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Latest World Design Rankings

Rank Country/Area Score
1 China 16048 130 626 1614 1298 894
2 United States of America 5033 74 231 409 358 362
3 Japan 2914 51 138 257 206 136
4 Italy 2239 38 98 197 147 146
5 Hong Kong (China) 3449 28 139 316 290 226
6 Great Britain 1413 21 61 138 88 83
7 Taiwan (China) 7772 19 133 602 997 797
8 Turkey 2096 15 90 159 174 199
9 Germany 1290 15 59 138 67 76
10 Portugal 691 13 43 55 36 35
11 Australia 598 13 26 43 46 40
12 Brazil 1335 11 57 134 106 65
13 Spain 768 11 38 72 44 46
14 Netherlands 428 10 17 41 23 25
15 Poland 561 8 22 48 45 38
16 Switzerland 352 8 13 29 23 27
17 Republic of Korea 1077 7 39 99 80 102
18 Canada 813 6 39 66 66 60
19 India 1133 5 38 101 95 112
20 Russian Federation 1030 5 38 100 82 82
21 Singapore 793 5 25 67 68 83
22 Hungary 404 5 13 44 29 23
23 France 521 4 23 43 36 51
24 Ukraine 320 4 12 23 26 33
25 Finland 220 4 9 16 19 15
26 Norway 111 4 8 4 7 5
27 Lithuania 378 3 21 40 19 19
28 Mexico 445 3 20 44 25 38
29 Israel 308 3 15 23 25 24
30 Bulgaria 301 3 8 29 27 23
31 Lebanon 169 3 6 13 13 15
32 South Africa 123 3 6 10 7 7
33 Ireland 124 3 1 11 11 12
34 Greece 686 2 24 68 62 48
35 Belgium 372 2 20 34 28 20
36 Sweden 190 2 15 16 7 9
37 Austria 261 2 14 21 17 22
38 Thailand 241 2 14 20 13 20
39 Malaysia 369 2 5 34 44 32
40 Kuwait 138 2 5 16 9 5
41 Viet Nam 181 2 4 16 21 11
42 Serbia 130 2 4 13 10 8
43 Indonesia 117 2 3 7 10 16
44 Estonia 58 2 1 6 3 4
45 Czech Republic 261 1 13 29 16 13
46 Egypt 262 1 10 25 18 26
47 Romania 189 1 9 17 16 11
48 Moldova 158 1 8 19 10 3
49 Argentina 148 1 6 18 10 5
50 Slovenia 101 1 5 8 10 4
51 New Zealand 93 1 5 5 8 9
52 United Arab Emirates 170 1 4 13 20 16
53 Chile 106 1 4 13 8 2
54 Croatia 150 1 3 13 15 16
55 Kyrgyzstan 42 1 3 3 3 -
56 Uruguay 88 1 2 9 10 3
57 Bangladesh 30 1 2 3 - 1
58 Ecuador 28 1 2 1 2 1
59 Armenia 25 1 2 1 1 1
60 Qatar 41 1 1 3 4 3
61 Bosnia and Herzegovina 16 1 1 - 1 1
62 Tunisia 10 1 - 1 - -
63 Iran 1075 - 26 103 109 103
64 Denmark 206 - 17 17 13 7
65 Latvia 93 - 6 9 7 3
66 Philippines 91 - 4 11 7 3
67 Colombia 48 - 4 - 6 5
68 Jordan 90 - 3 13 1 10
69 Cyprus 52 - 2 4 2 10
70 Peru 36 - 2 3 2 4
71 Georgia 33 - 2 2 3 3
72 Dominican Republic 22 - 2 1 2 1
73 Kosovo 10 - 2 - - -
74 Macau (China) 46 - 1 5 5 3
75 Pakistan 28 - 1 3 1 4
76 Belarus 18 - 1 2 1 1
77 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 16 - 1 2 1 -
78 Malta 13 - 1 2 - -
79 Iceland 19 - 1 1 2 2
80 Nicaragua 7 - 1 - - 1
81 Albania 5 - 1 - - -
82 Guatemala 5 - 1 - - -
83 Morocco 5 - 1 - - -
84 Monaco 5 - 1 - - -
85 Saudi Arabia 63 - - 5 7 11
86 Kazakhstan 41 - - 5 5 3
87 Luxembourg 16 - - 4 - -
88 Costa Rica 12 - - 3 - -
89 Cayman Islands 12 - - 3 - -
90 Sri Lanka 19 - - 2 3 1
91 Oman 11 - - 2 1 -
92 Venezuela 10 - - 2 - 1
93 Slovakia 44 - - 1 10 5
94 Azerbaijan 10 - - 1 2 -
95 Tanzania 10 - - 1 2 -
96 Puerto Rico 15 - - 1 1 4
97 Faroe Islands 7 - - 1 1 -
98 Tajikistan 7 - - 1 1 -
99 Palestine 12 - - 1 - 4
100 Montenegro 4 - - 1 - -
101 Kenya 4 - - 1 - -
102 Zimbabwe 10 - - - 2 2
103 Botswana 6 - - - 2 -
104 Bahrain 5 - - - 1 1
105 Liechtenstein 3 - - - 1 -
106 Cameroon 3 - - - 1 -
107 Maldives 4 - - - - 2
108 Macedonia 2 - - - - 1
109 Eswatini 2 - - - - 1
110 Lao 2 - - - - 1
111 Cuba 2 - - - - 1
112 Mongolia 2 - - - - 1
113 Paraguay 2 - - - - 1
114 Trinidad and Tobago 2 - - - - 1

