Data for 2025

Global Innovation Index, 2025

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Global Innovation Index, 2025 covers 139 countries on 10 measures. Switzerland is highest, at 65.962; Niger is lowest, at 11.945. The middle country reads 28.521. Against 2024, 133 values changed (91 up, 42 down), 6 countries joined.

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Global Innovation Index · Data for 2025

HighestSwitzerland

65.962

LowestNiger

11.945

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

139countries
10measures per country
2025the year it describes
139distinct values13 decimals, as published
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1	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	65.962	67.4712	85.457	60.099	65.227	67.094	59.480	64.453	60.108	68.798	High income	Europe
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	62.578	66.0713	76.477	61.784	67.407	59.453	65.235	59.085	58.109	60.061	High income	Europe
3	United States`USA`Northern America	61.689	65.0661	74.333	55.768	54.292	75.035	65.903	58.312	60.009	56.616	High income	Northern America
4	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	59.998	65.2453	72.510	66.991	63.584	61.936	61.204	54.750	51.845	57.655	High income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
5	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	59.943	68.7455	98.690	63.311	57.175	61.520	63.032	51.141	53.111	49.171	High income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
6	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	59.115	60.4142	69.300	59.442	56.581	63.784	52.963	57.817	55.959	59.674	High income	Europe
7	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	57.706	65.1904	83.570	60.872	67.576	58.639	55.296	50.222	52.650	47.795	High income	Europe
8	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	57.035	60.6234	79.047	55.338	54.599	57.542	56.592	53.448	50.816	56.079	High income	Europe
9	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	56.915	63.7052	86.949	57.435	62.868	55.963	55.311	50.125	46.026	54.223	High income	Europe
10	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	56.555	57.8898	59.954	51.960	64.296	57.281	55.959	55.220	60.705	49.736	Upper middle income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
11	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	55.455	58.2901	70.209	61.036	54.904	50.821	54.480	52.621	49.643	55.599	High income	Europe
12	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	53.557	59.8186	70.855	53.497	57.576	59.408	57.756	47.295	48.237	46.352	High income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
13	France`FRA`Western Europe	53.416	57.9436	66.813	55.070	57.413	57.061	53.361	48.888	41.802	55.973	High income	Europe
14	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	52.250	56.3258	65.257	52.313	51.543	56.823	55.693	48.174	55.406	40.942	High income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
15	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	51.464	62.6746	81.233	57.223	57.119	70.663	47.134	40.253	32.817	47.690	High income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
16	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	51.092	56.3799	73.622	42.696	60.822	59.968	44.791	45.804	40.241	51.367	High income	Europe
17	Canada`CAN`Northern America	51.064	59.6609	75.247	58.302	55.776	59.488	49.491	42.468	40.441	44.494	High income	Northern America
18	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	50.351	57.0206	79.435	48.886	58.639	44.801	53.342	43.682	42.670	44.693	High income	Europe
19	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	50.097	57.9800	72.102	58.567	59.336	46.906	52.989	42.214	39.920	44.507	High income	Europe
20	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	49.238	60.0380	80.306	49.677	68.827	52.082	49.298	38.438	32.191	44.684	High income	Europe
21	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	48.463	56.7226	68.060	54.948	51.711	53.365	55.529	40.204	41.350	39.058	High income	Europe
22	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	48.006	58.2485	76.076	58.575	55.663	55.398	45.530	37.763	33.025	42.501	High income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
23	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	47.265	55.5184	83.781	47.947	46.593	50.246	49.026	39.012	24.657	53.367	High income	Europe
24	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	47.017	57.6031	75.910	45.388	67.673	49.466	49.579	36.431	27.483	45.379	High income	Europe
25	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	45.499	47.0619	57.883	35.763	50.378	45.647	45.638	43.936	36.301	51.571	High income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
26	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	45.489	56.8714	83.106	48.934	55.097	49.514	47.706	34.107	28.619	39.595	High income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
27	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	45.347	47.4155	59.407	43.516	53.135	37.238	43.782	43.279	36.176	50.382	High income	Europe
28	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	44.945	46.9371	54.241	45.097	54.909	40.435	40.004	42.952	40.741	45.164	High income	Europe
29	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	44.607	49.4326	54.564	46.645	59.511	46.085	40.358	39.781	36.600	42.963	High income	Europe
30	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	44.154	58.7153	81.785	54.675	61.113	54.030	41.973	29.594	23.039	36.149	High income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
31	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	43.858	50.4285	62.145	50.820	51.792	48.658	38.728	37.287	30.455	44.119	High income	Europe
32	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	42.036	47.8114	66.298	42.337	53.902	35.168	41.352	36.260	40.086	32.434	High income	Europe
33	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	40.789	50.0742	72.648	37.789	54.776	46.642	38.516	31.504	32.143	30.864	High income	Europe
34	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	40.581	49.1675	67.983	37.663	47.366	54.869	37.957	31.995	30.972	33.019	Upper middle income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
