Global startup ecosystem ranking, top 40
Startup Genome's official global startup ecosystem ranking (1 = best) across report editions — GSER 2026 complete, with the citable portions of GSER 2025, 2024 and 2023. Rendered as a bump chart (rank 1 on top) of the top cities, with the full per-edition table alongside.
Source: Startup Genome (GSER 2026), Startup Genome (GSER 2025), Startup Genome (GSER 2024), Startup Genome (GSER 2023) · last checked 2026-07-27
Value = official rank in that report edition (1 = best; the y-axis is inverted so climbing means improving). A row's year is the edition's final data year (GSER 2026 → 2025, GSER 2025 → 2024, GSER 2024 → 2023, GSER 2023 → 2022). Rank is Startup Genome's composite methodology, not value order — see the companion ecosystem-value dataset for USD figures. Coverage: GSER 2026 is complete (41 cities, ties at #6/#13/#23/#31/#40); older editions include only citable positions — GSER 2025: 22 of 40 (top 14 complete; #5 Boston & Beijing tied), GSER 2024: 30 of 40 (ties #2, #4, #21, #23 as published; press transcriptions place Delhi at #24 despite the #23 tie), GSER 2023: Top 30 + citable runners-up (#2 tie; mid-table numbers follow the full published transcription re-aligned to the official tie). Uncited positions are left out, never estimated — line gaps bridge missing editions with dots marking cited ones. The chart opens with the top 10 cities; toggle others via the chips. City names normalized to GSER 2026 forms.