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World Design Rankings ranks all the countries based on the number of designers that have been granted with the A' Design Award. It is important to note that countries do not individually join the rankings and they are represented by the participating designers indicating their countries or nationalities. Countries are sorted based on the number of Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron Design Awards won, the total score is calculated based on the table below.

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Platinum Design Award +6 Points
Golden Design Award +5 Points
Silver Design Award +4 Points
Bronze Design Award +3 Points
Iron Design Award +2 Points

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World Design Rankings ranks [Countries] for their [Aggregate Design Skills], and within [Countries], ranks leading [Designers] for their [Individual Design Skills]; you can see best countries in design, and best designer in a given country, region or locality. Design Insights ranks [Industrial Sectors] for [Design Competitiveness] and within [Industrial Sectors] leading [Countries] in that [Industrial Sectors]; you can see most competitive design industries and best countries for such industries. Popular Designers ranks [Designers] for their [Popularity]; you can see most popular designers, most searched for designers, ranked globally, not filtered or sorted by [Countries] or [Industrial Sectors]. Designer Rankings ranks [Designers] for their [Individual Design Skills], globally, not filtered or sorted by [Countries] or [Industrial Sectors]; you can find best designers overall, worldwide. Design Classifications ranks [Industrial Sectors] for [Design Competitiveness] and within [Industrial Sectors] leading [Designers]; you can discover leading designers in a given industry. All these rankings are published by A' Design Award.

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A' Design Award and Competition, the sponsor of World Design Rankings, is an international juried award for good design that is organized in over hundred creative disciplines and industrial sectors, reaching designers, artists, architects, makers, brands and businesses in almost all countries, with over billion logo impressions in internet, television, social media and traditional publications.

A' Design Award aims to promote good design practices and principles worldwide by highlighting exceptional design work in all countries and in all disciplines. The mission of A' Design Award is to create initiatives and events that incentivize and push designers to come up with superior products and projects that benefit society. The ultimate aim of A' Design Award is the betterment of society through good design. A' Design Award is annually organized and awarded in Italy.

A' Design Award is open to both concept-stage and realized work from all entities in all countries in all disciplines. To take part in A' Design Award, prospective participants shall create a free account and upload their design free of charge without any obligations. Each uploaded design is provided a free and confidential preliminary design score and consultancy on design presentation. Nominated entries are judged by the grand jury panel consisting of influential press members, established academics, prominent entrepreneurs and experienced professionals.

Entries are voted on preestablished voting criteria following blind peer-review process. Mechanisms such as presentation guidelines, preliminary screening, score normalization, blind peer-review, pre-established voting criteria, established evaluation methodology and large-professional jury panel makes A' Design Award, the World’s Most Fair design accolade where each entry competes on par with others. A' Design Prize, which includes series of publicity and promotion services for award winning designs is provided free of charge to all laureates without any further fees, without any annual fees or additional payment requirements.

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