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 sourceOver 180 Piedmont enterprises met with Safran Group representatives to explore collaboration opportunities, technological needs, and development strategies in aerospace. The event included B2B matchmaking sessions to convert interest into concrete partnerships, reinforcing Piedmont's position as a key industrial partner for major aerospace players.
Large multinational corporations actively engaging regional SMEs through structured B2B events creates direct FDI and technology transfer opportunities that strengthen regional industrial ecosystems.
Read the sourceThe Cerros de Renca Metropolitan Park in Chile demonstrates USD 8.9 million in annual ecosystem services value, serving as a Latin American reference case for green infrastructure governance, business models, and climate financing. The webinar presentation by Renca Municipality showcases how urban nature valuation can drive investment and policy decisions for regional prosperity.
Quantifying ecosystem services in urban green infrastructure creates a compelling economic case for climate-aligned investments and can unlock new financing mechanisms for regional development.
Read the sourceInvest Northern Ireland is launching a Cluster Acceleration Programme offering financial support to SME groups pursuing collaborative innovation projects. The initiative targets clusters seeking to drive innovation, address skills and sustainability challenges, and expand international competitiveness.
This programme directly enables regional SME cluster development and cross-sector collaboration, core mechanisms for building integrated regional prosperity ecosystems.
Read the sourceInvest Northern Ireland hosted regional performance briefings across four Eastern council areas, featuring the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre's new facility and Factory of the Future tour. The event brought together partners and stakeholders to discuss regional growth, business development, and manufacturing innovation opportunities.
New advanced manufacturing infrastructure and innovation facilities are creating tangible economic development opportunities across Northern Ireland's regions.
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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.