🧪 GTIAS Risk Leaderboard

R&D Burden & Innovation Tax

Industries ranked by how much ongoing R&D investment is required just to remain competitive.

25 Industries Ranked

422 Total Industries Scored

IN05 GTIAS Attribute

What this tells you

High-scoring industries face a permanent "innovation tax" — missing an investment cycle risks losing market relevance entirely, not just falling slightly behind.

Top 25 — R&D Burden & Innovation Tax

Top 25 of 422 profiled industries, ranked highest to lowest. Score out of 5.0 — higher means greater structural risk exposure.

#	ISIC	Industry	Risk Score
1	0114	Growing of sugar cane	4/5
2	0116	Growing of fibre crops	4/5
3	0121	Growing of grapes	4/5
4	0123	Growing of citrus fruits	4/5
5	0126	Growing of oleaginous fruits	4/5
6	0127	Growing of beverage crops	4/5
7	0128	Growing of spices, aromatic, drug and pharmaceutical crops	4/5
8	0129	Growing of other perennial crops	4/5
9	0130	Plant propagation	4/5
10	0145	Raising of swine/pigs	4/5
11	0150	Mixed farming	4/5
12	0161	Support activities for crop production	4/5
13	0162	Support activities for animal production	4/5
14	0164	Seed processing for propagation	4/5
15	0220	Logging	4/5
16	0321	Marine aquaculture	4/5
17	0322	Freshwater aquaculture	4/5
18	0990	Support activities for other mining and quarrying	4/5
19	1040	Manufacture of vegetable and animal oils and fats	4/5
20	1062	Manufacture of starches and starch products	4/5
21	1200	Manufacture of tobacco products	4/5
22	1511	Tanning and dressing of leather; dressing and dyeing of fur	4/5
23	1520	Manufacture of footwear	4/5
24	1812	Service activities related to printing	4/5
25	2013	Manufacture of plastics and synthetic rubber in primary forms	4/5

Methodology

Rankings reflect the IN05 — R&D Burden & Innovation Tax score directly for each of 422 profiled industries that have an assessed score for this attribute — not a pillar average. Scores range from 0–5 — higher indicates greater structural risk exposure. No editorial weighting is applied. Learn more about the GTIAS methodology.