2026年全球创新指数报告全球百强创新集群排行榜

Global

Innovation

Index2026

Rankingof

World’sTop

100Innovation

Clusters

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Global

Innovation

Index2026

Rankingof

World’sTop

100InnovationClusters

TheGIIrevealsthetopinnovationclusters

world-wide,bysizeandintensity.

GII2026rankingofworld’stop100innovationclusters

TheGIIrevealstheworld'stopinnovationclusters,bysizeandintensity.

Innovationclusters–whethertheybeinnovation-drivencitiesorregions–arethebeatingheartofnationalinnovationsystems.Suchhubsunitetopuniversities,researchers,inventors,venturecapitalistsandresearchanddevelopment(R&D)firmsindrivingforwardbreakthroughideas.

FromParistoMexicoCity,ShenzhentoStockholm,SeoulorSanFrancisco,globalcitiesblendresearch,startupsandR&Dfirmstopowerinnovation.

Eachyear,theGlobalInnovationIndex(GII)ranksthetop100innovationclustersworldwide

(Map1).Employingabottom-up,data-drivenmethodologythatdisregardsadministrativeandpoliticalborders,theGIIpinpointsthosegeographicareasthathaveahighdensityofinventors,scientificauthorsand/orventurecapital(VC)activity.Theclustersidentifiedaccordingtothesecriteriaoftenspanseveralmunicipaldistrictsorsub-federalstates,andsometimeseventwoormorecountries.

Map1Top100innovationclustersworldwide,2026

Innovationclusters

Source:WIPOStatisticsDatabase,June2026.

Threemetricsareusedtodefinethetop100clustersglobally(seeAppendixIVfordetailsandacomparisontoearliermethods).ThefirstfocusesonthelocationofinventorslistedinpublishedpatentapplicationsundertheWIPOPatentCooperationTreaty(PCT).1Thesecondconsiders

thelocationofauthorsofpublishedscientificarticles.Andthethird–introducedtothe2025edition–capturesVCdeallocations,whichallowstheGIItochartentrepreneurialactivityandinnovationfinanceglobally,emphasizingstartupsandspinouts.Together,thesethreemetricsrevealthoseareaswherethereisahighconcentrationofinventors,scientificauthorsand/orVCactivity.

(Dedicated

clusterbriefs

areavailableprovidingfurtherdetailsabouteverytop100cluster.)

1TheWIPOPatentCooperationTreaty(PCT)assistsapplicantsinseekingpatentprotectionfortheirinventions

internationally,helpspatentofficeswithmakingpatentgrantingdecisions,andfacilitatespublicaccesstoawealthoftechnicalinformationrelatingtotheseinventions.ByfilingoneinternationalpatentapplicationunderthePCTSystem,applicantscansimultaneouslyseekprotectionforaninventioninalargenumberofcountries(

www.wipo.

int/en/web/pct-system

).

6Top10clustersandothertop-tierrankings

Shenzhen–HongKong–Guangzhou,Tokyo–Yokohama,andSanJose–SanFranciscolead;Parisjoinsthetop10,Riyadhthetop100

ShenzhenHongKongGuangzhou(ChinaandHongKong,China)topstheglobalrankingsforasecondconsecutiveyear,followedbyTokyoYokohama(Japan)andSanJoseSanFranciscointheUnitedStatesofAmerica(US)(seeFigure1).Allthreeclusterscontinuetomakea

massivecontributiontopatentingoutputs,togetheraccountingforoveroneineveryfivePCTapplicationsfiledglobally.LeadingPCTapplicantsamongthetopclustersincludeHuawei

(ShenzhenHongKongGuangzhou),MitsubishiElectric(TokyoYokohama)andGoogle

(SanJoseSanFrancisco),withSunYatSenUniversity,theUniversityofTokyoandStanfordUniversitytherespectivetoppublishingorganizations.

SeoulintheRepublicofKoreaandBeijinginChinafollowinfourthandfifthplaces,respectively,withSeoulmovinguponeslotcomparedto2025,outpacingBeijingintermsofPCTpatent

filingsandVCdeals,evenasBeijingretainsacommandingleadinscientificpublications.

