MOSCOW: China has for the first time entered the top ten of the Global Innovation Index (GII), a ranking compiled by the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), which is a United Nations agency that serves the world’s innovators and creators.
“Switzerland remains the world’s innovation leader in 2025. China enters the top 10 for the first time, while middle-income economies – India, Turkiye, Viet Nam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Morocco, Albania and Iran – are the fastest climbers since 2013,” WIPO said in its new report.
Sweden, the United States, South Korea, and Singapore are in the top five of the GII 2025 list. China was included in the GII list for the first time, ranking 10th, pushing aside Germany, Japan, and France.
“China enters the top 10 for the first time (ranking 10th). It overtakes Switzerland in knowledge and technology outputs, ranks 2nd in R&D [research and development] expenditure, and leads in patent filings. Independently, it also hosts some of the top innovation clusters globally,” WIPO said, reported Sputnik/RIA Novosti.
The United Kingdom, Finland, the Netherlands, and Denmark are also among the top ten countries in terms of innovation development, according to the GII 2025 ranking.
“These top performers share common strengths: high R&D intensity, world-class institutions, a strong educational system and a strongly innovative private sector,” WIPO specified.
The WIPO ranking uses about 80 parameters to assess nearly 140 countries. – BERNAMA-SPUTNIK/RIA NOVOSTI
