Global Innovation Index

Every year in one file, one row per country per year: global-innovation-index-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

GII Score (0–100)is built fromInstitutionsHuman Capital and ResearchInfrastructureMarket SophisticationBusiness SophisticationKnowledge and Technology OutputsCreative Outputs

Every column in the newest file of Global Innovation Index: what it holds, how it is stored, and its range.

Column	What it holds	Stored as	Range, 2025	Distinct	Empty	Spread
Global Rankglobal_rankPublisher’s rank	World Intellectual Property Organization’s own rank, exactly as printed.	Number · whole numbers	1Switzerland139Nigermiddle 70	139	0
EconomycountryName	The country’s name, as this file spells it.	Text	—	139	0
ISO Codecountry_codeIdentifier	The ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, added by this site. Every table here joins on it.	Text · 3 letters	—	139	0
GII Score (0–100)gii_scoreHeadline	The headline figure: GII score (0–100).	Number · up to 13 decimals	11.945Niger65.962Switzerlandmiddle 28.521	139	0
Innovation Inputsinnovation_inputsMeasure	Sub-index averaging the five input pillars, the conditions that make innovation possible, scored 0–100.	Number · up to 13 decimals	17.2266Niger68.7455Singaporemiddle 36.6084	139	0
InstitutionsinstitutionsPart of the headline	Political, regulatory and business environment in which innovation takes place, scored 0–100.	Number · up to 14 decimals	1.878Venezuela98.690Singaporemiddle 48.968	139	0
Human Capital and Researchhuman_capitalPart of the headline	Schooling, tertiary education, and research and development, scored 0–100.	Number · up to 14 decimals	5.517Ethiopia66.991South Koreamiddle 30.468	139	0
InfrastructureinfrastructurePart of the headline	Information and communication technologies, general infrastructure and ecological sustainability, scored 0–100.	Number · up to 13 decimals	11.056Burkina Faso68.827Norwaymiddle 41.767	139	0
Market Sophisticationmarket_sophisticationPart of the headline	Access to credit, investment, trade, diversification and the scale of the domestic market, scored 0–100.	Number · up to 14 decimals	6.010Republic of the Congo75.035United Statesmiddle 35.540	139	0
Business Sophisticationbusiness_sophisticationPart of the headline	Knowledge workers, links between firms, universities and research, and how well firms absorb knowledge, scored 0–100.	Number · up to 13 decimals	15.365Myanmar65.903United Statesmiddle 27.961	139	0
Innovation Outputsinnovation_outputsMeasure	Sub-index averaging the two output pillars, the results that innovation produces, scored 0–100.	Number · up to 14 decimals	4.920Lesotho64.453Switzerlandmiddle 20.736	139	0
Knowledge and Technology Outputsknowledge_outputsPart of the headline	Creation, impact and spread of knowledge, from patents and scientific articles to high-tech exports, scored 0–100.	Number · up to 14 decimals	5.456Angola60.705Chinamiddle 20.578	139	0
Creative Outputscreative_outputsPart of the headline	Intangible assets such as trademarks and designs, creative goods and services, and online creativity, scored 0–100.	Number · up to 15 decimals	2.003Niger68.798Switzerlandmiddle 22.337	139	0
Income Groupincome_groupGrouping	World Intellectual Property Organization’s own grouping of the country.	Text	—	4	1
RegionregionGrouping	World Intellectual Property Organization’s own grouping of the country.	Text	—	7	0

Profiled from the newest file. Range: the lowest and highest value, with the country holding it when only one does. Spread: countries in ten equal steps from lowest to highest. A higher value is the better result.

1. 1 · Publisher

   World Intellectual Property Organization

   wipo.int

2. 2 · Their file

   Global Innovation Index 2025

   wipo-pub-2000-2025-tech1.xlsx

3. 3 · Read by this site

   September 6, 2026

   Imported by a script that parses each figure and writes it down unrounded.

4. 4 · Stored as

   4 files, one per year

   Each downloads as a CSV, or every year together as global-innovation-index-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

5. 5 · Used on

   Its statistic page, and every profile it measures

   /statistics/global-innovation-index

Imported from WIPO’s own data annex, one download per edition. The series starts at 2022 because WIPO changed its publication numbering and the earlier annexes are not at a matching URL.