Amongthetop10,Asianclustersleadinpatentsandpublications–theUSandEuropeanclustersinventurecapital

Figure1Globalshareofpublications,PCTfilings,andventurecapitaldealsforthetop10innovationclusters,2026

Tokyo–YokohamaShenzhen–HongKong–GuangzhouSeoul

BeijingSanJose–SanFrancisco Shanghai–SuzhouBoston–Cambridge

Paris

NewYorkCity

LondonAsiaUnitedStates&Europe

GlobalshareofPCTfilings

10.1%

9.2%

5.6%

4.1%

3.8%

3.5%

1.5%

1.3%

1.0%

0.6%

Globalshareofpublications

1.3%

2.5%

1.7%

4.2%

0.7%

2.7%

0.9%

0.7%

0.9%

0.7%

GlobalshareofVCdeals

2.2%

3.1%

3.2%

1.3%

7.1%

2.9%

1.9%

1.7%

4.8%

4.3%

Source:WIPOStatisticsDatabase,June2026.

Paris(10th,France)isthemostnotableentranttothetop10since2025,takingthespotvacatedbyLosAngeles(UnitedStates),whichfallsto12th.ThismarksParissreturntothetop10forthefirsttimesince2022,joiningLondon(8th,UnitedKingdom)astheonlytwoEuropeanclusters

atthislevel.ShanghaiSuzhou(6th,China),NewYorkCity(7th)andBostonCambridge(9th,both

UnitedStates)retaintheirpositionsintheranking.LeadingPCTapplicantsamongtheseclustersincludeSuzhouUniversity(ShanghaiSuzhou),IBM(NewYorkCity),NicoventuresTrading

(London),MassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(MIT)(BostonCambridge)andSafranAircraftEngines(Paris),whiletoppublishingorganizationsincludeShanghaiJiaoTongUniversity,

ColumbiaUniversity,UniversityCollegeLondon,MIT,andUniversitéParis-Saclay,respectively.Box1examinesthetop10globalclustersinrespecttoeachofthethreemetricindicators,withAsianclustersleadinginPCTfilingsandsweepinginscientificpublications,andUSandUK

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clustersshowingahighconcentrationinVC.

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Box1Top10innovationclustersbypatents,publicationsorVCdeals

Analyzingthetop10innovationclustersbypatents,publicationsorVCdealsrevealsdistinctpatternsandeffects(seeBoxFigure1.1).AnotableexampleisSeoul’s(RepublicofKorea)

strengthinPCTpatentfilingsandVCdealsbeingoutweighedbyBeijing’s(China)leadin

scientificpublications,causingthemtoswappositionsthisyearto4thand5thintheranking,respectively.Lookingatglobalsharesacrossthethreemetrics,distinctpatternsemerge.

First,PCTapplicationstellamixedstory:Asianclustersdominate,ledbyTokyo–Yokohama,

Shenzhen–HongKong–Guangzhou,andSeoul,alongsidethreeUSclustersthatinclude

SanJose–SanFranciscoandSanDiego.ParisisthesoleEuropeanrepresentative.Second,

clusterswiththemostpublicationsremainallAsian,withthemajoritylocatedinChina–withBeijingandShanghai–Suzhouleading–butwithSeoulandTokyo–Yokohama(Japan)also

featuring.Third,inrespecttoVCdeals,theUnitedStatesclaimsthemostclustersamongthetop10,withSanJose–SanFranciscoandNewYorkCityleading,whileLondon(UnitedKingdom)ranksthird,withSeoul,Shenzhen–HongKong–Guangzhou,andSingaporealsofeaturing.

Beijing,bycontrast,recordsalowerVCshareamongthetop10clusters,reflectingthedifferentpathwaysthroughwhichleadinginnovationeconomieschannelR&Dactivity.

BoxFigure1.1Top10clusterspermetrichighlightedagainstfulldistribution,2026

AsiaUnitedStates&EuropeBeyondtop10

PCTapplications

Scientificpublications

Venturecapitaldealactivity

0%3%6%9%12%

Globalshare(%)

Source:WIPOStatisticsDatabase,June2026.

