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    138,895
    Actors indexed
    117
    Economies scored
    8,000
    Live signals
    12
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    benchmark your region

    Where does your region stand?

    Six questions. See your region's provisional profile against 117 economies, the closest match, and the one constraint holding it back.

    Innovation Capacity
    Our region turns research and new ideas into real companies and products.
    Entrepreneurship
    Starting and scaling a business here is well supported. Capital, talent, and mentorship are within reach.
    Resilience
    Our economy absorbs shocks and holds its trajectory through downturns and disruption.
    Alignment
    Policy, institutions, and the market pull in the same direction here.
    FDI Accelerator
    Our region converts its strengths into real inbound investment and global capital.
    Prosperity Outcomes
    Growth here reaches most people. Jobs, incomes, and opportunity are broadly shared.
    news pulse · where the world is looking

    Where attention is flowing right now.

    Live news velocity and sentiment across the global signal layer: the scored economies, in every language, refreshed daily.

    1🇺🇸United States51,3467D ARTICLES-0.9SENTIMENT
    2🇬🇧United Kingdom12,8377D ARTICLES-0.7SENTIMENT
    3🇮🇳India11,8707D ARTICLES-0.5SENTIMENT
    4🇨🇦Canada5,9687D ARTICLES-0.4SENTIMENT
    5🇦🇺Australia5,4297D ARTICLES-1.0SENTIMENT
    6🇨🇳China3,7607D ARTICLES-0.5SENTIMENT
    7🇮🇷Iran2,9097D ARTICLES-3.8SENTIMENT
    8🇳🇬Nigeria2,6177D ARTICLES-0.6SENTIMENT
    9🇮🇱Israel2,0757D ARTICLES-3.8SENTIMENT
    10🇯🇵Japan1,7347D ARTICLES-0.3SENTIMENT
    Next · the demand graph

    Today this reads where the news points. Soon it reads live demand: who is seeking what across the network. The supply side is mapped. The demand side arrives as members reveal what they seek.

    how the index works

    Move the weights. Watch the world re-rank.

    The IEPA score is a transparent composite of six zones. Change what you value and the ranking responds, which is exactly why we report six zones and never one fixed rank.

    Innovation Capacity
    50
    Entrepreneurship
    50
    Resilience
    50
    Alignment
    50
    FDI Accelerator
    50
    Prosperity Outcomes
    50
    Default: equal weight. Drag Alignment up and watch alignment-strong economies climb.
    Live ranking · your weighting
    top 14 of 117 economies
    1🇩🇰
    Denmark
    81.9
    2🇸🇬
    Singapore
    79.6
    3🇸🇪
    Sweden
    77.2
    4🇭🇰
    Hong Kong
    76.6
    5🇨🇭
    Switzerland
    75.1
    6🇳🇴
    Norway
    74.7
    7🇮🇪
    Ireland
    73.8
    8🇧🇪
    Belgium
    72.8
    9🇫🇮
    Finland
    71.7
    10🇲🇹
    Malta
    71.7
    11🇬🇧
    United Kingdom
    71.5
    12🇳🇱
    Netherlands
    71.5
    13🇪🇪
    Estonia
    70.2
    14🇨🇦
    Canada
    69.5
    leaderboards · movers

    Who's winning, and who's rising.

    Live league tables, straight from the data. The most-indexed ecosystems by scale, and the economies that have climbed the most since 2010.

    Most-indexed ecosystems actors in the registry
    Biggest risers IEPA · 2010 to 2026 · latest year is an estimate
    1🇦🇲Armenia+16.1 43.4→59.4
    2🇭🇷Croatia+15.4 51.3→66.7
    3🇸🇳Senegal+15 32.4→47.3
    4🇬🇪Georgia+14.6 48.9→63.5
    5🇷🇼Rwanda+11.8 32.4→44.1
    6🇲🇳Mongolia+11.8 50.7→62.5
    7🇨🇮Cote d'Ivoire+11.2 32.3→43.5
    8🇩🇰Denmark+11 68.7→79.6
    9🇮🇩Indonesia+10.9 39→49.9
    10🇷🇸Serbia+10.5 48.3→58.8
    compare

    Two markets, head to head.

    Pick any two economies and see them zone by zone. The view a government reaches for when it benchmarks against a competitor.

    vs
    🇸🇬
    Singapore
    80.8
    IEPA
    vs
    🇰🇪
    Kenya
    35.8
    IEPA
    74.6Innovation Capacity34
    83.1Entrepreneurship36.4
    72.9Resilience39.9
    77.4Alignment44.4
    85.6FDI Accelerator17.4
    84Prosperity Outcomes44.1
    Singapore leads on 6 of 6 zones, Kenya on 0.
    325organizations indexed
    ecosystem density
    342organizations indexed
    what is in the atlas

    Twelve layers of the real economy

    The real economy's actors, mapped into one registry. Every record carries its own confidence and vintage, so you always know how solid the ground beneath a number is.

    Counts are confidence-banded. The index scores only the verified core.
    The index and the map are open. The directory and the connections are for members.
    Proprietary Frameworks

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    These are the methodologies, frameworks, and research outputs that underpin every IE engagement. Not borrowed. Not generic. Built from years of ecosystem design across emerging markets.

    FRAMEWORK

    The IEPA: Innovative EcoSystems Prosperity Algorithm

    IE's proprietary framework for measuring the foundational factors that determine a region's capacity to innovate and grow. Powers every advisory engagement, assessment, and program we design.

    GUIDE

    Your Guide to Building a Globally Competitive Innovative EcoSystem

    A comprehensive playbook covering governance, policy design, talent development, program architecture, and the ten essential policies every ecosystem needs to compete globally.

    RESEARCH

    IED Research V1: Innovation Ecosystem Design

    IE's foundational research report examining the academic and applied basis for innovation ecosystem design, stakeholder dynamics, and the variables that determine ecosystem performance.

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    Index Intelligence

    96 Global Indices. One Integrated View.

    The IEPA is actively scored on 96 global indices across six measurement zones, drawn from a library of 165 tracked sources. No other advisory firm gives you a single lens to understand which indices matter, what they measure, and how they apply to your market. This is the intelligence layer behind every IE assessment.

    Innovation Capacity
    — indices

    R&D investment, IP output, technology adoption, knowledge transfer

    Entrepreneurship Capacity
    — indices

    Startup density, founder culture, SME development, access to capital

    Resilience
    — indices

    Institutional stability, environmental sustainability, crisis adaptability

    Alignment
    — indices

    Public-private coordination, governance quality, policy coherence

    FDI Accelerator
    — indices

    Capital flow attractiveness, trade openness, market integration

    Prosperity Outcomes
    — indices

    GDP growth, job creation, quality of life, global competitiveness

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