Global Innovation Index: Innovation Cluster Ranking (formerly Science and Technology Clusters) 2026

Global Innovation Index: Innovation Cluster Ranking (formerly Science and Technology Clusters) 2026 by World Intellectual Property Organization: 100 startup...

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Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou stays #1 ahead of Tokyo-Yokohama and San Jose-San Francisco; the top five hold about 32.9% of PCT applications. China has 25 of the top 100, the US 20 and Germany 7 (Munich #28, Berlin #31). Riyadh (#92) enters and Fuzhou (#96) returns.

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Rank	Name	Location	Since 2025
1	Shenzhen–Hong Kong–Guangzhou	China, Hong Kong, China	No change
2	Tokyo–Yokohama	Japan	No change
3	San Jose–San Francisco	United States of America	No change
4	Beijing	China	No change
5	Seoul	Republic of Korea	No change
6	Shanghai–Suzhou	China	No change
7	New York City	United States of America	No change
8	London	United Kingdom	No change
9	Boston–Cambridge	United States of America	No change
10	Osaka–Kobe–Kyoto	Japan	Up 1
11	Paris	France	Up 1
12	Los Angeles	United States of America	Down 2
13	Hangzhou	China	No change
14	San Diego	United States of America	No change
15	Nanjing	China	No change
16	Singapore	Singapore / Malaysia	No change
17	Wuhan	China	Up 1
18	Washington DC–Baltimore	United States of America	New
19	Tel Aviv–Jerusalem	Israel	No change
20	Chengdu	China	Up 4
21	Philadelphia	United States of America	Up 2
22	Daejeon	Republic of Korea	Up 3
23	Xi'an	China	Up 6
24	Seattle	United States of America	Down 4
25	Bengaluru	India	Down 4
26	Amsterdam–Rotterdam	Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	Down 4
27	Delhi	India	Down 1
28	Munich	Germany	Down 1
29	Nagoya	Japan	Down 1
30	Stockholm	Sweden	Up 2
31	Berlin	Germany	Down 1
32	Hefei	China	Up 7
33	Qingdao	China	Up 1
34	Chicago	United States of America	Down 3
35	Denver	United States of America	No change
36	Toronto	Canada	Down 3
37	Austin	United States of America	No change
38	Sydney	Australia	Down 2
39	Houston	United States of America	Down 1
40	Zürich	Switzerland	No change
41	Changsha	China	Up 3
42	Taipei–Hsinchu	Taiwan Province of China	Down 1
43	Mumbai	India	Up 3
44	Tianjin	China	Up 6
45	Barcelona	Spain	No change
46	Cologne	Germany	Down 3
47	Copenhagen	Denmark	Down 5
48	Madrid	Spain	Down 1
49	São Paulo	Brazil	No change
50	Moscow	Russian Federation	Down 2
51	Minneapolis	United States of America	No change
52	Chongqing	China	Up 5
53	Melbourne	Australia	Down 1
54	Stuttgart	Germany	No change
55	Raleigh	United States of America	Down 2
56	Istanbul	Türkiye	Up 2
57	Milan	Italy	Down 1
58	Brussels–Antwerp	Belgium	Down 3
59	Helsinki	Finland	Up 1
60	Atlanta	United States of America	Down 1
61	Miami	United States of America	Up 6
62	Montréal	Canada	No change
63	Dallas	United States of America	Down 2
64	Jinan	China	Up 4
65	Tehran	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Down 2
66	Eindhoven	Netherlands (Kingdom of the)	Down 1
67	Frankfurt am Main	Germany	Down 3
68	Vancouver	Canada	Down 2
69	Changchun	China	Up 3
70	Harbin	China	No change
71	Cambridge	United Kingdom	Down 2
72	Dublin	Ireland	Down 1
73	Zhengzhou	China	Up 7
74	Shenyang	China	Up 1
75	Ningde	China	Up 24
76	Vienna	Austria	Down 2
77	Portland	United States of America	Down 4
78	Xiamen	China	Up 3
79	Chennai	India	Up 5
80	Phoenix	United States of America	Down 2
81	Rome	Italy	Up 1
82	Mexico City	Mexico	Down 3
83	Dalian	China	Up 5
84	Pittsburgh	United States of America	Down 8
85	Oxford	United Kingdom	Down 8
86	Cairo	Egypt	Down 3
87	Ningbo	China	Up 6
88	Heidelberg–Mannheim	Germany	Down 1
89	Oslo	Norway	Down 4
90	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	Down 4
91	Warsaw	Poland	Down 2
92	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	New
93	Hamburg	Germany	Down 2
94	Zhenjiang	China	Up 6
95	Lyon	France	Down 5
96	Fuzhou	China	New
97	Manchester	United Kingdom	Down 3
98	Busan	Republic of Korea	Down 3
99	Macau–Zhuhai	China	Down 1
100	Göteborg	Sweden	Down 3

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World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO): Global Innovation Index: Innovation Cluster Ranking (formerly Science and Technology Clusters) 2026