Innovation Ecosystems & Clusters — National Capability Index

Indicators

The measures seeded for this capability in the framework. They are candidate indicators: no cell in the index has a source document attached to it yet.

top-ranked science and technology clusters
co-publication and co-invention intensity
cluster employment concentration

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 9

Advanced 12

Established 10

Transitional 23

Foundational 26

Nascent 54

Inception 63

All 197 nations

Best first. The score is the mean of the four adjudicators' round-3 integers, rounded to the nearest integer; ±SD is their spread on that cell. Where the spread is three points or more, read the number as a band rather than a value.

#	Nation	Region	Score	Band	Panel SD
1	🇺🇸United States	Americas	20	Frontier	±0.00
2	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.00
3	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.50
4	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	18	Frontier	±0.50
5	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.43
6	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.50
7	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.50
8	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.00
9	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.50
10	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
11	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
12	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
13	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
14	🇫🇷France	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
15	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.50
16	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.50
17	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
18	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	15	Advanced	±0.43
19	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
20	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.50
21	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.50
22	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
23	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
24	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	13	Established	±0.43
25	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
26	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
27	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.43
28	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
29	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
30	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	12	Established	±0.43
31	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	12	Established	±0.87
32	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
33	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
34	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
35	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.71
36	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.43
37	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
38	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
39	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	11	Transitional	±0.00
40	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
41	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
42	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
43	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.50
44	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.50
45	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
46	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.43
47	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.00
48	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
49	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.00
50	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.43
51	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
52	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	9	Transitional	±0.50
53	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.50
54	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
55	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
56	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.71
57	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.43
58	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.00
59	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.43
60	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
61	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.00
62	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
63	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
64	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.71
65	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
66	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	7	Foundational	±0.83
67	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.71
68	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.50
69	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.71
70	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.00
71	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.43
72	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	7	Foundational	±0.43
73	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
74	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.43
75	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.00
76	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.00
77	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.00
78	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
79	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.50
80	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.00
81	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
82	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.43
83	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.00
84	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.00
85	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.00
86	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
87	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
88	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
89	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.00
90	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.43
91	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	5	Nascent	±0.43
92	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
93	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
94	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
95	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
96	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
97	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
98	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.43
99	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.43
100	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
101	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.00
102	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
103	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.50
104	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.43
105	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.00
106	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.00
107	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
108	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.00
109	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
110	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
111	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.50
112	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
113	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
114	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.00
115	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
116	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.50
117	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
118	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
119	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
120	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
121	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
122	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
123	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
124	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	3	Nascent	±0.00
125	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.00
126	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.00
127	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
128	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
129	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
130	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
131	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
132	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.50
133	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
134	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
135	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
136	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
137	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.50
138	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
139	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
140	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
141	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
142	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
143	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
144	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
145	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
146	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
147	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
148	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
149	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
150	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
151	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.50
152	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
153	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
154	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
155	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
156	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
157	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
158	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
159	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.50
160	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	1	Inception	±0.83
161	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
162	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	1	Inception	±0.71
163	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
164	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
165	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
166	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
167	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
168	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
169	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
170	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
171	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
172	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
173	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
174	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
175	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
176	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
177	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
178	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
179	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
180	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±1.00
181	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
182	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	1	Inception	±0.71
183	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	1	Inception	±0.71
184	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	1	Inception	±0.43
185	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
186	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
187	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
188	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
189	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
190	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.00
191	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
192	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
193	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
194	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.43
195	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43
196	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00
197	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	0	Inception	±0.43

Others in Innovation & Commercialisation

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Business Innovation Capability	6.3	0–20	United States
Research Commercialisation & Knowledge Transfer	5.8	0–20	United States
Intellectual Property & Intangible Assets	6.1	0–20	United States