Global Innovation Index rankings

THE GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX 2012
Rankings
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Global Innovation Index rankings
Country/Economy
Switzerland
Sweden
Singapore
Finland
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Denmark
Hong Kong (China)
Ireland
United States of America
Luxembourg
Canada
New Zealand
Norway
Germany
Malta
Israel
Iceland
Estonia
Belgium
Korea, Rep.
Austria
Australia
France
Japan
Slovenia
Czech Republic
Cyprus
Spain
Latvia
Hungary
Malaysia
Qatar
China
Portugal
Italy
United Arab Emirates
Lithuania
Chile
Slovakia
Bahrain
Croatia
Bulgaria
Poland
Montenegro
Serbia
Oman
Saudi Arabia
Mauritius
Moldova, Rep.
Russian Federation
Romania
Brunei Darussalam
South Africa
Kuwait
Jordan
Thailand
Brazil
Tunisia
Costa Rica
Lebanon
Macedonia, FYR
Ukraine
India
Colombia
Greece
Uruguay
Mongolia
Armenia
Argentina
Georgia
Score (0–100)
68.2
64.8
63.5
61.8
61.2
60.5
59.9
58.7
58.7
57.7
57.7
56.9
56.6
56.4
56.2
56.1
56.0
55.7
55.3
54.3
53.9
53.1
51.9
51.8
51.7
49.9
49.7
47.9
47.2
47.0
46.5
45.9
45.5
45.4
45.3
44.5
44.4
44.0
42.7
41.4
41.1
40.7
40.7
40.4
40.1
40.0
39.5
39.3
39.2
39.2
37.9
37.8
37.7
37.4
37.2
37.1
36.9
36.6
36.5
36.3
36.2
36.2
36.1
35.7
35.5
35.3
35.1
35.0
34.5
34.4
34.3
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
Income
HI
HI
HI
HI
HI
HI
HI
HI
HI
HI
HI
HI
HI
HI
HI
HI
HI
HI
HI
HI
HI
HI
HI
HI
HI
HI
HI
HI
HI
UM
HI
UM
HI
UM
HI
HI
HI
UM
UM
HI
HI
HI
UM
HI
UM
UM
HI
HI
UM
LM
UM
UM
HI
UM
HI
UM
UM
UM
UM
UM
UM
UM
LM
LM
UM
HI
UM
LM
LM
UM
LM
Rank
Region
Rank
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
1
30
2
31
3
32
33
34
4
5
35
36
37
6
38
7
8
39
40
9
1
10
11
41
12
42
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
2
3
20
43
21
4
5
22
6
EUR
EUR
SEAO
EUR
EUR
EUR
EUR
SEAO
EUR
NAC
EUR
NAC
SEAO
EUR
EUR
EUR
NAWA
EUR
EUR
EUR
SEAO
EUR
SEAO
EUR
SEAO
EUR
EUR
NAWA
EUR
EUR
EUR
SEAO
NAWA
SEAO
EUR
EUR
NAWA
EUR
LCN
EUR
NAWA
EUR
EUR
EUR
EUR
EUR
NAWA
NAWA
SSF
EUR
EUR
EUR
SEAO
SSF
NAWA
NAWA
SEAO
LCN
NAWA
LCN
NAWA
EUR
EUR
CSA
LCN
EUR
LCN
SEAO
NAWA
LCN
NAWA
1
2
1
3
4
5
6
2
7
1
8
2
3
9
10
11
1
12
13
14
4
15
5
16
6
17
18
2
19
20
21
7
3
8
22
23
4
24
1
25
5
26
27
28
29
30
6
7
1
31
32
33
9
2
8
9
10
2
10
3
11
34
35
1
4
36
5
11
12
6
13
Country/Economy
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Namibia
Turkey
Peru
Viet Nam
Guyana
Belarus
Mexico
Belize
Trinidad and Tobago
Swaziland
Kazakhstan
Paraguay
Botswana
Dominican Republic
Panama
Morocco
Azerbaijan
Albania
Jamaica
Ghana
El Salvador
Sri Lanka
Philippines
Kenya
Senegal
Ecuador
Guatemala
Indonesia
Fiji
Rwanda
Egypt
Iran, Islamic Rep.
