The World's Innovation
Economies, Indexed
We track 117 economies on the foundations that turn innovation potential into prosperity. Independent, transparent, evidence-backed: every score traces to its origin.
The World, Scored
The IEPA index scores economies across every region on the foundations that turn innovation potential into prosperity. Jump to a region, pinch or scroll to zoom, drag to spin, and select any market for its full profile.
- Top Ranked
- Curated tiers
- 01🇸🇬Singapore80.8
- 02🇦🇪UAE71.2
- 03🇫🇮Finland70.6
- 04🇰🇷South Korea70.2
- 05🇺🇸United States67.5
- 06🇩🇪Germany66.7
- 07🇲🇾Malaysia65.6
- 08🇮🇱Israel64.0
- 09🇹ðŸ‡Thailand60.5
- 10🇻🇳Vietnam58.5
- 11🇸🇦Saudi Arabia57.2
- 12🇨🇷Costa Rica56.9
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The IEPA Framework
Our Innovation Ecosystem Prosperity Assessment scores every economy across six zones: four foundational capabilities, the flow of investment, and the prosperity outcomes they produce.
Innovation Capacity
R&D infrastructure, IP generation, technology transfer systems, and innovation policy frameworks that drive national competitiveness.
Entrepreneurship Capacity
Startup ecosystems, venture funding pipelines, founder talent development, and entrepreneurial culture cultivation.
Resilience
Economic diversification, institutional stability, regulatory adaptability, and crisis response mechanisms.
Alignment
Policy coherence, stakeholder coordination, international partnership integration, and strategic vision execution.
FDI Accelerator
How effectively an economy attracts and converts foreign direct investment: inflows relative to its size, investor confidence, and openness to capital.
Prosperity Outcomes
What the system actually delivers: income, growth, employment, and human development, the results every other zone exists to produce.
Service Pillars
Comprehensive capabilities spanning data intelligence, strategic advisory, convening, and digital tools, built on the index that scores the world's innovation economies.
Research & Data
Proprietary datasets, ecosystem scorecards, and market intelligence powering strategic decisions for governments and institutions across the world's innovation economies.
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Advisory
Bespoke advisory mandates for governments and corporates navigating emerging innovation markets, ecosystem design, and strategic transformation at scale.
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Events & Convenings
High-impact forums, roundtables, and summits that convene policymakers, investors, and innovators across the world's innovation economies.
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Digital Products
SaaS platforms, innovation dashboards, and real-time ecosystem intelligence tools built for strategic decision-makers across governments and institutions.
Learn MoreWho We Serve
Nine roles make a regional economy work. One operating system serves them all.
Governments
- Innovation policy frameworks
- National competitiveness roadmaps
- Ecosystem benchmarking
Corporations
- Market intelligence reports
- Strategic partnership mapping
- Innovation scouting
Investors
- Deal flow curation
- Market risk assessment
- Ecosystem due diligence
Universities
- IP strategy development
- Industry-academia bridges
- Talent pipeline design
Ecosystem Builders
- Program design & methodology
- Community architecture
- Impact measurement
Catalysts
- Bankable pipeline development
- Blended finance structuring
- Commercial capital crowd-in
Advisors
- Mandate placement
- Market due diligence
- Client-to-market routing
Builders
- Where-to-build intelligence
- Capital & customer matching
- Ecosystem support access
Talent
- Opportunity mapping
- Who-is-building visibility
- Market-to-market comparison
Latest Intelligence
Armenia is emerging as a significant hub for global AI infrastructure, with major data center developments by Firebird and Eleveight AI in Hrazdan, supported by partnerships with NVIDIA. This Bloomberg feature highlights Armenia's expanding role in the global technology ecosystem and positions the country as an attractive destination for tech investment and innovation.
Armenia's development as an AI infrastructure hub represents a transformative FDI opportunity that can drive regional economic development, attract global tech partnerships, and establish the country as a competitive player in the digital economy.
Read the sourceIreland has developed a rare integrated semiconductor ecosystem combining EDA/IP, design, fabrication, and advanced packaging research, anchored by Analog Devices' 50-year presence and Intel's €30 billion Leixlip fab—Europe's most advanced. Major AI companies are scaling design and development operations in the country, signaling strong cluster momentum.
Ireland's semiconductor cluster represents a strategic FDI success story with potential to attract further high-value tech investment and create regional prosperity through integrated innovation infrastructure.
Read the sourceUS founders have established Kinetek Labs in Belfast, an AI-powered media production tools company, leveraging Northern Ireland's creative talent ecosystem. This FDI success story demonstrates the region's ability to attract innovative technology companies and support their development of cutting-edge solutions.
Northern Ireland's investment in creative talent and innovation support is successfully attracting high-value FDI in emerging technology sectors, directly strengthening regional economic competitiveness.
Read the sourceOman has issued executive regulations for its Special Economic Zones and Free Zones Law, aimed at enhancing the business environment and investment competitiveness. These regulations establish the operational framework for SEZs/FZs to attract foreign direct investment and facilitate regional economic development.
Formalized SEZ/FZ regulations directly enable IE's mission to attract investment, facilitate trade, and create prosperity ecosystems in the region.
Read the sourceContact Web, a foreign direct investment, is expanding in Georgia with 250 planned jobs in Tbilisi after being attracted to the country with assistance from Enterprise Georgia. The company is actively building its presence and demonstrating growth momentum in the region.
Successful FDI attraction and job creation directly demonstrates IE's core mission of regional economic development and prosperity.
Read the sourceKyrgyzstan has been recognized as having the best tax environment for innovators in the Asia-Pacific region, signaling improved policy conditions for startup development. This recognition reflects the country's commitment to creating favorable regulatory and fiscal conditions for technology-driven entrepreneurship.
Kyrgyzstan's tax competitiveness for innovators positions it as an attractive destination for startup investment and technology entrepreneurship in Central Asia.
Read the sourceSquarespace announced a €70 million investment in Ireland, expanding its Dublin operations and creating 120 new jobs. The investment reinforces Ireland's position as a strategic hub for the company's international operations and innovation activities.
Major FDI commitment demonstrates Ireland's attractiveness for scaling tech platforms and supports regional economic development through job creation and innovation infrastructure.
Read the sourceThe African Development Bank highlights transformative regional integration projects including the Lobito Corridor, Tanzania-Burundi Railway, and Lake Victoria Maritime Project that enhance connectivity and intra-African trade. These strategic infrastructure investments are positioned as catalysts for industrialization and economic sovereignty across the continent.
Regional infrastructure connectivity is critical for unlocking intra-African trade and enabling shared prosperity across East and Southern Africa.
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innovation economies.
From national innovation strategies to investable pipelines, IE turns ecosystem potential into measurable prosperity, anchored to the index that scores it. Let's design the conditions where it thrives.