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    Hawaii

    West
    #41 of 51 states · IEPA 2025
    50.9▼ -4 YoY
    ●●●0.97IEPA COMPOSITE

    Hawaii scores 50.9 out of 100 on the IEPA US state layer (2025 edition), ranking #41 of 51 US states. That is down 4.0 points on the year before. Its strongest zone is Resilience at 89.7. Its binding constraint, the lowest-scoring of its six zones, is FDI Accelerator at 1.6. How the IEPA works →

    SIX FACTORS · CLICK ANY SCORE FOR ITS EVIDENCE
    IEPA TRAJECTORY · 2019–2025
    20192020202120222023202420253642485460
    TRADE · TOTAL GOODS EXPORTS (US$)
    20192020202120222023$0$150M$300M$450M$600M
    Goods exports · annual, US$
    STANDING
    National rank: #41 of 51
    US region: West
    Indices scored: 12
    Scored within the 50 states + DC across the same six zones. Expand any factor for the indices behind the number.
    PEERS · WEST
    WYWyoming52.3→MTMontana52.9→NVNevada48.1→AKAlaska53.9→IDIdaho54.0→

    Hawaii: common questions

    What is Hawaii's IEPA score?
    Hawaii scores 50.9 out of 100 on the IEPA US state layer, 2025 edition, which ranks it #41 of 51 US states.
    What is Hawaii's strongest zone?
    Resilience, at 89.7. The six zones are scored separately, so a market's strengths stay visible instead of being averaged away.
    What is holding Hawaii back?
    Its binding constraint is FDI Accelerator, at 1.6, 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 Hawaii compare with its peers?
    The closest scored peers are Wyoming (52.3), Montana (52.9), Nevada (48.1), Alaska (53.9), Idaho (54.0).
    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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