Nicaragua
Gabon
Zambia
Tajikistan
Kyrgyzstan
Mozambique
Honduras
Bangladesh
Nepal
Bolivia, Plurinational St.
Zimbabwe
Lesotho
Uganda
Venezuela, Bolivarian Rep.
Mali
Malawi
Cameroon
Burkina Faso
Nigeria
Algeria
Benin
Madagascar
Uzbekistan
Tanzania, United Rep.
Cambodia
Gambia
Ethiopia
Syrian Arab Rep.
Pakistan
Côte d'Ivoire
Angola
Togo
Burundi
Lao PDR
Yemen
Niger
Sudan
Score (0–100)
34.2
34.1
34.1
34.1
33.9
33.7
32.9
32.9
32.5
32.5
32.0
31.9
31.6
31.4
30.9
30.9
30.7
30.4
30.4
30.2
29.6
29.5
29.1
29.0
28.9
28.8
28.5
28.4
28.1
27.9
27.9
27.9
27.3
26.7
26.5
26.4
26.4
26.4
26.3
26.3
26.1
26.0
25.8
25.7
25.7
25.6
25.4
25.4
25.4
25.0
24.6
24.6
24.4
24.4
24.2
23.9
23.9
23.4
23.3
23.3
23.1
23.1
22.6
22.2
20.5
20.5
20.2
19.2
18.6
16.8
Rank
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
122
123
124
125
126
127
128
129
130
131
132
133
134
135
136
137
138
139
140
141
Income
UM
UM
UM
UM
LM
LM
UM
UM
LM
HI
LM
UM
LM
UM
UM
UM
LM
UM
UM
UM
LM
LM
LM
LM
LI
LM
UM
LM
LM
LM
LI
LM
UM
LM
UM
LM
LI
LI
LI
LM
LI
LI
LM
LI
LM
LI
UM
LI
LI
LM
LI
LM
UM
LI
LI
LM
LI
LI
LI
LI
LM
LM
LM
LM
LI
LI
LM
LM
LI
LM
Rank
Region
Rank
23
24
25
26
7
8
27
28
9
44
10
29
11
30
31
32
12
33
34
35
13
14
15
16
1
17
36
18
19
20
2
21
37
22
38
23
3
4
5
24
6
7
25
8
26
9
39
10
11
27
12
28
40
13
14
29
15
16
17
18
30
31
32
33
19
20
34
35
21
36
EUR
SSF
NAWA
LCN
SEAO
LCN
EUR
LCN
LCN
LCN
SSF
CSA
LCN
SSF
LCN
LCN
NAWA
NAWA
EUR
LCN
SSF
LCN
CSA
SEAO
SSF
SSF
LCN
LCN
SEAO
SEAO
SSF
NAWA
CSA
LCN
SSF
SSF
CSA
CSA
SSF
LCN
CSA
CSA
LCN
SSF
SSF
SSF
LCN
SSF
SSF
SSF
SSF
SSF
NAWA
SSF
SSF
CSA
SSF
SEAO
SSF
SSF
NAWA
CSA
SSF
SSF
SSF
SSF
SEAO
NAWA
SSF
SSF
37
3
14
7
12
8
38
9
10
11
4
2
12
5
13
14
15
16
39
15
6
16
3
13
7
8
17
18
14
15
9
17
4
19
10
11
5
6
12
20
7
8
21
13
14
15
22
16
17
18
19
20
18
21
22
9
23
16
24
25
19
10
26
27
28
29
17
20
30
31
Note: World Bank Income Group Classification (April 2012): LI = low income; LM = lower-middle income; UM = upper-middle income; and HI = high income. Regions are based on the United Nations Classification (20 September 2011):
EUR = Europe; NAC = Northern America; LCN = Latin America and the Caribbean; CSA = Central and Southern Asia; SEAO = South East Asia and Oceania; NAWA = Northern Africa and Western Asia; and SSF = Sub-Saharan Africa.
THE GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX 2012
Global Innovation Index rankings (continued)
Rankings
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