35	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	40.105	47.9357	58.470	48.113	57.128	37.813	38.156	32.273	35.148	29.398	High income	Europe
36	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	39.994	45.3122	51.085	43.733	52.773	40.868	38.102	34.677	35.186	34.168	High income	Europe
37	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	39.093	42.8214	46.028	32.660	57.080	45.645	32.693	35.364	33.222	37.506	High income	Europe
38	India`IND`Southern Asia	38.200	41.1452	53.490	34.730	45.205	43.101	29.199	35.254	37.812	32.697	Lower middle income	Central and Southern Asia
39	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	37.708	42.6893	49.658	38.568	48.091	37.655	39.474	32.727	28.491	36.962	High income	Europe
40	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	37.679	44.1834	50.995	40.271	57.995	39.925	31.731	31.175	30.296	32.055	High income	Europe
41	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	37.527	44.7972	59.350	37.571	53.653	39.502	33.910	30.257	25.357	35.157	High income	Europe
42	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	37.347	43.6997	51.977	46.756	52.140	38.961	28.664	30.994	28.149	33.838	High income	Europe
43	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	37.202	41.6296	37.026	41.156	51.688	41.852	36.425	32.774	26.364	39.183	Upper middle income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
44	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	37.080	41.6035	53.452	30.468	46.759	41.623	35.716	32.556	28.866	36.247	Lower middle income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
45	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	36.672	42.5258	47.540	34.901	45.782	47.992	36.415	30.819	27.653	33.985	Upper middle income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
46	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	36.045	48.7308	68.974	42.751	52.970	46.681	32.278	23.359	19.851	26.867	High income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
47	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	35.508	41.2385	47.902	35.514	52.796	38.655	31.326	29.777	32.662	26.892	High income	Europe
48	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	34.562	47.4156	74.277	38.052	58.155	40.985	25.609	21.708	16.905	26.511	High income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
49	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	34.264	39.4008	43.431	30.186	54.376	37.857	31.154	29.128	28.733	29.523	High income	Europe
50	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	33.594	39.1132	51.937	24.740	42.449	39.997	36.443	28.075	29.640	26.509	Lower middle income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
51	Chile`CHL`South America	33.066	43.2541	57.520	34.181	48.971	43.896	31.703	22.878	21.777	23.979	High income	Latin America and the Caribbean
52	Brazil`BRA`South America	32.869	37.8421	34.201	37.546	45.519	35.386	36.557	27.896	25.842	29.950	Upper middle income	Latin America and the Caribbean
53	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	32.503	40.9215	66.958	28.508	38.143	47.835	23.164	24.085	13.380	34.789	Upper middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
54	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	31.743	39.4349	48.082	37.527	52.768	34.575	24.222	24.052	30.776	17.328	Upper middle income	Europe
55	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	31.305	38.9579	61.631	24.441	41.565	40.629	26.523	23.652	20.578	26.726	Upper middle income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
56	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	31.215	41.9086	68.409	33.050	41.224	38.696	28.165	20.521	21.008	20.034	Upper middle income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
57	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	31.048	34.8522	48.146	26.144	38.416	33.386	28.170	27.244	22.780	31.707	Lower middle income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
58	Mexico`MEX`Central America	30.513	34.1565	34.902	32.087	39.906	36.053	27.834	26.869	23.469	30.268	Upper middle income	Latin America and the Caribbean
59	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	30.448	34.5751	48.968	24.653	39.259	32.954	27.041	26.321	21.466	31.177	Upper middle income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
60	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	30.264	36.0930	23.264	47.172	40.422	34.586	35.022	24.435	21.840	27.030	High income	Europe
61	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	30.138	36.8357	38.204	29.438	42.050	41.282	33.205	23.441	20.495	26.386	Upper middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
62	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	30.016	43.9217	68.634	28.249	58.118	37.183	27.425	16.110	17.819	14.400	High income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
63	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	29.791	37.4864	46.977	30.402	47.523	35.599	26.931	22.095	24.689	19.500	Upper middle income	Europe
64	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	29.753	38.1208	42.753	33.275	48.758	41.195	24.623	21.385	19.809	22.960	Upper middle income	Europe
65	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	29.694	37.4298	56.048	25.612	37.114	37.077	31.298	21.957	22.173	21.742	Lower middle income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
66	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	29.691	34.2002	34.120	32.522	40.703	32.253	31.403	25.182	26.476	23.888	Upper middle income	Europe
67	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	29.607	40.9841	58.706	22.383	52.279	41.051	30.502	18.230	16.454	20.007	Upper middle income	Europe
68	Uruguay`URY`South America	28.838	38.3812	67.457	24.157	50.586	27.606	22.100	19.295	20.011	18.579	High income	Latin America and the Caribbean
69	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	28.649	40.6795	61.452	30.162	46.996	35.540	29.247	16.619	15.006	18.232	High income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
70	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	28.521	27.3762	14.138	32.433	33.941	33.653	22.715	29.666	27.460	31.872	Upper middle income	Central and Southern Asia
