In the 2025 U.S. Innovation Scorecard — our seventh edition — CTA evaluated all 50 states on 11 quantitative and qualitative categories including: blockchain, broadband, data privacy, entrepreneurial & small business activity, grid preparedness, manufacturing, mobility, skilled workforce, taxes, telehealth, and tort reform. Our 2025 Innovation Champions show that smart policy paired with big ideas can deliver huge rewards for us all.

Each state ranks in one of four tiers: Innovation Champions excel in almost all areas, followed by Innovation Leaders, which earn high scores in most. Innovation Adopters promote innovation in some areas but not others. Finally, Modest Innovators may support innovation in one or more areas, but they show the greatest room for improvement.

In its ambitious 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.

In total, the Global Scorecard is a comparative analysis of 56 indicators across 16 categories. Our measurements identify the countries that most strongly encourage tech innovation, economic growth, and social progress, and the policies other countries could emulate to deliver similar benefits to their people.