Cabinet: Egypt Rises 13 Spots in the 2026 Global Innovation Index
Egypt improves its ranking in the Global Innovation Index published by WIPO, reaching position 83
Translated by Qiyas from الأنباء — Original source
Cairo - Ahmed Sabry
The Media Center of the Council of Ministers published a video on its official social media platforms, highlighting Egypt’s progress in the Global Innovation Index for 2026, published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which tracks the performance of economies in the field of innovation. According to the Center, Egypt’s advancement in the index comes amid rapid global developments in science and technology, particularly in artificial intelligence, biotechnology, advanced materials, semiconductors, and clean energy, underscoring the importance of innovation as a key driver of development and economic competitiveness.
The video explained that the Global Innovation Index measures the innovation performance of approximately 140 economies, tracking the evolution of innovation systems amid global transformations and rapid progress in deep tech fields. It also assesses economies’ ability to translate scientific discoveries into scalable projects with broad impact, and the index is published annually.
The video noted that Egypt advanced 13 places in the Global Innovation Index, reaching rank 83 in 2026, compared to rank 96 in 2020, passing through rank 94 in 2021, rank 89 in 2022, and rank 86 in 2023, 2024, and 2025, reflecting steady improvement in Egypt’s ranking over recent years.
It pointed out that Egypt advanced nine places in the Innovation Input Index, reaching rank 95 in 2026, compared to rank 104 in 2020, and improved seven places in the Innovation Output Index, reaching rank 75 in 2026, compared to rank 82 in 2020.
The video outlined key positive developments in sub-indicators of innovation, according to WIPO. Egypt advanced 15 places in the Information and Communication Technology Index, reaching rank 81 in 2026, compared to rank 96 in 2020. It also improved 22 places in the Investment Index, reaching rank 97 in 2026, compared to rank 119 in 2020, and advanced 11 places in the Trade, Diversification, and Market Size Index, reaching rank 51 in 2026, compared to rank 62 in 2020.
Furthermore, the video stated that Egypt made progress in the Creative Goods and Services Index, advancing 13 places to reach rank 81 in 2026, compared to rank 94 in 2020. It also improved 18 places in the Knowledge Dissemination Index, reaching rank 81 in 2026, compared to rank 99 in 2020, and advanced 27 places in the Innovation Linkages Index, reaching rank 47 in 2026, compared to rank 74 in 2020.
In this context, the video clarified that Cairo is the only innovation cluster in Africa included among the top 100 global innovation clusters in science and technology. Egypt is also one of the most business-entrepreneurial societies in Africa.
