In May 2021 the Department for the Economy (DfE) published its new economic vision, “10x Economy: Northern Ireland’s Decade of Innovation". The ambition set out in the economic vision is that a decade of innovation will encourage greater collaboration and innovation to deliver a ten times better economy with benefits for our businesses, our people and places across Northern Ireland. Measuring progress on the delivery of this ambitious vision will be vital to success. This baseline report establishes a coherent set of metrics that have been identified to chart our 10x journey.