- The Hurun Research Institute, based in Shanghai, China, published the seventh edition of the Global Unicorn Index. India was ranked third globally, with a total of sixty four unicorns.
- The index highlights the top ten countries in terms of billion-dollar startups, also known as unicorns.
- Top Three Countries in the Global Unicorn Index 2025:
- United States of America (USA) secured the first position with a total of seven hundred fifty eight unicorns, which is forty nine point eight percent of the global unicorn count.
- China ranked second with three hundred forty three unicorns.
- India ranked third with sixty four unicorns.
Key Highlights:
- Point one. The total number of unicorns worldwide was one thousand five hundred twenty three, showing a five percent increase compared to the previous year.
- These unicorns are spread across fifty two countries.
- The total valuation of all unicorns combined reached five point six trillion US dollars.
- The global unicorn count grew by twenty two percent in value.
- Point two. In the last year, two hundred three new unicorns were added globally, averaging one new unicorn every two days.
- United States added the most with one hundred eight new unicorns.
- China followed with thirty six.
- The rest of the world together contributed fifty nine.