Meantime, slowing growth in innovation investments is clouding the innovation forecast, the report found. It is the world's benchmark resource for policymakers, business leaders and others in promoting innovation and building strong innovation ecosystems. ''The GII 2025 maps the contours of innovation across the world, showing us that the fastest-advancing economies in the GII are those that view innovation as a fundamental engine of resilience, growth and competitiveness. In GII 2025, 17 low- and middle-income economies are performing above expectations for their level of development, with India and Viet Nam as longest-running innovation overperformers. However, excluding these investments, VC value would have contracted.