71	Colombia`COL`South America	28.480	36.5148	43.056	32.950	40.752	34.853	30.963	20.446	19.610	21.281	Upper middle income	Latin America and the Caribbean
72	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	28.359	36.6084	53.519	25.723	44.259	31.581	27.961	20.109	23.353	16.866	Upper middle income	Latin America and the Caribbean
73	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	28.214	37.3831	47.824	34.500	47.988	34.405	22.198	19.046	15.754	22.337	High income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
74	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	27.368	31.3995	40.918	30.939	34.988	31.820	18.333	23.336	20.945	25.726	Upper middle income	Europe
75	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	27.163	37.7466	63.370	23.876	37.059	38.754	25.673	16.579	7.826	25.332	High income	Sub-Saharan Africa
76	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	26.987	30.3127	33.349	36.764	28.274	32.282	20.893	23.661	23.345	23.977	Lower middle income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
77	Argentina`ARG`South America	26.778	31.1283	28.597	33.764	38.486	28.160	26.635	22.428	18.146	26.709	Upper middle income	Latin America and the Caribbean
78	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	26.695	32.1509	38.139	25.544	41.767	29.032	26.273	21.238	13.948	28.528	Upper middle income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
79	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	26.498	36.6398	51.884	27.403	41.834	34.999	27.079	16.355	20.896	11.814	Lower middle income	Central and Southern Asia
80	Peru`PER`South America	26.466	36.5067	39.778	38.959	41.940	40.550	21.307	16.425	13.666	19.184	Upper middle income	Latin America and the Caribbean
81	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	26.341	35.5372	47.091	31.073	42.998	29.903	26.622	17.145	16.022	18.269	Upper middle income	Central and Southern Asia
82	Panama`PAN`Central America	25.880	32.4780	44.509	19.092	49.073	31.440	18.276	19.282	15.517	23.046	High income	Latin America and the Caribbean
83	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	25.231	30.3311	51.002	22.180	31.937	22.925	23.611	20.132	10.418	29.846	Upper middle income	Latin America and the Caribbean
84	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	25.125	31.1652	54.146	24.931	26.898	17.551	32.301	19.085	22.109	16.061	High income	Latin America and the Caribbean
85	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	25.099	29.4620	14.790	40.444	38.045	27.916	26.115	20.736	26.059	15.413	Upper middle income	Europe
86	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	24.712	30.6169	39.073	21.132	35.333	32.205	25.342	18.808	16.903	20.712	Lower middle income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
87	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	24.631	39.2607	60.265	28.855	35.162	42.148	29.873	10.002	11.741	8.263	Upper middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
88	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	24.463	42.4383	69.738	33.225	44.739	39.532	24.958	6.489	8.204	4.773	High income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
89	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	23.837	32.7960	48.958	22.570	38.762	31.488	22.202	14.877	19.745	10.010	Lower middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
90	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	23.612	29.5786	18.279	32.781	27.038	41.836	27.959	17.645	22.676	12.615	Lower middle income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
91	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	23.476	35.9593	56.239	28.507	34.531	27.395	33.123	10.992	9.206	12.778	Upper middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
92	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	23.430	30.1294	28.524	28.658	41.522	33.526	18.416	16.730	20.311	13.149	Upper middle income	Europe
93	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	22.905	28.8307	34.610	19.201	42.400	26.851	21.092	16.980	15.713	18.247	Lower middle income	Central and Southern Asia
94	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	22.869	34.9748	60.906	25.246	31.159	35.206	22.356	10.764	11.148	10.380	Upper middle income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
95	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	22.590	34.5543	60.244	19.727	38.338	27.318	27.145	10.626	11.125	10.127	Lower middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
96	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	22.571	30.8541	28.899	33.591	36.885	33.062	21.833	14.287	12.479	16.096	Lower middle income	Central and Southern Asia
97	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	22.568	32.4872	54.292	18.894	38.443	24.803	26.004	12.650	11.008	14.292	Upper middle income	Latin America and the Caribbean
98	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	22.241	27.6848	40.036	16.580	28.755	32.151	20.902	16.796	12.404	21.188	Upper middle income	Latin America and the Caribbean
99	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	22.064	24.3374	26.113	15.801	26.475	28.111	25.186	19.791	20.579	19.002	Lower middle income	Central and Southern Asia
100	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	21.963	31.9991	41.016	18.545	35.267	46.939	18.227	11.927	14.003	9.852	Lower middle income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
101	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	21.854	27.5879	45.636	19.449	30.325	16.921	25.608	16.119	16.348	15.890	Lower middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
102	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	21.379	25.6326	39.175	15.380	27.874	20.270	25.463	17.126	21.610	12.641	Lower middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
103	Paraguay`PRY`South America	21.358	30.2905	39.564	17.317	45.875	25.597	23.100	12.425	9.315	15.536	Upper middle income	Latin America and the Caribbean
104	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	21.104	32.4147	66.294	26.611	30.766	16.277	22.125	9.792	11.892	7.693	Low income	Sub-Saharan Africa
