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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- 100 of 100 ranked
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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
| Rank | Name | Location | Since 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shenzhen–Hong Kong–Guangzhou | China, Hong Kong, China | Up 1 |
| 2 | Tokyo–Yokohama | Japan | Down 1 |
| 3 | San Jose–San Francisco | United States of America | New |
| 4 | Beijing | China | Down 1 |
| 5 | Seoul | Republic of Korea | Down 1 |
| 6 | Shanghai–Suzhou | China | Down 1 |
| 7 | New York City | United States of America | New |
| 8 | London | United Kingdom | Up 13 |
| 9 | Boston–Cambridge | United States of America | New |
| 10 | Los Angeles | United States of America | New |
| 11 | Osaka–Kobe–Kyoto | Japan | Down 4 |
| 12 | Paris | France | No change |
| 13 | Hangzhou | China | Up 1 |
| 14 | San Diego | United States of America | New |
| 15 | Nanjing | China | Down 6 |
| 16 | Singapore | Singapore / Malaysia | Up 17 |
| 17 | Washington–Baltimore | United States of America | New |
| 18 | Wuhan | China | Down 5 |
| 19 | Tel Aviv–Jerusalem | Israel | Up 11 |
| 20 | Seattle | United States of America | New |
| 21 | Bengaluru | India | Up 35 |
| 22 | Amsterdam–Rotterdam | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | Up 4 |
| 23 | Philadelphia | United States of America | New |
| 24 | Chengdu | China | Down 1 |
| 25 | Daejeon | Republic of Korea | Down 8 |
| 26 | Delhi | India | Up 37 |
| 27 | Munich | Germany | Down 5 |
| 28 | Nagoya | Japan | Down 13 |
| 29 | Xi'an | China | New |
| 30 | Berlin | Germany | Up 15 |
| 31 | Chicago | United States of America | New |
| 32 | Stockholm | Sweden | Up 8 |
| 33 | Toronto | Canada | Up 21 |
| 34 | Qingdao | China | Down 14 |
| 35 | Denver | United States of America | New |
| 36 | Sydney | Australia | Up 8 |
| 37 | Austin | United States of America | New |
| 38 | Houston | United States of America | New |
| 39 | Hefei | China | Down 3 |
| 40 | Zürich | Switzerland | Up 10 |
| 41 | Taipei–Hsinchu | Taiwan Province of China | Down 16 |
| 42 | Copenhagen | Denmark | Up 15 |
| 43 | Cologne | Germany | Down 16 |
| 44 | Changsha | China | Down 12 |
| 45 | Barcelona | Spain | Up 10 |
| 46 | Mumbai | India | Up 38 |
| 47 | Madrid | Spain | Up 1 |
| 48 | Moscow | Russian Federation | Down 17 |
| 49 | São Paulo | Brazil | Up 24 |
| 50 | Tianjin | China | Down 16 |
| 51 | Minneapolis | United States of America | New |
| 52 | Melbourne | Australia | Down 6 |
| 53 | Raleigh | United States of America | New |
| 54 | Stuttgart | Germany | Down 25 |
| 55 | Brussels–Antwerp | Belgium | Down 2 |
| 56 | Milan | Italy | Down 4 |
| 57 | Chongqing | China | Down 18 |
| 58 | Istanbul | Türkiye | Up 1 |
| 59 | Atlanta | United States of America | New |
| 60 | Helsinki | Finland | Up 11 |
| 61 | Dallas | United States of America | New |
| 62 | Montréal | Canada | New |
| 63 | Tehran | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | Down 25 |
| 64 | Frankfurt am Main | Germany | Down 21 |
| 65 | Eindhoven | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | Down 23 |
| 66 | Vancouver | Canada | Up 23 |
| 67 | Miami | United States of America | New |
| 68 | Jinan | China | Down 19 |
| 69 | Cambridge | United Kingdom | Down 3 |
| 70 | Harbin | China | Down 23 |
| 71 | Dublin | Ireland | New |
| 72 | Changchun | China | Down 14 |
| 73 | Portland | United States of America | New |
| 74 | Vienna | Austria | No change |
| 75 | Shenyang | China | Down 14 |
| 76 | Pittsburgh | United States of America | New |
| 77 | Oxford | United Kingdom | Up 1 |
| 78 | Phoenix | United States of America | New |
| 79 | Mexico City | Mexico | New |
| 80 | Zhengzhou | China | Down 12 |
| 81 | Xiamen | China | Down 9 |
| 82 | Rome | Italy | Down 15 |
| 83 | Cairo | Egypt | Up 12 |
| 84 | Chennai | India | Down 2 |
| 85 | Oslo | Norway | New |
| 86 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | Up 7 |
| 87 | Heidelberg–Mannheim | Germany | Down 23 |
| 88 | Dalian | China | Down 23 |
| 89 | Warsaw | Poland | Up 1 |
| 90 | Lyon | France | Up 2 |
| 91 | Hamburg | Germany | New |
| 92 | Salt Lake City | United States of America | New |
| 93 | Ningbo | China | New |
| 94 | Manchester | United Kingdom | New |
| 95 | Busan | Republic of Korea | Down 14 |
| 96 | Ann Arbor | United States of America | New |
| 97 | Göteborg | Sweden | Up 2 |
| 98 | Macau–Zhuhai | China | New |
| 99 | Ningde | China | New |
| 100 | Zhenjiang | China | Down 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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