CES 2025: Consumer Technology Association announces new Global Innovation Champions
The Global Innovation Scorecard highlights countries that excel in broadband, autonomous vehicles, blockchain and more. Among them are several European countries.
At CES 2025, the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) announced the 2025 Global Innovation Scorecard, measuring the political, economic and demographic factors that foster innovation. The Innovation Champions were honored during the state of the industry keynote, including several country representatives accepting their awards on stage.
This year’s report evaluates 74 countries and the European Union across 16 categories and 56 metrics, making it the most comprehensive analysis to-date, according to the CTA.
In its biennial global scorecard, CTA grades countries for which public, verifiable and independent third-party data exists; comparable data across nations is available; and governments can influence public policy.
Innovation Champions
The highest ranking of Innovation Champions honors nations with a diverse and highly skilled workforce, fast broadband, a friendly climate for entrepreneurs and openness to new technologies like Web 3.0 technologies, autonomous vehicles and blockchain.
Innovation Champions include: Australia, Austria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States. Singapore ranks first with a composite score of 3,529.
"Technology drives solutions to global challenges, from access to health care and mobility to energy and sustainability," said Gary Shapiro, CEO and Vice Chair, CTA. "Our innovation champions exemplify the transformative power of collaboration between government and industry to enhance lives worldwide. We aspire for global leaders to learn from each other and fully harness the benefits of technology in the future."
Innovation Leaders
Global Innovation Scorecard rankings include innovation leaders; nations that demonstrate strong policies in most categories, excelling in education, entrepreneurship and investment in research and development: Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, European Union, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Malta, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. See the full report here.
About the Consumer Technology Association (CTA)
CTA is North America’s largest technology trade association. According to the association, its members are the world’s leading innovators – from startups to global brands – helping support more than 18 million American jobs. CTA owns and produces CES in Las Vegas, USA.
Caption 1: An innovation from Germany: At CES 2025 in Las Vegas, the BMW Group provides the first opportunity to experience the close-to-production version of the new BMW iDrive – complete with ist centrepiece, BWM Panoramic Vision. (Image source: BMW)
Caption: In its fourth edition, CTA expands the Global Innovation Scorecard to evaluate 74 countries, including the entire G-20, all 27 members of the European Union and the EU as a whole. The Global Scorecard includes large and established trading partners of the United States and many emerging market countries driving innovations in fields ranging from health and finance to transportation. (Image source: CTA) Find the map here.
Source: CES
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