highest valued 20 unicorns globally were based in North America or Asia.
As of the first half of 2022, nearly half of unicorns worldwide were headquartered in North America. The two regions that hosted the fewest unicorns were Oceania, and Africa, with 9 and 4 unicorns based in each of these regions. Additionally, most of the Number of unicorns worldwide as of 1st half 2022, by region
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Statistics on Global unicorns
Global overview
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- Premium Statistic Highest valued unicorn companies worldwide 2022
- Premium Statistic Number of unicorns globally as of November 2022, by country
- Premium Statistic Number of global unicorns in 1st half 2022, by region
- Premium Statistic Market value of unicorns worldwide as of April 2021, by region
- Premium Statistic Share of unicorns worldwide H1 2022, by region
- Premium Statistic Number of global unicorns as of 2022, by industry
- Premium Statistic Market value of unicorns worldwide as of April 2021, by industry
- Premium Statistic Share of unicorns worldwide as of November 2022, by industry
Key markets
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- Premium Statistic Number of unicorns in China 2021, by industry
- Premium Statistic Market value of unicorns in China as of April 2021, by industry
- Premium Statistic Highest valued unicorn companies in China 2022
- Premium Statistic Number of unicorns in North America in 2021, by industry
- Premium Statistic Market value of unicorns in North America in 2021, by industry
- Premium Statistic Most valuable unicorns in the United States as of 2022
- Premium Statistic Number of unicorns in India as of April 2021, by industry
- Premium Statistic Market value of unicorns in India as of April 2021, by industry
Equity funding
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- Premium Statistic Unicorn equity funding volume worldwide as of January 2020, by region
- Premium Statistic Share of unicorn equity funding worldwide as of January 2020, by region
- Premium Statistic Unicorn capital raised worldwide 2016-2021, by industry
- Premium Statistic Share of capital raised by unicorns worldwide 2016-2021, by industry
- Premium Statistic Unicorn equity funding value worldwide as of November 2022
Exits
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- Premium Statistic Highest valued unicorn exits globally 2022
- Premium Statistic Leading unicorns worldwide 2020, by change in valuation
- Premium Statistic Number of global unicorn exits 2006-2022
- Premium Statistic Number of global unicorn exits 2006-2022, by exit type
- Premium Statistic Number of global unicorn exits 2006-2022, by region
- Premium Statistic Number of global unicorn exits 2011-2022, by country
- Premium Statistic Value of global unicorn exits 2006-2021
- Premium Statistic Value of global unicorn exits 2006-2021, by region
Further related statistics
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- Amount of VC investment in domestic seed-stage companies Japan Q3 2022, by industry
- VC investment amount in domestic expansion-stage companies Japan Q3 2022, by industry
- Market value of unicorns in Europe as of April 2021, by industry
- Market value of unicorns in Germany as of April 2021, by industry
- Number of German unicorns in 2021, by industry
- Capital raising by leading tech clusters in Israel: number of deals 2015-2021
- Capital raised by leading tech clusters in Israel 2015-2021
- PE/VC investments in the hyperlocal sector 2013-2021
- Venture capital investments Australia FY 2021, by sector
- Share of VC backed healthcare deals, by digital health or other 2016-2019
- Venture capital investment in the supply chain and logistics industry 2013-2015
- Venture capital investment value Australia FY 2012-2021
- Venture capital funding for the digital economy in the Middle East by country 2015
- Distribution of blockchain companies by city in China 2018
- U.S. femtech startup deal counts 2013-2021
- Important factors to establish a start-up in Poland 2018
- Biggest, costliest startup failures of all time, by amount of funding
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Statistics
- Amount of VC investment in domestic seed-stage companies Japan Q3 2022, by industry
- VC investment amount in domestic expansion-stage companies Japan Q3 2022, by industry
- Market value of unicorns in Europe as of April 2021, by industry
- Market value of unicorns in Germany as of April 2021, by industry
- Number of German unicorns in 2021, by industry
- Capital raising by leading tech clusters in Israel: number of deals 2015-2021
- Capital raised by leading tech clusters in Israel 2015-2021
- PE/VC investments in the hyperlocal sector 2013-2021
- Venture capital investments Australia FY 2021, by sector
- Share of VC backed healthcare deals, by digital health or other 2016-2019
- Venture capital investment in the supply chain and logistics industry 2013-2015
- Venture capital investment value Australia FY 2012-2021
- Venture capital funding for the digital economy in the Middle East by country 2015
- Distribution of blockchain companies by city in China 2018
- U.S. femtech startup deal counts 2013-2021
- Important factors to establish a start-up in Poland 2018
- Biggest, costliest startup failures of all time, by amount of funding
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Hurun Research Institute. (2022). Number of unicorns worldwide as of 1st half 2022, by region. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 25, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092626/number-of-unicorns-in-the-world-by-region/
Hurun Research Institute. "Number of Unicorns Worldwide as of 1st Half 2022, by Region." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Aug 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092626/number-of-unicorns-in-the-world-by-region/
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Number of unicorns worldwide as of 1st half 2022, by region [Graph], Hurun Research Institute, August 30, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092626/number-of-unicorns-in-the-world-by-region/