{"id":54485,"date":"2025-09-18T19:39:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T14:09:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=54485"},"modified":"2025-09-19T14:54:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T09:24:31","slug":"global-innovation-index-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/18-09-2025\/global-innovation-index-2025","title":{"rendered":"Global Innovation Index (GII) 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS3\/Science and Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>18th edition <\/strong>of the <strong>Global Innovation Index (GII) 2025,<\/strong> was released by the <strong>World Intellectual Property Organisation\u2019s (WIPO).&nbsp;<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>GII established <\/strong>in 2007, it is <strong>published annually<\/strong> and provides<strong> performance metrics and ranks around 140 economies<\/strong> on their <strong>innovation ecosystems.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Major Finding<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Decline of R&amp;D:<\/strong> Growth fell to 2.9% in 2024, a slowdown from the 4.4% increase in the year prior and the lowest growth since the financial crisis of 2010.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Growth is projected by WIPO to slow further in 2025 (2.3%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Top Nations: <\/strong>Switzerland remains the world&#8217;s top innovation leader for the 15th consecutive year, followed by Sweden, the United States, South Korea, and Singapore in the top five ranks.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>China, for the first time, enters the top 10, ranked 10th globally, leading among middle-income economies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>India: <\/strong>India has made a steady climb<strong> from #48 in 2020 to #38 in 2025,<\/strong> and importantly, holds the <strong>#1 spot among lower-middle-income economies<\/strong> and in the <strong>Central and Southern Asia region.<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India performs best in <strong>Knowledge &amp; Technology Outputs (#22) and Market Sophistication (#38)<\/strong>, while its weakest rankings are in <strong>Business Sophistication (#64), Infrastructure (#61), and Institutions (#58).<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>India stands out for its ICT services exports,<\/strong> a vibrant VC landscape, late-stage VC and startup financing, unicorns and intangible assets &#8211; reflecting tech-driven growth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-dominant-color=\"f4f5f5\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Global-Innovation-Index-GII-2025.webp\" alt=\"global innovation index 2025\" class=\"not-transparent wp-image-54502\" style=\"--dominant-color: #f4f5f5; width:478px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Global-Innovation-Index-GII-2025.webp 720w, https:\/\/wp-images.nextias.com\/cdn-cgi\/image\/format=auto\/ca\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Global-Innovation-Index-GII-2025-300x209.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Significance for India<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>India\u2019s steady climb shows strength in the digital economy, startups, ICT exports.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>But gaps in infrastructure, institutions, business sophistication highlight areas needing reform.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Indian Initiatives for Innovation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Startup India (2016): <\/strong>Launched by DPIIT; offers tax exemptions, Fund of Funds, credit guarantee, and ease of compliance to nurture startups.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/02-12-2022\/atal-innovation-mission-aim\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/02-12-2022\/atal-innovation-mission-aim\">Atal Innovation Mission (AIM)<\/a>: <\/strong>NITI Aayog initiative; promotes innovation through Atal Tinkering Labs (schools), Incubation Centres (startups), and New India Challenges (solutions to national problems).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>National Initiative for Developing and Harnessing Innovations (NIDHI): <\/strong>DST programme; supports innovators via PRAYAS (idea to prototype), Entrepreneur-in-Residence (fellowships), and incubation support.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Digital Public Infrastructure (UPI, Aadhaar, ONDC, DigiLocker): <\/strong>Creates scalable platforms that enable innovation across fintech, commerce, and governance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Schemes: <\/strong>Incentivises R&amp;D and manufacturing in sectors like electronics, semiconductors, EVs, pharma.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebecf0\"><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong>World Intellectual Property Organization<\/strong> (WIPO)<\/strong>\u00a0<br>&#8211; It is a <strong>self-funding agency of the United Nations, <\/strong>that serves the world\u2019s innovators and creators, ensuring that their ideas travel safely to the market and improve lives everywhere.<br>&#8211; <strong>Members:<\/strong> The organization has <strong>194<\/strong> member states including both developing and developed nations like India, Italy, Israel, Austria, Bhutan, Brazil, China, Cuba, Egypt, Pakistan, the U.S. and the U.K.<br>&#8211; <strong>Headquarters:<\/strong> Geneva, Switzerland.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/trending\/top-10-listing\/global-innovation-index-2025-top-10-countries-india-vs-china-usa-rank-10254780\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>IE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The 18th edition of the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2025, was released by the World Intellectual Property Organisation\u2019s (WIPO).\u00a0<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Major Finding<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Decline of R&#038;D: Growth fell to 2.9% in 2024, a slowdown from the 4.4% increase in the year prior and the lowest growth since the financial crisis of 2010.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Growth is projected by WIPO to slow further in 2025 (2.3%).<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">Top Nations: Switzerland remains the world&#8217;s top innovation leader for the 15th consecutive year, followed by Sweden, the United States, South Korea, and Singapore in the top five ranks.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">China, for the first time, enters the top 10, ranked 10th globally, leading among middle-income economies.<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/uncategorized\/18-09-2025\/global-innovation-index-2025\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read\u00a0More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54485"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54533,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54485\/revisions\/54533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}