105	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	21.082	23.1501	26.656	14.847	25.315	17.423	31.509	19.013	19.766	18.259	Lower middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
106	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	20.951	26.2902	33.875	12.763	36.387	28.974	19.451	15.612	13.168	18.056	Lower middle income	Central and Southern Asia
107	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	20.206	27.6480	32.491	13.915	32.579	38.381	20.875	12.764	13.249	12.280	Lower middle income	Central and Southern Asia
108	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	20.175	27.9873	35.344	22.438	32.957	25.938	23.260	12.363	17.522	7.204	Lower middle income	Central and Southern Asia
109	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	20.119	32.6105	45.147	16.897	32.857	41.069	27.082	7.627	8.481	6.773	Lower middle income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
110	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	19.732	28.2555	50.427	10.528	30.957	23.185	26.179	11.208	8.309	14.107	Lower middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
111	Bolivia`BOL`South America	19.636	29.5390	17.707	39.314	25.894	41.965	22.815	9.732	8.564	10.900	Lower middle income	Latin America and the Caribbean
112	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	19.579	31.2344	49.063	20.596	36.243	21.819	28.451	7.923	8.607	7.238	Lower middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
113	Ecuador`ECU`South America	19.540	27.1944	29.463	22.713	37.289	24.042	22.465	11.885	13.753	10.018	Upper middle income	Latin America and the Caribbean
114	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	19.251	30.2717	46.045	29.830	29.958	28.527	16.999	8.230	10.178	6.282	High income	Latin America and the Caribbean
115	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	18.901	27.0114	42.092	26.929	33.957	10.452	21.627	10.792	11.056	10.527	Upper middle income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
116	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	18.184	26.6653	35.038	23.520	20.847	18.072	35.849	9.703	11.347	8.060	Lower middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
117	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	18.071	24.3919	34.514	19.514	22.500	28.724	16.706	11.750	11.919	11.580	Low income	Sub-Saharan Africa
118	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	17.813	27.0884	49.953	17.447	28.431	15.639	23.971	8.538	12.614	4.462	Lower middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
119	Honduras`HND`Central America	17.655	24.8191	24.146	18.734	30.926	29.894	20.397	10.492	13.595	7.388	Lower middle income	Latin America and the Caribbean
120	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	17.561	20.1870	25.576	18.268	13.913	21.153	22.026	14.935	8.993	20.878	Low income	Sub-Saharan Africa
121	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	17.452	26.5394	46.478	13.551	29.781	18.375	24.511	8.365	10.377	6.353	Lower middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
122	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	17.305	21.6445	15.656	18.868	31.239	27.095	15.365	12.965	10.213	15.717	Lower middle income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
123	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	17.068	24.7564	33.180	12.429	28.235	28.210	21.728	9.380	10.938	7.822	Upper middle income	Latin America and the Caribbean
124	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	17.067	25.2160	42.926	12.881	25.420	19.056	25.797	8.919	10.403	7.434	Low income	Sub-Saharan Africa
125	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	15.988	24.4006	35.539	6.785	21.183	19.486	39.010	7.575	12.828	2.321	Low income	Sub-Saharan Africa
126	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	15.878	22.3500	33.454	19.886	11.056	27.595	19.759	9.405	13.046	5.765	Low income	Sub-Saharan Africa
127	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	15.764	23.4772	30.674	19.914	23.313	20.986	22.499	8.050	6.224	9.877	Low income	Sub-Saharan Africa
128	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	15.391	22.6181	26.922	13.210	31.913	20.903	20.144	8.163	8.098	8.229	Low income	Sub-Saharan Africa
129	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	15.378	17.7947	18.829	8.082	21.629	13.072	27.362	12.960	10.721	15.200	Lower middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
130	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	15.373	23.4528	17.557	13.281	28.144	29.949	28.333	7.293	10.901	3.686	Lower middle income	Latin America and the Caribbean
131	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	15.366	24.7062	37.152	18.388	28.753	16.775	22.463	6.026	7.796	4.256	Lower middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
132	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	14.934	24.9477	31.601	20.761	29.069	27.153	16.154	4.920	6.632	3.207	Lower middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
133	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	14.913	21.3568	29.413	17.287	24.048	12.355	23.681	8.469	7.793	9.146	Lower middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
134	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	14.421	17.5648	27.643	5.517	22.321	14.568	17.776	11.277	17.049	5.505	Low income	Sub-Saharan Africa
135	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	13.967	22.8408	32.482	14.598	21.716	18.383	27.025	5.093	8.071	2.116	Low income	Sub-Saharan Africa
136	Venezuela`VEN`South America	13.731	19.8479	1.878	48.719	11.654	14.069	22.920	7.613	6.561	8.665	—	Latin America and the Caribbean
137	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	13.615	20.8018	24.973	17.840	18.918	6.010	36.268	6.429	8.135	4.722	Lower middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
138	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	13.026	20.8389	27.636	12.867	26.873	20.718	16.101	5.213	5.456	4.970	Lower middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
139	Niger`NER`Western Africa	11.945	17.2266	26.899	8.864	15.377	14.401	20.592	6.663	11.323	2.003	Low income	Sub-Saharan Africa