Beyondthetop10,Philadelphiaentersthetop20in2026(20th),whereasSeattledropsout

(25th),bothintheUnitedStates.Withinthetop30,Stockholm(30th,Sweden)enters,whereas

Berlin(31st,Germany)dropsout.Thecompositionofthetop40andtop50remainsunchangedcomparedto2025.Withinthetop100,Riyadh(92nd,KingdomofSaudiArabia)entersforthe

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firsttimeandFuzhou(96th,China)re-enters,havingnarrowlyfallenoutsidethetop100in2025,whereasSaltLakeCityandAnnArbor,bothintheUnitedStates,dropout.

8Biggestrankmovementsamongthetop100

Withinthetop100,theuppertierremainslargelystable:thetopthreeinnovationclusters(Shenzhen–HongKong–Guangzhou,Tokyo–Yokohama,andSanJose–SanFrancisco)held

position,andmostclustersshiftedbynomorethanafewplaces,withafewstandingout

forsharperswings.Table1belowhighlightssomeofthemostpronouncedrankmovementsthathaveoccurredbetweenGII2025andGII2026amongselectedclustersforeachofthethreemetrics.

Ningde(China)recordedthelargestrankincreasewithinthetop100,climbing24placesfrom

99thto75thonthestrengthofgrowthacrossallthreeunderlyingmetrics:PCTfilings(+38.7

percent),publications(+24.7percent)andVC(+50.0percent).Miami(UnitedStates)rosesevenplaces(67thto60th)onconsistentlypositive,ifmodest,growthacrossallthreeindicators,withVCgrowth(+12.4percent)thestrongestcontributor.Chennaigainedfiveplaces(84thto79th),drivenbystrongPCTgrowth(+19.2percent).Daejeonedgedupthreeplaces(25thto22nd),withbroadgrowthacrossallthreemetrics,particularlyinscientificpublications(+15.4percent)andPCT

applications(+10.5percent).

Table1Biggestrankmovementsamongselectedtop100innovationclusters,2026

Rank

change

Publication

PCTgrowth

Clustername

growthVCgrowth

Currentrank

Ningde

75

24

38.7%

24.7%

50.0%

Miami

60

7

4.4%

1.2%

12.4%

Oxford

84

-7

2.8%

−1.4%

−9.4%

Istanbul

64

-6

−2.2%

6.3%

−35.5%

Chennai

79

5

19.2%

7.7%

9.1%

Lyon

95

-5

2.5%

−1.1%

−3.4%

Amsterdam–Rotterdam

26

-4

4.1%

−0.5%

2.6%

Copenhagen

46

-4

0.4%

−1.9%

−4.5%

Cologne

47

-4

−5.8%

−0.4%

3.1%

Oslo

89

-4

−5.3%

−1.0%

−2.4%

10.5%

8.8%

3

15.4%

Daejeon22

Source:WIPOStatisticsDatabase,June2026.

Onthedownside,Oxfordrecordedoneofthebiggestdeclines,fallingsevenplaces(77thto

84th),drivenmainlybyacontractioninVCgrowth(-9.4percent).Istanbulfellsixplaces(58thto64th)afterasharpcontractioninVCgrowth(-35.5percent),despitepositivepublicationgrowth(+6.3percent).AgroupofEuropeanclusterseachslippedbyfourtofiveplaces(Amsterdam–

Rotterdam,22ndto26th;Copenhagen,42ndto46th;Cologne,43rdto47th;Oslo,85thto89th;and

Lyon,90thto95th),withacommonobservationthateachrecordedanegativepublicationgrowthrate,evenwheneitherPCTapplicationsorVCdealsremainedpositive,aswasthecasefor

Amsterdam–RotterdamandCologne.

Innovationclustersbyeconomy

Thetopinnovationclusterforeacheconomyorcross-borderregionisshowninTable2.The

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leadingclusterspereconomyremainunchangedfromlastyear.TheonenewadditionisSaudiArabia,whichjoinsthetableforthefirsttimethroughRiyadh(92nd),havingrankedjustoutsidethetop100in2025.

