2018年全球創新指數嘅主題係創新為世界注入能量、報告喺2018年7月10號公佈。第一位係瑞士，跟著係荷蘭、瑞典、英國、新加坡、美國等。亞洲國家入咗頭20位嘅有第12位嘅韓國、第13位日本同第14位嘅香港。中國比舊年升咗5位，企喺第17位，首次入咗前20位。
The theme of the GII 2018 is "Innovation Powering the World" and the report was released on July 10, 2018. The first is Switzerland, followed by Netherlands, Sweden, United Kingdom, Singapore, United States, etc. Asian countries in the top 20 are Korea in 12th, Japan in 13th and Hong Kong in 14th. China moved up five places from last year, standing in 17th place, and entered the top 20 for the first time.