The World’s Most Innovative Countries in 2025 💡

Key takeaways

• This graphic maps the main results of the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2025, which captures the innovation ecosystem performance of 139 economies
• China has entered the GII’s top 10 for the first time, while South Korea climbed to fourth (its highest position to date)

Pillars of innovation

Overall scores in the GII are based on seven underlying innovation pillars, which altogether comprise 78 individual indicators across areas like:

• Institutions
• Human Capital and Research
• Infrastructure
• Market Sophistication
• Business Sophistication
• Knowledge & Technology Outputs
• Creative Outputs