Sweden stays at the top of innovation globally

As always Vikings are innovative! Sweden continues to lead on #innovation.

The World Intellectual Property Organization – WIPO Global Innovation Index 2023 was released this week & it ranks as #2 among 132 economies in the world.

Sweden has been among the top three most innovative economies in the world for the past 15+ years, and also ranks #1 by the European Innovation Scoreboard.
 
Silicon Valley stays the top global startup ecosystem 2023 and has firmly kept this position there since the launch of the report Startup Genome https://lnkd.in/dFvViAUv, a report based on research and analysis of data from 3.5 million startups across 290 global ecosystems.

We look forward to work together with our partners to further connections and nurturing our two world leading ecosystems – the Swedish innovation economy and the Silicon Valley tech and entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Hear more about Swedish innovation policy by Prime Minister of Sweden, Ulf Kristersson here https://lnkd.in/dYCqwF5R. Among other things the Prime Minister highlights that Swedish government and businesses invest about 3,4 % of our GDP in research.

World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Global Innovation Index uses 80 indicators, such as degree of knowledge and technology outputs, infrastructure and human capital, to track global innovation trends in 130-plus economies. Read the full report here