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WIPO Global Innovation Index 2026 — Market sophistication. The Market sophistication pillar has three sub-pillars structured around market conditions and the total level of transactions. 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.

🇺🇸United States

79.31

🇭🇰Hong Kong

74.82

🇨🇭Switzerland

70.56

🇬🇧United Kingdom

65.14

🇸🇬Singapore

63.26

🇸🇪Sweden

63.05

🇯🇵Japan

62.23

🇪🇪Estonia

62.06

🇰🇷South Korea

61.93

🇨🇦Canada

60.80

🇨🇳China

60.07

🇳🇱Netherlands

59.49

🇩🇰Denmark

59.07

🇦🇪United Arab Emirates

59.06

🇮🇱Israel

58.61

🇫🇷France

58.40

🇦🇺Australia

57.48

🇫🇮Finland

57.32

🇲🇾Malaysia

55.96

🇳🇴Norway

52.55

🇩🇪Germany

51.60

🇳🇿New Zealand

51.53

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina

50.40

🇸🇦Saudi Arabia

50.19

🇱🇺Luxembourg

49.94

🇵🇹Portugal

49.65

🇹🇭Thailand

49.51

🇱🇹Lithuania

49.42

🇮🇸Iceland

48.98

🇦🇹Austria

47.53

🇰🇭Cambodia

47.39

🇨🇾Cyprus

47.11

🇪🇸Spain

46.65

🇮🇪Ireland

45.99

🇮🇳India

45.27

🇳🇮Nicaragua

44.81

🇧🇪Belgium

44.81

🇲🇺Mauritius

44.61

🇧🇬Bulgaria

44.31

🇨🇱Chile

43.55

🇶🇦Qatar

43.17

🇿🇦South Africa

42.71

🇻🇳Vietnam

42.39

🇹🇷Türkiye

42.33

🇱🇻Latvia

41.96

🇮🇹Italy

41.87

🇲🇹Malta

41.77

🇦🇱Albania

41.73

🇧🇴Bolivia

41.69

🇭🇷Croatia

41.56

Highlights

As of 2026, United States ranks first with 79.31, followed by Hong Kong (74.82) and Switzerland (70.56).

Across 139 countries and territories, values run from 79.31 (United States) to 9.82 (Chad), with a median of 35.68.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 4 from Asia, 4 from Europe and 2 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, United States ranks first with 79.31, followed by Hong Kong (74.82) and Switzerland (70.56).

Across 139 countries and territories, values run from 79.31 (United States) to 9.82 (Chad), with a median of 35.68.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 4 from Asia, 4 from Europe and 2 from the Americas.

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