Global Innovation Index: Innovation Cluster Ranking (formerly Science and Technology Clusters) 2024

Global Innovation Index: Innovation Cluster Ranking (formerly Science and Technology Clusters) 2024 by World Intellectual Property Organization: 100 startup...

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Tokyo-Yokohama #1 ahead of Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou and Beijing. Munich #22 is Germany's top cluster; Berlin #45.

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Rank	Name	Location	Since 2023
1	Tokyo–Yokohama	Japan	No change
2	Shenzhen–Hong Kong–Guangzhou	China, Hong Kong, China	No change
3	Beijing	China	Up 1
4	Seoul	Republic of Korea	Down 1
5	Shanghai–Suzhou	China	No change
6	San Jose–San Francisco, CA	United States	No change
7	Osaka–Kobe–Kyoto	Japan	No change
8	Boston–Cambridge, MA	United States	No change
9	Nanjing	China	Up 2
10	San Diego, CA	United States	Down 1
11	New York City, NY	United States	Down 1
12	Paris	France	No change
13	Wuhan	China	No change
14	Hangzhou	China	No change
15	Nagoya	Japan	No change
16	Los Angeles, CA	United States	No change
17	Daejeon	Republic of Korea	Up 1
18	Xian	China	Up 1
19	Washington, DC-Baltimore, MD	United States	Down 2
20	Qingdao	China	Up 3
21	London	United Kingdom	Down 1
22	Munich	Germany	No change
23	Chengdu	China	Up 1
24	Seattle, WA	United States	Down 3
25	Taipei–Hsinchu	Taiwan Province of China	Up 2
26	Amsterdam–Rotterdam	Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	No change
27	Cologne	Germany	Down 2
28	Houston, TX	United States	No change
29	Stuttgart	Germany	No change
30	Tel Aviv–Jerusalem	Israel	No change
31	Moscow	Russian Federation	No change
32	Changsha	China	Up 5
33	Singapore	Singapore/Malaysia	No change
34	Tianjin	China	Up 2
35	Philadelphia, PA	United States	No change
36	Hefei	China	Up 4
37	Chicago, IL	United States	Down 5
38	Tehran	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Down 4
39	Chongqing	China	Up 5
40	Stockholm	Sweden	Down 2
41	Minneapolis, MN	United States	Down 2
42	Eindhoven	Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	Down 1
43	Frankfurt am Main	Germany	Up 2
44	Sydney	Australia	Up 2
45	Berlin	Germany	Down 2
46	Melbourne	Australia	Down 4
47	Harbin	China	Up 6
48	Madrid	Spain	No change
49	Jinan	China	Up 6
50	Zürich	Switzerland	Down 1
51	Raleigh, NC	United States	Down 4
52	Milan	Italy	Down 2
53	Brussels–Antwerp	Belgium	Down 2
54	Toronto	Canada	Down 2
55	Barcelona	Spain	Down 1
56	Bengaluru	India	No change
57	Copenhagen	Denmark	Up 4
58	Changchun	China	No change
59	Istanbul	Türkiye	No change
60	Denver, CO	United States	Down 3
61	Shenyang	China	Up 2
62	Montreal	Canada	Down 2
63	Delhi	India	Up 1
64	Heidelberg–Mannheim	Germany	Down 2
65	Dalian	China	Up 4
66	Cambridge	United Kingdom	Down 1
67	Rome	Italy	Down 1
68	Zhengzhou	China	Up 7
69	Atlanta, GA	United States	Down 1
70	Dallas, TX	United States	Up 1
71	Helsinki	Finland	Up 2
72	Xiamen	China	Up 8
73	São Paulo	Brazil	Down 1
74	Vienna	Austria	Up 2
75	Nuremberg–Erlangen	Germany	Down 5
76	Portland, OR	United States	Down 9
77	Zhenjiang	China	Up 12
78	Oxford	United Kingdom	Up 1
79	Pittsburgh, PA	United States	Down 1
80	Lanzhou	China	Up 2
81	Busan	Republic of Korea	Down 7
82	Chennai	India	Up 1
83	Ann Arbor, MI	United States	Down 2
84	Mumbai	India	No change
85	Fuzhou	China	Up 9
86	Ankara	Türkiye	Up 1
87	Cincinnati, OH	United States	Down 10
88	Daegu	Republic of Korea	Up 3
89	Vancouver	Canada	Down 4
90	Warsaw	Poland	No change
91	Austin, TX	United States	Up 1
92	Lyon	France	Down 4
93	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	New
94	Nanchang	China	New
95	Cairo	Egypt	New
96	Basel	Switzerland/Germany/France	Up 1
97	Brisbane	Australia	Up 3
98	Kunming	China	New
99	Göteborg	Sweden	Down 1
100	Macao SAR–Zhuhai	China	New

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