Global Energy Innovation Index

CFR’s Global Energy Innovation Index measures the contributions of thirty-nine countries to the global process of improving energy technologies. It draws on sixteen indicators that are compiled into knowledge, markets, and policy subindexes, which feed into the main index. Most indicators are scaled by national GDP or population to enable fairer comparisons between large and small countries. Use this interactive tool to dive more deeply into the data for specific countries and indicators. To explore the entire dataset or read the report, click on the buttons below.

Country Rankings

Highlight and compare up to three countries across all indexes and indicators in two different time periods.

Global View

Energy innovation is a global process, but not all countries contribute equally. Use the map to explore relative national contributions on specific indexes or indicators in two time periods. Lighter shades indicate higher scores and darker shades, lower ones.

Detailed Rankings

The table below shows national rankings in 2025 across the main index and the three subindexes or each subindex and its subsidiary indicators. Click on a subindex or indicator column to sort the countries in the table on that column’s rank order.

About the Data

Most of the data used in the index is published by international organizations in the open literature. A full description of the indicator scoring process and the sources from which they are drawn can be found in the methodological appendix to the report, which can be accessed by clicking the button below.