SamsungElectronicsstandsoutasthemostprevalenttopapplicantwithintherankings,leadingPCTfilingsinfourclustersacrossfoureconomies:Seoul(4th,RepublicofKorea),Bengaluru(24th,India),Moscow(50th,RussianFederation)andWarsaw(91st,Poland).Beyondthetopapplicant,thefivemostgeographicallydispersedapplicants–BASF,Ericsson,Huawei,IBM,andSiemens–

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registerpatentactivityacrossatleast56ofthetop100clusters,spanningupto29economies,withBASF,Ericsson,andIBMpresentacrossallsixworldUnitedNations(UN)regions(Figure2).

Table2Topinnovationclustersbyeconomyorcross-borderregionrankedamongthetop

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100,2026

Rank

Clustername

Economy

Topapplicant

Toporganization

1

Shenzhen–HongKong–Guangzhou

CN/HK

Huawei

SunYatSenUniversity

2

Tokyo–Yokohama

JP

MitsubishiElectric

UniversityofTokyo

3

SanJose–SanFrancisco

US

Google

StanfordUniversity

4

Seoul

KR

SamsungElectronics

SeoulNationalUniversity

5

Beijing

CN

BOETechnology

TsinghuaUniversity

8

London

GB

NicoventuresTrading

UniversityCollegeLondon

10

Paris

FR

SafranAircraftEngines

UniversiteParisSaclay

16

Singapore

SG/MY

NationalUniversityofSingapore

NationalUniversityofSingapore

19

TelAviv–Jerusalem

IL

TelAvivUniversity

TelAvivUniversity

24

Bengaluru

IN

SamsungElectronics

IISc-Bangalore

26

Amsterdam–Rotterdam

NL

DelftUniversityofTechnology

DelftUniversityofTechnology

28

Munich

DE

BMW

TechnicalUniversityofMunich

30

Stockholm

SE

LMEricsson

KarolinskaInstitutet

36

Toronto

CA

DHTechnologiesDevelopment

UniversityofToronto

38

Sydney

AU

Cochlear

UniversityofSydney

40

Zürich

CH

ETHZürich

ETHZürich

42

Taipei–Hsinchu

TW*

MediaTek

NationalTaiwanUniversity

44

Barcelona

ES

Hewlett-Packard

UniversityofBarcelona

46

Copenhagen

DK

DanmarksTekniskeUniversitet

UniversityofCopenhagen

49

SãoPaulo

BR

Braskem

UniversidadedeSaoPaulo

50

Moscow

RU

SamsungElectronics

LomonosovMoscowStateUniversity

56

Milan

IT

PirelliTyre

PolytechnicUniversityofMilan

57

Brussels–Antwerp

BE

KULeuven

KULeuven

58

Helsinki

FI

Nokia

UniversityofHelsinki

64

Istanbul

TR

MedipolUniversity

IstanbulTechnicalUniversity

65

Tehran

IR

MohammadAbdolahad

UniversityofTehran

72

Dublin

IE

EatonIntelligentPower

UniversityCollegeDublin

76

Vienna

AT

JTInternational

MedicalUniversityofVienna

82

MexicoCity

MX

Colgate-Palmolive

UNAM

86

Cairo

EG

Si-WareSystems

CairoUniversity

89

Oslo

NO

OsloUniversityHospital

UniversityofOslo

90

KualaLumpur

MY

MIMOSBerhad

UniversityMalaya

91

Warsaw

PL

SamsungElectronics

WarsawUniversityofTechnology

92

Riyadh

SA

SABICGlobalTechnologies

KingSaudUniversity

Notes:EconomycodesarebasedonWIPOStandardST.3two-lettercodesfortherepresentationofstates,otherentitiesandorganizations.TW*referstoTaiwanProvinceofChina.Economylabelswereassignedtoacluster,whenatleast1

percentofacluster’soutputoccurredinagiveneconomy.AbbreviationsareIISc=IndianInstituteofScience,Bangalore;BOETechnology=BeijingOrientalElectronicsGroup;ETHZürich=EidgenössischeTechnischeHochschuleZürich;KU

Leuven=KatholiekeUniversiteitLeuven;UNAM=UniversidadNacionalAutónomadeMéxico.

