The 2023 Global Innovation Index (GII) (16), which measures the degree to which an economy is innovative, confirms that Switzerland is the most innovative economy in 2023, followed by Sweden, the United States, the United Kingdom and Singapore. Romania is in 47th place

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This year, Sweden overtook the USA and rose to second place. Singapore entered the top five and took a leading position among the economies of the Southeast Asia, East Asia and Oceania (SEAO) region.

The best science and technology clusters in the world in 2023

Science and technology clusters, also called “science and technology centers”, are areas with the highest density of inventors and scientific authors.

In 2023, the world’s leading science and technology innovation clusters are Tokyo-Yokohama, followed by Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou, Seoul, Beijing and Shanghai-Suzhou.

China now has the largest number of clusters in the world, ahead of the United States.

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