02In 2025

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

#1Switzerland65.962
#2Sweden62.578
#3United States61.689
#4South Korea59.998
#5Singapore59.943

Lowest

#139Niger11.945
#138Angola13.026
#137Republic of the Congo13.615
#136Venezuela13.731
#135Mali13.967

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 28.521. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Innovation Inputs
HighestSingapore68.7455
LowestNiger17.2266
Middle country: 36.6084
Institutions
HighestSingapore98.690
LowestVenezuela1.878
Middle country: 48.968
Human Capital and Research
HighestSouth Korea66.991
LowestEthiopia5.517
Middle country: 30.468
Infrastructure
HighestNorway68.827
LowestBurkina Faso11.056
Middle country: 41.767
Market Sophistication
HighestUnited States75.035
LowestRepublic of the Congo6.010
Middle country: 35.540
Business Sophistication
HighestUnited States65.903
LowestMyanmar15.365
Middle country: 27.961
Innovation Outputs
HighestSwitzerland64.453
LowestLesotho4.920
Middle country: 20.736
Knowledge and Technology Outputs
HighestChina60.705
LowestAngola5.456
Middle country: 20.578
Creative Outputs
HighestSwitzerland68.798
LowestNiger2.003
Middle country: 22.337

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+6 / −0countries joined / left
133values changed, of 133 in both
91 · 42rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Albania24.538 → 29.607+5.069
Nigeria17.106 → 21.082+3.975
Zambia15.665 → 19.579+3.914
Cameroon14.424 → 18.184+3.760
Myanmar13.767 → 17.305+3.538

Fell most

Germany58.083 → 55.455−2.627
Bosnia and Herzegovina25.468 → 23.430−2.038
Czechia44.042 → 42.036−2.007
Mongolia28.693 → 26.695−1.998
France55.413 → 53.416−1.998

+ Republic of the Congo

+ Guinea

+ Lesotho

+ Malawi

+ Seychelles

+ Venezuela

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

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