WIPO ‘Innovation index’ shows Switzerland top, China makes top 10
By Anjali Sharma
UNITED NATIONS – World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO on Wednesday said that Switzerland, Sweden, the United States, South Korea and Singapore are the world’s most innovative countries.
According to WIPO, whose Global Innovation Index 2025 showed that the UK, Finland, the Netherlands, Denmark are also in the top 10 – along with China for the first time.
WIPO in other findings said that growth in innovation investments is slowing, “clouding” future forecasts about intellectual property trends.
Some 80 indicators are used for the UN report, ranged from spending on research and development, venture capital deals, hi-tech exports and intellectual property filings.
The latest WIPO report showed that middle-income economies led by China, India (38th) and Türkiye (43rd) have continued to climb the innovation ladder by turning ideas into reality.
Saudi Arabia (46th), Qatar (48th), Brazil (52nd), Mauritius (53rd), Bahrain (62nd) and Jordan (65th), that have made the fastest progress in past 5 years.
