India Rises to 38th in Global Innovation Index 2025:
India climbs to 38th in Global Innovation Index 2025, ranking ahead in knowledge outputs and leading in lower-middle-income economies.
- This ranking places India ahead of its 2020 position of 48, and importantly, #1 among lower-middle-income economies and in the Central and Southern Asia region.
- The GII 2025, published by WIPO, assesses 139 countries using 80+ indicators spread across seven pillars,
- Institutions
- Human capital and research
- Infrastructure
- Market sophistication
- Business sophistication
- Knowledge and technology outputs
- Creative outputs
- The index provides insights into how countries are fostering innovation-led development and their ability to convert R&D into economic output.
