The World Intellectual Property Organization released the top 100 science and technology clusters for 2022 in its Global Innovation Index 2022 recently aimed at identifying the most S&T-intensive top global clusters.

WIPO said innovation output at the local level is as important as output at the national level.

Among the top 100, Tokyo–Yokohama is the top-performing cluster, followed by Shenzhen-Hong Kong-Guangzhou, Beijing, Seoul and San Jose-San Francisco.

Let's take a look at the top 10 S&T clusters for 2022.

10 Paris

9 New York City

8 Boston-Cambridge

7 Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto

6 Shanghai–Suzhou

5 San Jose-San Francisco

4 Seoul

3 Beijing

2 Shenzhen–Hong Kong–Guangzhou

1 Tokyo–Yokohama