Source:WIPOStatisticsDatabase,June2026.

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Globalreachofleadingpatentapplicantsandpublishingorganizationsacrossinnovationclusters

Figure2Numberoftop100innovationclusters,economiesandworldregionswhereeachorganizationregisterspatentorpublicationactivity,2026

Patentapplications

SiemensBASFIBMHuaweiEricsson

6360605756

18

Clusters

Economies

Regions

Clusters

5

29

Economies

Regions

Clusters

6

23

Economies

Regions

Clusters

6

23

Economies

Regions

Clusters

5

27

Economies

Regions

6

Clusters

Economies

Regions

Clusters

Economies

Regions

Clusters

Economies

Scientificpublications

AstraZenecaGeneralElectricSiemens

35

33

35

19

21

14

6

4

Source:WIPOStatisticsDatabase,June2026.

Regions

5

Clusters

pfizer

31

Economies

20

Regions

4

Clusters

Huawei

30

Economies

16

Regions

4

SunYatSenUniversityistheonlyorganizationtoleadscientificpublicationsinmorethanonecluster,featuringasthetoppublishinginstitutioninShenzhen–HongKong–Guangzhou(1st,China,HongKong,China).Movingbeyondthetoporganization,thefivemostgeographicallydispersedpublishingorganizationsare:AstraZeneca,GeneralElectric,Siemens,Pfizer,andHuawei,appearinginatleast30ofthetop100clusters,spanningupto21economies,withAstraZenecapresentacrossallsixworldUNregions.

ChinaandtheUnitedStatesleadinnumberoftopinnovationclusters

ChinaandtheUnitedStatesleadtheinnovationclustercountforafourthconsecutiveyear

(seeFigure3andMap2a–e).Chinahas25clusters(onemorethanlastyear);theUnitedStatesfollowswith20clusters(twofewerthanlastyear).

Germanyholdssevenclusterswithinthetop100in2026,themostofanyEuropeaneconomy,

thoughallbutStuttgart(54th,unchanged)slippeddowntherankings.Munich,ranked28th,

droppedoneplaceandisthehighest-rankedoftheseven,withBMWleadingonpatentsandtheTechnicalUniversityofMunichonpublications.Berlin(31st,-1)follows,withCologne(47th,-4)

andFrankfurtamMain(68th,-4)recordingthesharpestdrops.StuttgartisanchoredbyRobertBoschonpatentsandtheUniversityofStuttgartonpublications,whileFrankfurtamMainisledbyMerckPatentonpatentsandJohannesGutenbergUniversityofMainzonpublications.

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Heidelberg–Mannheim(88th,-1)andHamburg(93rd,-2)roundoutGermany’stop100presence.

ChinaandtheUnitedStatesaccountforalmosthalfoftheworld’stop100

innovationclusters

Figure3Economieswithtwoormoretop100innovationclusters,2026

China25

UnitedStates20

Germany7

UnitedKingdom4

India4

Japan3

RepublicofKorea3

Canada3

Australia2

Spain2

France2

Italy2

Netherlands(Kingdomofthe)2

Sweden2

Malaysia2

Source:WIPOStatisticsDatabase,June2026.

TheUnitedKingdom(UK)retainsfourclustersamongthetop100,withLondon(8th,unchanged)leading,thoughtheotherthreeallslipped:Cambridge(71st,-2),Oxford(84th,-7)and

Manchester(97th,-3),withOxfordrecordingthesharpestdropamongUKclustersthisyear,drivenbya9.4percentdeclineinVCdealactivity.

Francehastwoclusterswithinthetop100,withParisrisingto10th(+2),apositionlastheldintheGII2022edition,whereasLyonslipsto95th(-5),fallingonadeclineinVCdeals(-3.4percent)

andscientificpublications(-1.1percent).

