40 percent of all unicorns worldwide. Many of the highest valued unicorns hailed from China, such as ANT Group and Bytedance, which together had a market valuation of 500 billion U.S. dollars as of 2021.
As of 2021, there were 301 unicorns headquartered in China, which accounted for two thirds of all unicorns in Asia-Pacific. Asia accounted for over Number of unicorns in selected countries in the Asia-Pacific region as of 2021
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Number of unicorns in selected countries in the Asia-Pacific region as of 2021 [Graph], Hurun Research Institute, December 21, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1093158/number-of-unicorns-in-the-asia-pacific-region-by-country/