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Global Innovation Index: Innovation Cluster Ranking (formerly Science and Technology Clusters) 2025

Global Innovation Index: Innovation Cluster Ranking (formerly Science and Technology Clusters) 2025 by World Intellectual Property Organization: 100 startup...

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2025
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Renamed Innovation Cluster Ranking and venture-capital deals added as a third indicator; Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou overtakes Tokyo-Yokohama for #1. Ten new entrants include Miami (#67) and Hamburg (#91). Munich #27, Berlin #30.

Method changed. Positions in this edition are not directly comparable with the previous one.

Venture-capital deal locations (PitchBook) added as a third, equally weighted indicator alongside PCT patents and scientific articles.

The full list

RankNameLocationSince 2024
1Shenzhen–Hong Kong–GuangzhouChina, Hong Kong, ChinaUp 1
2Tokyo–YokohamaJapanDown 1
3San Jose–San FranciscoUnited States of AmericaNew
4BeijingChinaDown 1
5SeoulRepublic of KoreaDown 1
6Shanghai–SuzhouChinaDown 1
7New York CityUnited States of AmericaNew
8LondonUnited KingdomUp 13
9Boston–CambridgeUnited States of AmericaNew
10Los AngelesUnited States of AmericaNew
11Osaka–Kobe–KyotoJapanDown 4
12ParisFranceNo change
13HangzhouChinaUp 1
14San DiegoUnited States of AmericaNew
15NanjingChinaDown 6
16SingaporeSingapore / MalaysiaUp 17
17Washington–BaltimoreUnited States of AmericaNew
18WuhanChinaDown 5
19Tel Aviv–JerusalemIsraelUp 11
20SeattleUnited States of AmericaNew
21BengaluruIndiaUp 35
22Amsterdam–RotterdamNetherlands (Kingdom of the)Up 4
23PhiladelphiaUnited States of AmericaNew
24ChengduChinaDown 1
25DaejeonRepublic of KoreaDown 8
26DelhiIndiaUp 37
27MunichGermanyDown 5
28NagoyaJapanDown 13
29Xi'anChinaNew
30BerlinGermanyUp 15
31ChicagoUnited States of AmericaNew
32StockholmSwedenUp 8
33TorontoCanadaUp 21
34QingdaoChinaDown 14
35DenverUnited States of AmericaNew
36SydneyAustraliaUp 8
37AustinUnited States of AmericaNew
38HoustonUnited States of AmericaNew
39HefeiChinaDown 3
40ZürichSwitzerlandUp 10
41Taipei–HsinchuTaiwan Province of ChinaDown 16
42CopenhagenDenmarkUp 15
43CologneGermanyDown 16
44ChangshaChinaDown 12
45BarcelonaSpainUp 10
46MumbaiIndiaUp 38
47MadridSpainUp 1
48MoscowRussian FederationDown 17
49São PauloBrazilUp 24
50TianjinChinaDown 16
51MinneapolisUnited States of AmericaNew
52MelbourneAustraliaDown 6
53RaleighUnited States of AmericaNew
54StuttgartGermanyDown 25
55Brussels–AntwerpBelgiumDown 2
56MilanItalyDown 4
57ChongqingChinaDown 18
58IstanbulTürkiyeUp 1
59AtlantaUnited States of AmericaNew
60HelsinkiFinlandUp 11
61DallasUnited States of AmericaNew
62MontréalCanadaNew
63TehranIran (Islamic Republic of)Down 25
64Frankfurt am MainGermanyDown 21
65EindhovenNetherlands (Kingdom of the)Down 23
66VancouverCanadaUp 23
67MiamiUnited States of AmericaNew
68JinanChinaDown 19
69CambridgeUnited KingdomDown 3
70HarbinChinaDown 23
71DublinIrelandNew
72ChangchunChinaDown 14
73PortlandUnited States of AmericaNew
74ViennaAustriaNo change
75ShenyangChinaDown 14
76PittsburghUnited States of AmericaNew
77OxfordUnited KingdomUp 1
78PhoenixUnited States of AmericaNew
79Mexico CityMexicoNew
80ZhengzhouChinaDown 12
81XiamenChinaDown 9
82RomeItalyDown 15
83CairoEgyptUp 12
84ChennaiIndiaDown 2
85OsloNorwayNew
86Kuala LumpurMalaysiaUp 7
87Heidelberg–MannheimGermanyDown 23
88DalianChinaDown 23
89WarsawPolandUp 1
90LyonFranceUp 2
91HamburgGermanyNew
92Salt Lake CityUnited States of AmericaNew
93NingboChinaNew
94ManchesterUnited KingdomNew
95BusanRepublic of KoreaDown 14
96Ann ArborUnited States of AmericaNew
97GöteborgSwedenUp 2
98Macau–ZhuhaiChinaNew
99NingdeChinaNew
100ZhenjiangChinaDown 23

This list is reproduced as World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) published it. Names are shown as printed. The ranking belongs to its publisher.

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