TEHRAN -According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Technology and Innovation Report 2025, Iran is ranked among upper middle-income countries, ranking 72 amongst 166 countries.The countrys ranking has actually improved by one position compared to 2022.
UNCTAD has actually classified 17 types of technologies as frontier innovations consisting of expert system, Internet of Things, big data, 5G, 3D printing, robotics, drone technology, solar photovoltaic, concentrated solar energy, biofuels, biogas and biomass, wind energy, green hydrogen, electrical vehicles, nanotechnology and gene editing.The Technology and Innovation Report 2025: Inclusive Artificial Intelligence for Development studies the complex artificial intelligence landscape, aiming to help decision-makers style science, innovation, and development policies that foster inclusive technological progress.The Report 2025 calls for AI that puts individuals first and is formed through worldwide cooperation in which all countries have a say.
The Report identifies three crucial leverage points infrastructure, data, and skills using a broad socioeconomic perspective on AI while evaluating requirements and policies to promote sustainable industrialization and innovation.The sub-indices of preparedness for frontier technologies in 2025 program that Iran's finest ranking remains in the research and development sub-index (35th in the world).
In the financing sub-index, the countrys ranking has improved from 62 in 2022 to 56 in 2025.
In other sub-indexes like skills, and the establishment of details and communication innovation, its ranking has actually decreased from 74, and 78 in 2022 to 82, and 94 in 2025, respectively.GII 2024: Iran moves up in technology output, company sophisticationAccording to the 2024 edition of the Global Innovation Index (GII) report, the Islamic Republic of Iran's ranking in knowledge and innovation output, along with service elegance has improved from 55 and 117 in 2023 to 49 and 110 in 2024, respectively.Also, the countrys ranking in market sophistication and infrastructure has increased by 2 positions from 19 and 97 in 2023 to 17 and 95 in 2024.
Nevertheless, Iran's ranking in innovative output, human research, and capital, as well as institutions has decreased compared to 2023.
The Global Innovation Index ranks the worlds leading economies according to their innovation capabilities.According to this years report, Iran ranks 2nd amongst the countries of the Central and Southern Asian region, the same compared with the last 2 years.India and Kazakhstan ranked very first and 3rd, respectively.Iran ranks 5 amongst the 38 lower-middle-income group economies, which has actually improved compared to the 2023 ranking (6 ).
However, the countrys ranking, amongst the 133 economies featured in the GII 2024, has dropped from 62 in 2023 to 64 this year.Switzerland secured the first rank in the GII 2024 report with a rating of 67.5 for the 14th consecutive year, carefully followed by Sweden and the U.S.
at the second and third positions with scores of 64.5 and 62.4, respectively.As stated in the 2024 edition, over the past four years (2020-2024), the analytical confidence interval for the ranking of Iran in the GII 2024 is between ranks 56 and 80.
Iran carried out much better in innovation outputs (48) than in development inputs (85) in 2024.
Released by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the report ranks Iran initially in Market capitalization, and Trademarks by origin.MT/ MG.
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