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Switzerland, Sweden and U.S. top WIPO's global innovation rankings

But the world's five biggest science and technology clusters are now in East Asia; Japan's is the largest and China has the most.

WIPO tracks innovation trends in more than 130 economies.
WIPO tracks innovation trends in more than 130 economies. (AN/Drew Dizzy Graham/Unsplash)

GENEVA (AN) — Five highly developed nations – Switzerland, Sweden, the U.S., U.K. and Singapore – have the world’s most innovative economies, but they aren't home to the five biggest science and technology clusters.

Those are all in East Asia, where Japan's sprawling urban region extending from Tokyo to Yokohama is the top performer in terms of the highest density of inventors and scientific authors, followed by three cities in China – Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Guangzhou – and Seoul, South Korea.

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