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.
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
Project Stargate, a $500 billion AI infrastructure initiative led by OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle, and MGX, positions Texas as a major hub for next-generation AI development. The project represents a significant foreign direct investment and physical infrastructure commitment that will reshape regional economic development and technology leadership.
This mega-scale AI infrastructure investment directly aligns with IE's mission to attract transformative FDI and build regional prosperity through technology-driven economic development.
Read the sourceSaudi Arabia attracted SAR 19.1 billion in net foreign direct investment during Q2 2026, demonstrating strong capital inflows to the kingdom. This significant FDI figure reflects investor confidence in Saudi Arabia's economic reforms and business environment improvements.
Sustained FDI growth signals that regional prosperity platforms can leverage improved investment climates to attract multinational capital and accelerate ecosystem development.
Read the sourceEli Lilly, a major American pharmaceutical company, has secured municipal approval in Katwijk to construct a $3 billion manufacturing facility. This represents a significant foreign direct investment and industrial expansion project in the Netherlands.
Large-scale FDI in advanced manufacturing signals regional economic development potential and demonstrates Katwijk's competitive positioning for attracting global corporate investment.
Read the sourceGoogle announced a €13 billion investment commitment in Finland, representing a major foreign direct investment in the Nordic region. This substantial capital deployment signals strong confidence in Finland's digital infrastructure and tech ecosystem capabilities.
Large-scale FDI from a global tech leader validates Finland's position as a regional innovation hub and creates cascading opportunities for local talent development, supply chain integration, and ecosystem growth.
Read the sourceIFC and BlueOrchard Finance have launched an evergreen investment vehicle to mobilize private capital for emerging market projects across manufacturing, agribusiness, infrastructure, health, and tourism sectors. The initiative aims to expand institutional investor participation in emerging market development, creating jobs and economic opportunities.
Structured private capital mobilization mechanisms can unlock institutional investment flows to emerging markets, directly supporting regional economic development and job creation.
Read the sourceInvest India's leadership met with SAP's CFO to discuss the company's expanded commitment to India, including its largest R&D hub outside Germany and presence in 60% of Indian unicorns. The discussion highlighted opportunities across startups, SMEs, and sovereign cloud infrastructure as India positions itself as an AI and digital destination.
SAP's deepening R&D and startup ecosystem engagement in India signals strong FDI momentum and technology transfer potential for regional prosperity platforms.
Read the sourceIndia's investment promotion agency engaged with a leading German semiconductor materials manufacturer to explore FDI opportunities in India's expanding semiconductor ecosystem. The discussion highlighted India's strategic pivot from semiconductor fabrication plants to developing a comprehensive materials supply chain.
India is actively attracting specialized semiconductor supply chain investments beyond fabs, signaling ecosystem maturation and potential for regional prosperity through advanced manufacturing clusters.
Read the sourceEnergy Dome has inaugurated a manufacturing facility in Piacenza, Italy for its proprietary CO2 Battery energy storage system. The facility represents a significant investment in clean energy technology infrastructure and positions the region as a hub for innovative energy storage solutions.
This regional manufacturing hub for advanced energy storage technology demonstrates how local ecosystems can attract and retain high-value innovation in the clean energy transition.
Read the sourceWhere emerging markets become
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.