Indiamaintainsfourclusterswithinthetop100,withMumbai(43rd,+3)andChennai(79th,+5)bothclimbing,whileBengaluru(24th,-3)andDelhi(27th,-1)slipslightly.Mumbaiinparticularconsolidatesitsrisefrom46thlastyear,surging38percenthigherinPCTapplications,whileChennaisfive-placegaindrivenbylargegainsinallthreemetricsisthestrongestupwardmovementamongIndianclustersthisyear.

Japanretainsthreeclustersamongthetop100,withTokyoYokohama(2nd)andOsakaKobeKyoto(11th)bothholdingsteady,whileNagoyaslipsoneplaceto29th(-1).

TheRepublicofKorealikewisemaintainsthreeclusters,withSeoul(4th,+1)andDaejeon(22nd,+3)bothgaininggroundcomparedto2025,whereasBusan(98th,-3)slipsthreeplaces.

Canadaretainsthreeclusterswithinthetop100.Toronto,ranked36th,remainsthecountrys

leadingcluster,despitedroppingthreeplaces,withdeclinesacrossallthreeunderlyingmetrics,mostnotablya7.5percentfallinVCdeals.Montréal(61st,+1)roseslightlyintherankings,drivenbya6.8percentgrowthinPCTapplications,whileVancouver(67th,-1)remainedbroadlystable.Australiamaintainstwoclusterswithinthetop100,withSydney(38th,-2)andMelbourne(53rd,-1)botheasingbackslightlyfrom2025.

SpainsBarcelona(44th,+1)andMadrid(48th,-1)broadlyholdtheirground,asdoItalysMilan(56th,unchanged)andRome(81st,+1).

TheKingdomoftheNetherlandsseesAmsterdamRotterdamslipfourplacesto26th,with

Eindhoven(66th,-1)alsoedgingdown.Swedenpresentsamixedpicture,Stockholmclimbingto30th(+2),whereasGöteborgslipsthreeplacesto100th.

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12InadditiontoChinaandIndia,sixothermiddle-incomeeconomieshaveclustersamongthetop

100.Theyareasfollows:2

–Brazil(1cluster),withSãoPaulo(49th,unchanged);

–Egypt(1),withCairo(86th,–3),thesoletop100innovationclusterwithinAfrica;

–IslamicRepublicofIran(1),withTehran(65th,–2);

–Malaysia(2),withKualaLumpur(90th,-4)andSingapore(16th,unchanged)–across-borderclustersharedwithSingapore;

–Mexico(1),withMexicoCity(82nd,–3),thesecondclusterwithinLatinAmerica;and

–Türkiye(1),withIstanbulat64th(–6).

EventhoughCairoisthesoleAfricanclusterwithinthetop100,thereisinnovationactivityclusteredelsewhereinAfrica–seeaseparateanalysisconductedin2024.3

Regionaldistributionofinnovationclusters

Regionally,thetop100innovationclustersremainconcentratedinthreebroadUNregions.

South-easternAsia,EasternAsiaandOceaniahoststhemostclustersofanyregion(36),

followedbyEurope(30)andNorthernAmerica(23).Togetherthesethreebroadregions

accountfor89ofthetop100innovationclusters.Theremaining11clustersarespreadacrossCentralandSouthernAsia(5),NorthernAfricaandWesternAsia(4)andLatinAmericaandtheCaribbean(2).Map2(a–e)tracestheclusterfootprintofselectedregioningreaterdetail.

Map2Topinnovationclustersbyregion,2026

(a)NorthernAmerica

3Canadianclustersrankamongthetop100:Toronto(36th),Montreal

(61st)andVancouver(67th).Intheclusterintensityranking,SanJose–SanFranciscoranks1st,followedbyBoston–Cambridge(4th),SanDiego(6th),

Seattle(7th),whileVancouverranks29th.

NorthernAmericaisrepresentedby23clustersintheglobaltop100,withtheUSaccountingfor3oftheglobaltop10clustersincludingSanJose–SanFrancisco(3rd),NewYorkCity(7th),andBoston–Cambridge(9th).

Globalrankrange

1-2526-5051-7576-100

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3

GII2024:Sustainingtheriseoftop-notchAfricaninnovationclusters,GIIInnovationInsights,November20,2024,

/en/web/global-innovation-index/w/blogs/2024/gii-2024-african-innovation-clusters

.

