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Superscout Startup Nations Index

Which country gives a startup the best odds? Countries ranked as places to start and scale: startup activity, innovation capacity and business conditions.

Superscout Startup Nations Index

Which country gives a startup the best odds?

Countries ranked as places to start and scale: startup activity, innovation capacity and business conditions.

Top 10 of 144 countries4 source rankingsMethod v1
RankNameScoreStartupBlink40%Global Innovation Index30%IMD20%Bloomberg10%
1United States75.3#1#3#10#11
2Singapore74.1#4#5#1#2
3Switzerland72.3#8#1#3#3
4Sweden64.5#6#2#9#5
5United Kingdom60.0#2#6#24#182019
6The Netherlands51.5#10#8#8#9
7Germany48.8#7#11#23#4
8Israel48.3#3#14Not listed#7
9South Korea47.9#202025#4#21#1
10Canada47.8#5#17#16#202019

Each source column shows the position in that publisherโ€™s own ranking. Select a ranking to read how it works, or a position to open the original list. An older edition is labeled when the latest one omits an entry.