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    Arkansas

    South
    #50 of 51 states · IEPA 2025
    32.7▲ +0.5 YoY
    ●●●0.97IEPA COMPOSITE

    Arkansas scores 32.7 out of 100 on the IEPA US state layer (2025 edition), ranking #50 of 51 US states. That is up 0.5 points on the year before. Its strongest zone is Entrepreneurship Capacity at 45.9. Its binding constraint, the lowest-scoring of its six zones, is Innovation Capacity at 6.9. How the IEPA works →

    SIX FACTORS · CLICK ANY SCORE FOR ITS EVIDENCE
    IEPA TRAJECTORY · 2019–2025
    20192020202120222023202420251827364554
    TRADE · TOTAL GOODS EXPORTS (US$)
    20192020202120222023$0$2.0B$4.0B$6.0B$8.0B
    Goods exports · annual, US$
    STANDING
    National rank: #50 of 51
    US region: South
    Indices scored: 12
    Scored within the 50 states + DC across the same six zones. Expand any factor for the indices behind the number.
    PEERS · SOUTH
    MSMississippi32.9→WVWest Virginia30.8→OKOklahoma40.7→ALAlabama42.7→LALouisiana45.3→

    Arkansas: common questions

    What is Arkansas's IEPA score?
    Arkansas scores 32.7 out of 100 on the IEPA US state layer, 2025 edition, which ranks it #50 of 51 US states.
    What is Arkansas's strongest zone?
    Entrepreneurship Capacity, at 45.9. The six zones are scored separately, so a market's strengths stay visible instead of being averaged away.
    What is holding Arkansas back?
    Its binding constraint is Innovation Capacity, at 6.9, the lowest of its six zones. The IEPA reports every zone separately so the constraint stays visible instead of being averaged into the composite.
    How does Arkansas compare with its peers?
    The closest scored peers are Mississippi (32.9), West Virginia (30.8), Oklahoma (40.7), Alabama (42.7), Louisiana (45.3).
    What is the IEPA?
    The Innovation Ecosystem Prosperity Assessment (IEPA) scores economies across six zones: innovation capacity, entrepreneurship capacity, resilience, alignment, the FDI accelerator, and prosperity outcomes. Every score carries a confidence band and traces to the evidence behind it.
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