NotethattheRussianFederation,withoneclusterin2026(Moscow,ranking50th),continuestobeclassifiedasahigh-incomeeconomyandthereforedoesnotfeatureinthislist.

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(b)Europe

Europehosts30clustersintheglobaltop100,withLondonranking8thandParis10th,joiningtheglobaltop10asthe

secondEuropeancluster.

Intheinnovationintensityranking,

Cambridgeranks2ndandOxford5th.

Europeanclustersproducealmost30%morescientificpublicationsthanUS

clusters,butregisteronlyabout40%oftheUSvolumeinVCdeals.

<

Germanyisrepresentedby7

clustersintheglobaltop100,led

byMunich(28th),withBMWasitstopPCTapplicantandthe

TechnicalUniversityofMunichasitstoppublishingorganization.

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1-2526-5051-7576-100

(c)EasternAsia

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EasternAsiahosts32clustersintheglobaltop100,25oftheminChina.Shenzhen–HongKong–Guangzhou(1st),Tokyo–

Yokohama(2nd),Beijing(5th),andShanghai–Suzhou(6th)leadtheregion,whileintheRepublicofKorea,Seoulmovesupto4th,followedbyDaejeon(22nd)andBusan(98th).

Ningde'sperformanceisdrivenbyelectricalmachineryandCATL,makingitthebiggestclimberintheglobalranking,movingup24positions.Italsoranks3rdgloballyin

innovationintensity.

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1-2526-5051-7576-100

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(d)India

Indiaisrepresentedby4clustersintheglobaltop100.Bengalururanks24thglobally,followedbyDelhi(27th),Mumbai(43rd),andChennai(79th).

IntheinnovationintensityrankingBengalururanks83rdtakingthelead,followedbyDelhi96th,Chennai97th,

andMumbai98th.

ecordedover10,300PCT

Together,India'sclustersr

applications,nearly100,000scientificpublications,and

in2026.Leadinginnovation

ElectronicsandIIScBangalorein

JioPlatformsLimitedandIITMotorCompanyandIIT

morethan7,600VCdeals

actorsincludeSamsung

Bengaluru,IITDelhiinDelhi,BombayinMumbai,andTVSMadrasinChennai.

Globalrankrange

76-100

1-2526-50

(e)NorthernAfricaandWesternAsia

NAWAisrepresentedby4clustersintheglobaltop100:TelAviv–Jerusalem(19th),Istanbul(64th),Cairo(86th),andRiyadh

(92nd).

Intheinnovationintensityranking,TelAviv––Jerusalemranks49th,Riyadh92nd,Istanbul93rd,andCairo100th.

InCairo,Si-WareSystemsisthetopPCTapplicantandCairoUniversityisthetoppublishingorganization.

Riyachjoinstheglobaltop100in2026forthefirsttime,led

bySABICGlobalTechnologiesasitstopPCTapplicantandKingSaudUniversityasitstoppublishingorganization.

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Globalrankrange

76-100

1-2551-75

Source:WIPOStatisticsDatabase,June2026.

Topinnovation-intensiveclusterspercapita

SanJose–SanFranciscoandCambridgelead;Daejeon(RepublicofKorea)enterstop10forthefirsttime

TheGIIalsoranksthetop100clustersbyinnovationintensity–measuredasthecombinedglobalshareofpatents,scientificpublications,andVCdeals,normalizedbypopulation(seeAppendixIVformethodology).

Inthelatest2026ranking,SanJose–SanFrancisco(UnitedStates)andCambridge(United

Kingdom)retainthetoptwopositions,whileNingde(China)risestothird,upfromfourth

in2025,consolidatingaremarkableascentdrivenbythedominantpatentactivityof

ContemporaryAmperexTechnologyCo.,Limited(CATL),agloballeaderinbatterytechnology(Table3).Boston–Cambridge(UnitedStates)andOxford(UnitedKingdom)roundoutthetopfive,andDaejeon(RepublicofKorea)entersthetop10intensityrankingforthefirsttime,

advancingfiveplacesto10th.

TheUnitedStatesleadswithfourofthet