Global Innovation Index 2025 and World Intellectual Property Reports

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Published January 1st, 2025

Detected March 31st, 2026

Summary

WIPO released the Global Innovation Index 2025, ranking Switzerland, Sweden, the US, Republic of Korea, and Singapore as the world's most-innovative economies. The report shows slowing growth in innovation investments clouding the innovation forecast. WIPO also released the World Intellectual Property Report 2024, mapping 20 years of global innovation capabilities, and a Patent Landscape Report on Generative AI finding China-based inventors lead in AI patent filings.

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WIPO announced three major publications: the Global Innovation Index 2025, which ranks 132 economies using roughly 80 indicators and identifies top innovators; the World Intellectual Property Report 2024, which analyzes 20 years of innovation capabilities and economic diversification in technology, science, and exports; and a Patent Landscape Report on Generative AI documenting patent filing trends, with China leading in AI patent volume followed by the US, Republic of Korea, Japan, and India.

These are informational reports, not binding regulations. Compliance teams, legal professionals, and policymakers may use the indices for benchmarking, policy analysis, or strategic planning. No immediate action is required, but entities tracking global innovation trends or patent landscapes should review relevant sections.

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Global Innovation Index 2025

Switzerland, Sweden, the US, the Republic of Korea and Singapore are the world’s most-innovative economies, according to WIPO’s Global Innovation Index 2025, which shows that slowing growth in innovation investments is clouding the innovation forecast.

World Intellectual Property Report 2024

The World Intellectual Property Report maps 20 years of innovation capabilities around the world, pinpointing how different countries have boosted their economic diversification in the areas of technology, science and exports.

Patent Landscape Report on Generative AI

China-based inventors are filing the highest number of generative artificial intelligence patents, far outpacing inventors in the US, Republic of Korea, Japan and India that comprise the rest of the top five locations, according to the Patent Landscape Report.