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    Europe · #8 of 117 global markets · IEPA 2024 (final) · 2026 current estimate available
    74.2▲ +0.8 YoY
    ●●○0.77IEPA COMPOSITE
    SIX FACTORS · CLICK ANY SCORE FOR ITS EVIDENCE
    IEPA TRAJECTORY · 2010–2026
    2010201220142016201820202022202420264455667788
    CAPITAL FLOWS · FDI NET INFLOWS % OF GDP
    20102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222024-40-2002040
    IE FDI intelligence · synced weekly
    PRODUCTIVE CAPABILITY
    IE COMPLEXITY LAYER · VINTAGE 2024
    #4of 145 ranked economies▼ 2 places since 2010
    How much productive know-how this market has demonstrated, read from the range and rarity of what it makes competitively.
    20102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202412345
    CAPABILITY RANK · HIGHER IS BETTER
    1.22% / yr
    Implied growth
    Annual growth the current capability base points to.
    211
    Diversity
    Distinct products made at competitive scale.
    +1.58
    Capability score
    Standardized: 0 is the world average.
    +1.32
    Outlook
    Value of the new products within reach of what it already does.
    INDUSTRY STRENGTHS · REVEALED FROM TRADE EVIDENCE
    VINTAGE 2022-2024
    POSITION IN THE PRODUCT SPACE
    IE COMPLEXITY LAYER · VINTAGE 2024
    Industrial Chemicals and Metals48 of 157 made · 53% of the rest within reach
    Metalworking and Electrical Machinery and Parts47 of 155 made · 61% of the rest within reach
    Electronic and Electrical Goods19 of 73 made · 52% of the rest within reach
    Construction, Building, and Home Supplies15 of 104 made · 42% of the rest within reach
    Textile and Home Goods7 of 78 made · 27% of the rest within reach
    Agriculture11 of 200 made · 22% of the rest within reach
    Minerals3 of 48 made · 38% of the rest within reach
    Textile Apparel and Accessories0 of 50 made · 8% of the rest within reach
    MADE COMPETITIVELYONE STEP AWAY
    Widest opening is Metalworking and Electrical Machinery and Parts. This market makes 30% of that cluster today, and 61% of what it does not make sits one step from something it already does.
    Textile Apparel and Accessories is the furthest: 0% made, and only 8% of the rest is within one step. A move there means building capability rather than extending it.
    READ ON THE 150 OF 211 COMPETITIVE PRODUCTS THAT CARRY A POSITION IN THE CAPABILITY MAP
    POSITIONED TO BUILD NEXT
    IE COMPLEXITY LAYER · VINTAGE 2024
    Silicones in primary forms$7B world market
    Chemicals & PlasticsOPENS 0.38 · COMPLEXITY +1.18
    Industrial electric furnaces$8B world market
    Machinery & Industrial EquipmentOPENS 0.37 · COMPLEXITY +1.12
    Other organo-inorganic compounds$7B world market
    Chemicals & PlasticsOPENS 0.35 · COMPLEXITY +1.19
    Petroleum resins$7B world market
    Chemicals & PlasticsOPENS 0.34 · COMPLEXITY +1.11
    X-ray machines$25B world market
    Healthcare & Life SciencesOPENS 0.34 · COMPLEXITY +1.16
    Isocyanates$5B world market
    Chemicals & PlasticsOPENS 0.33 · COMPLEXITY +1.03
    THE NEAREST OPTIONS AMONG 400 PRODUCTS ASSESSED · RANKED BY HOW MUCH EACH OPENS UP NEXT
    LIVE SIGNALS
    No recent scored signals for this market.
    PEERS · EXTENDED
    🇱🇺Luxembourg71.7→🇮🇪Ireland73.3→🇲🇹Malta74.2→🇳🇱Netherlands70.0→
    ECOSYSTEM DENSITY
    IE Ecosystem Registry · 2026-07-17
    1,999organizations indexed across 9 types · 1,992 mapped
    Corporate R&D
    651
    Research organizations
    618
    Universities & research bodies
    390
    Health research
    181
    Government bodies
    114
    Fab labs & makerspaces
    29
    Science & tech parks
    14
    Accelerators
    1
    Incubators
    1
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    ORGANIZATIONS
    a sample of 1,999 indexed
    CimArk
    Incubators · Sion
    Technopark Zürich
    Science & tech parks · 1993
    Ancienne Gare
    Science & tech parks · Canton of Fribourg
    University of Basel
    Universities & research bodies · Basel · 1460
    University of Lausanne
    Universities & research bodies · Lausanne · 1537
    Merck Serono S.A. (Switzerland)
    Corporate R&D · Aubonne · 1668
    Takeda (Switzerland)
    Corporate R&D · Zurich · 1781
    Staatsarchiv Luzern
    Research organizations · Lucerne · 1409
    Kantonsbibliothek Vadiana St.Gallen
    Research organizations · Saint Gallen · 1551
    University Hospital of Basel
    Health research · Basel · 1083
    University Hospital of Lausanne
    Health research · Lausanne · 1236
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