore ranks first with 97.67, followed by Denmark (87.90) and New Zealand (84.92).

Across 139 countries and territories, values run from 97.67 (Singapore) to 2.56 (Venezuela), with a median of 50.51.

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).