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    138,896
    Actors indexed
    117
    Economies scored
    14,821
    Live signals
    13
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    Live signal
    Yen rescue puts Asia's weak currencies on notice: 5 things to knowNIKKEI ASIAJapan considers internet voting for citizens overseasNIKKEI ASIAJapan's megabanks chase ultrawealthy as fortunes swellNIKKEI ASIAJapan's Komeda's Coffee to open first Bangkok store in Southeast Asia pushNIKKEI ASIAJD.com's revenue dips, facing headwinds even as delivery price war easesNIKKEI ASIATencent to become top shareholder of Manus in unwinding of Meta dealNIKKEI ASIAThe next Tata Sons chair: The 5 challenges aheadNIKKEI ASIA'We live in the most partisan era in over a century,' Larry Sabato saysNIKKEI ASIADAP votes to stay in Malaysia's ruling coalition, easing pressure on AnwarNIKKEI ASIATencent Q2 results beat estimates on robust AI-enhanced advertisingNIKKEI ASIAJapan used iPhone, server sales surge as memory prices soarNIKKEI ASIADeepSeek releases official V4 Pro model with sharply higher user pricesNIKKEI ASIAKey Nvidia supplier Foxconn downplays rising competition in AI serversNIKKEI ASIATata Sons chairman to step down after IPO disagreements, business woesNIKKEI ASIATurkey-Pakistan-Saudi pact a 'Muslim NATO?': 5 things to knowNIKKEI ASIAIndia turns to aerial gondolas to overcome traffic jamsNIKKEI ASIAYen rescue puts Asia's weak currencies on notice: 5 things to knowNIKKEI ASIAJapan considers internet voting for citizens overseasNIKKEI ASIAJapan's megabanks chase ultrawealthy as fortunes swellNIKKEI ASIAJapan's Komeda's Coffee to open first Bangkok store in Southeast Asia pushNIKKEI ASIAJD.com's revenue dips, facing headwinds even as delivery price war easesNIKKEI ASIATencent to become top shareholder of Manus in unwinding of Meta dealNIKKEI ASIAThe next Tata Sons chair: The 5 challenges aheadNIKKEI ASIA'We live in the most partisan era in over a century,' Larry Sabato saysNIKKEI ASIADAP votes to stay in Malaysia's ruling coalition, easing pressure on AnwarNIKKEI ASIATencent Q2 results beat estimates on robust AI-enhanced advertisingNIKKEI ASIAJapan used iPhone, server sales surge as memory prices soarNIKKEI ASIADeepSeek releases official V4 Pro model with sharply higher user pricesNIKKEI ASIAKey Nvidia supplier Foxconn downplays rising competition in AI serversNIKKEI ASIATata Sons chairman to step down after IPO disagreements, business woesNIKKEI ASIATurkey-Pakistan-Saudi pact a 'Muslim NATO?': 5 things to knowNIKKEI ASIAIndia turns to aerial gondolas to overcome traffic jamsNIKKEI ASIA
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    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 States70,7807D ARTICLES-1.4SENTIMENT
    2🇬🇧United Kingdom21,1917D ARTICLES-1.0SENTIMENT
    3🇮🇳India16,0777D ARTICLES-0.4SENTIMENT
    4🇦🇺Australia8,0487D ARTICLES-1.1SENTIMENT
    5🇨🇦Canada7,6387D ARTICLES+0.2SENTIMENT
    6🇨🇳China4,7767D ARTICLES-0.1SENTIMENT
    7🇳🇬Nigeria4,4967D ARTICLES-0.6SENTIMENT
    8🇮🇷Iran3,6067D ARTICLES-3.1SENTIMENT
    9🇮🇱Israel2,8327D ARTICLES-3.2SENTIMENT
    10🇷🇺Russia2,4137D ARTICLES-3.7SENTIMENT
    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
    78.5
    4🇳🇴
    Norway
    77.8
    5🇭🇰
    Hong Kong
    76.6
    6🇨🇭
    Switzerland
    74.8
    7🇫🇮
    Finland
    74.5
    8🇮🇪
    Ireland
    73.8
    9🇧🇪
    Belgium
    72.7
    10🇱🇺
    Luxembourg
    72.4
    11🇲🇹
    Malta
    71.7
    12🇳🇱
    Netherlands
    71.5
    13🇪🇪
    Estonia
    69.9
    14🇨🇿
    Czech Republic
    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 43.4→59.4
    2🇭🇷Croatia+15.4 51.3→66.6
    3🇸🇳Senegal+15 32.3→47.3
    4🇬🇪Georgia+14.8 48.9→63.7
    5🇷🇼Rwanda+12 32.3→44.3
    6🇱🇹Lithuania+12 56→68
    7🇲🇳Mongolia+11.8 50.7→62.5
    8🇷🇸Serbia+11.5 48.3→59.8
    9🇨🇮Cote d'Ivoire+11.2 32.3→43.5
    10🇮🇩Indonesia+11.1 38.9→50
    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
    85.5FDI Accelerator17.3
    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.

    Universities & research
    39,458
    Corporate R&D
    34,464
    Research orgs
    31,804
    Health research
    14,888
    Government
    8,432
    Incubators
    3,235
    Fab labs & makerspaces
    2,705
    Science & tech parks
    1,828
    Accelerators
    828
    Innovation hubs
    604
    Special economic zones
    584
    Venture studios
    65
    platform_operator
    1
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    Alignment
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    Public-private coordination, governance quality, policy coherence

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    Capital flow attractiveness, trade openness, market integration

    Prosperity Outcomes
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