{"id":64020,"date":"2025-09-18T14:43:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T09:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=64020"},"modified":"2025-09-18T16:13:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T10:43:54","slug":"global-innovation-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/global-innovation-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Innovation Index"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Global Innovation Index Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the World Intellectual Property Organisation\u2019s (WIPO) Global Innovation Index (GII) 2025, R&amp;D growth fell to 2.9 per cent in 2024 and is projected to drop further to 2.3 per cent in 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Global Innovation Index\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a ranking of countries as per their <\/span><b>success and capacity in innovation.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>first launched in 2007,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and has become the leading global benchmark for measuring and comparing innovation performance.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is recognized by the <\/span><b>UN General Assembly<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as an authoritative reference for <\/span><b>Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) policies.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is published yearly by the <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/world-intellectual-property-organization\/\" target=\"_blank\">World Intellectual Property Organization<\/a> (WIPO).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It tracks <\/span><b>global innovation trends through investment patterns<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, technological progress, adoption rates, and socioeconomic impacts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Significance:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It provides a <\/span><b>useful resource for government, industry, researchers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and anyone with a stake in developing innovation ecosystems around the world.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Highlights of the Global Innovation Index 2025<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Top 5 Innovators:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> For the 15th consecutive year, <\/span><b>Switzerland ranks first<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, followed by <\/span><b>Sweden<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in second, the United States in third, the Republic of Korea in fourth, and Singapore in fifth.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>New Entrants and Rising Stars:<\/b> <b>China has<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> entered <\/span><b>the top 10 for the first time<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, securing the 10th position and leading all middle-income economies.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other countries like India, T\u00fcrkiye, Vietnam, and Morocco are noted for their <\/span><b>upward mobility in the rankings.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India has risen to <\/span><b>38th place among 139 economies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Global Innovation Index (GII) 2025, a remarkable improvement from its 81st rank in 2015.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/trending\/top-10-listing\/top-7-richest-people-in-maharashtra-in-2025-10255673\/?ref=infinite\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Innovation Index was first launched in 2007, and has become the leading global benchmark for measuring and comparing innovation performance. 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