How 150+ ecosystems compare.
Every ranking is recomputed from 61,400+ qualified support organizations on the same 5-layer, 14-boost framework. Below: the public top lists; on OSE Expert, 33 indicators across 5 regions.
A profile, not a score.
Never summed
Layers do not add up (α = 0.001). Rankings are per indicator; there is no single « ecosystem score » and there should not be.
Conditional on enforcement
The same apparatus predicts 1.3 or 6.4 new businesses per 1,000 adults depending on whether rules are enforced. Read every count next to the regime.
Never above the module
68.4% of composition variance is within countries. A national rank orients; the city module decides.
Top 10 by qualified actors.
Number of qualified support organizations in the OSE base, refreshed with every Expert pipeline run.
| # | Country | Region | Actors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | Africa | 2 901 |
| 2 | Turkey | Middle East | 1 532 |
| 3 | South Africa | Africa | 1 294 |
| 4 | Uganda | Africa | 1 282 |
| 5 | Egypt | Africa | 900 |
| 6 | Iran | Asia | 875 |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | Asia | 748 |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | Asia | 676 |
| 9 | Israel | Asia | 609 |
| 10 | Morocco | Africa | 605 |
Top 10 by OSE profile score.
Composite reading of the five layers for orientation only — open the country page for the profile itself.
| # | Country | Region | OSE profile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comoros | Africa | 358.1 |
| 2 | Gabon | Africa | 336.9 |
| 3 | Equatorial Guinea | Africa | 329.3 |
| 4 | Eswatini | Africa | 328.5 |
| 5 | Madagascar | Africa | 327.6 |
| 6 | Djibouti | Africa | 321.4 |
| 7 | Mauritius | Africa | 317.6 |
| 8 | Guinea-Bissau | Africa | 315.1 |
| 9 | Gambia | Africa | 313.2 |
| 10 | Republic of the Congo | Africa | 308.8 |
Top five per region.
33 indicators × 5 regions on OSE Expert.
Africa, Gulf, Maghreb, Middle East, Europe — every indicator family below is rankable live, with exports.
Layer profiles (L1–L5)
Technical, Cognitive, Relational, Symbolic, Psychological — quality by layer, never summed.
Actor breakdown
Accelerators, incubators, hubs, labs, agencies, funds — counted and ranked individually.
Funding landscape
Equity providers, grant makers, VC count, funding rate.
Programme types
Ideation, hosting, scale-up, mentoring, investor access.
Boosts
The 14 canonical boosts — Innov, Proto, Test, Team, Plan, Legal, Sales, Market, Skill, Mentor, Net, Legit, Infra, Mind.
Structure & openness
Core share, sector specialisation, international openness, per-capita and per-Mha density.
Meta-organizational indices
Coverage Index, Functional Differentiation, Service Redundancy, Ecosystem Effectiveness, network density.
Cross-lenses
Aligned Gender Index (53 African countries) and AEEI (30 ranked) — read next to, not summed with, the OSE profile.
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