The National Entrepreneurship Index, which will compare countries in terms of their startup performance and supporting conditions, is a collaborative effort involving the wider G20 Startup20 community and is set to launch at the G20 Social Summit in Rio de Janeiro on November 15–17, 2024, immediately before the Global Leaders Summit.

It is the collective intention of all partners to develop the National Entrepreneurship Index into a core asset supporting future G20 Presidencies and G20 Leaders Summits in their efforts to work together and harmonize startup ecosystems globally.

The index will examine what contributes to a successful startup ecosystem, including talent, access to financial capital, support infrastructure, and more. The intent is to highlight the conditions needed for entrepreneurs to flourish, to draw the attention of national policymakers towards actions that can help startups thrive and ultimately boost their economy, and to establish a standardized methodology for measuring startup economies at a national scale.