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Global Innovation Index
Innovation Efficiency Index
Innovation Input Sub-Index
1 Institutions
1.1 Political Environment
1.1.1 Political stability & absence of violence/terrorism
1.1.2 Government effectiveness
1.1.3 Press freedom
1.2 Regulatory Environment
1.2.1 Regulatory quality
1.2.2 Rule of law
1.2.3 Cost of redundancy dismissal
1.3 Business Environment
1.3.1 Ease of starting a business
1.3.2 Ease of resolving insolvency
1.3.3 Ease of paying taxes
2 Human Capital and Research
2.1 Education
2.1.1 Expenditure on education
2.1.2 Public expenditure on education per pupil
2.1.3 School life expectancy
2.1.4 Assessment in reading, mathematics, and science
2.1.5 Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary
2.2 Tertiary Education
2.2.1 Tertiary enrolment
2.2.2 Graduates in science and engineering
2.2.3 Tertiary inbound mobility
2.2.4 Gross tertiary outbound enrolment
2.3 Research and Development
2.3.1 Researchers
2.3.2 Gross expenditure on R&D (GERD)
2.3.3 Quality of scientific research institutions
3 Infrastructure
3.1 ICT
3.1.1 ICT access
3.1.2 ICT use
3.1.3 Governments online service
3.1.4 Online e-participation
3.2 General Infrastructure
3.2.1 Electricity output
3.2.2 Electricity consumption
3.2.3 Trade and transport-related infrastructure
3.2.4 Gross capital formation
3.3 Ecological Sustainability
3.3.1 GDP per unit of energy use
3.3.2 Environmental performance
3.3.3 ISO 14001 environmental certificates
4 Market Sophistication
4.1 Credit
4.1.1 Ease of getting credit
4.1.2 Domestic credit to private sector
4.1.3 Microfinance institutions gross loan portfolio
4.2 Investment
4.2.1 Ease of protecting investors
4.2.2 Market capitalization
4.2.3 Total value of stocks traded
4.2.4 Venture capital deals
4.3 Trade and Competition
4.3.1 Applied tariff rate, weighted mean
4.3.2 Market access for non-agricultural exports
4.3.3 Imports of goods and services
4.3.4 Exports of goods and services
4.3.5 Intensity of local competition
5 Business Sophistication
5.1 Knowledge Workers
5.1.1 Employment in knowledge-intensive services
5.1.2 Firms offering formal training
5.1.3 GERD performed by business enterprise
5.1.4 GERD financed by business enterprise
5.1.5 GMAT mean score
5.1.6 GMAT test takers
5.2 Innovation Linkages
5.2.1 University/industry collaboration
5.2.2 State of cluster development
5.2.3 GERD financed by abroad
5.2.4 Joint ventures / strategic alliances deals
5.2.5 Share of patents with foreign inventor
5.3 knowledge Absorption
5.3.1 Royalty and license fees payments
5.3.2 High-tech imports
5.3.3 Computer and communications service imports
5.3.4 Foreign direct investment net inflows
Innovation Output Sub-Index
6 Knowledge and Technology Outputs
6.1 Knowledge Creation
6.1.1 National office patent applications
6.1.2 Patent Cooperation Treaty applications
6.1.3 National office utility model applications
6.1.4 Scientific and technical journal articles
6.2 Knowledge Impact
6.2.1 Growth rate of GDP per person engaged
6.2.2 New business density
6.2.3 Total computer software spending
6.2.4 ISO 9001 quality certificates
6.3 Knowledge Diffusion
6.3.1 Royalty and license fees receipts
6.3.2 High-tech exports
6.3.3 Computer and communications service exports
6.3.4 Foreign direct investment net outflows
7 Creative Outputs
7.1 Creative Intangibles
7.1.1 National office trademark registrations
7.1.2 Madrid Agreement trademark registrations
7.1.3 ICT and business model creation
7.1.4 ICT and organizational model creation
7.2 Creative Goods and Services
7.2.1 Recreation and culture consumption
7.2.2 National feature films produced
7.2.3 Daily newspapers circulation
7.2.4 Creative goods exports
7.2.5 Creative services exports
7.3 Online Creativity
7.3.1 Generic top level domains (gTLDs)
7.3.2 Country-code top level domains (ccTLDs)
7.3.3 Wikipedia monthly edits
7.3.4 Video uploads on YouTube
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Innovation Input
Rank
Country
Score
1
Singapore
74.91
2
Hong Kong (China)
71.98
3
Sweden
68.81
4
Switzerland
67.99
5
United Kingdom
67.98
6
Finland
67.46
7
Ireland
67.43
8
Denmark
67.35
9
United States of America
66.26
10
Canada
65.84
11
Norway
64.04
12
New Zealand
63.39
13
Australia
63.37
14
Luxembourg
62.97
15
Netherlands
62.92
16
Korea (Republic of )
61.84
17
Israel
61.49
18
Japan
61.30
19
Iceland
60.84
20
Belgium
60.27
21
Austria
59.45
22
France
59.12
23
Germany
58.76
24
Estonia
57.43
25
Cyprus
56.44
26
Spain
56.03
27
Malta
55.27
28
United Arab Emirates
55.20
29
Malaysia
54.23
30
Qatar
54.10
31
Czech Republic
53.30
32
Slovenia
53.21
33
Portugal
51.90
34
Italy
51.46
35
Bahrain
51.45
36
Latvia
51.36
37
Hungary
51.18
38
Lithuania
50.22
39
Saudi Arabia
49.25
40
Slovakia
47.30
41
Poland
47.10
42
Oman
46.93
43
Chile
46.82
44
Croatia
46.43
45
South Africa
46.41
46
Brunei Darussalam
45.76
47
Bulgaria
45.55
48
Montenegro
45.00
49
Mauritius
44.70
50
Greece
44.03
51
Romania
43.91
52
Macedonia (FYR)
43.17
53
Mongolia
42.84
54
Botswana
42.84
55
China
42.69
56
Namibia
42.44
57
Peru
42.29
58
Colombia
42.26
59
Thailand
42.11
60
Russian Federation
42.00
61
Kuwait
41.96
62
Lebanon
41.82
63
Georgia
41.71
64
Tunisia
41.45
65
Serbia
41.45
66
Bosnia and Herzegovina
41.44
67
Kazakhstan
41.44
68
Uruguay
40.31
69
Brazil
40.18
70
Mexico
39.83
71
Costa Rica
39.81
72
Jordan
39.65
73
Armenia
39.13
74
Trinidad and Tobago
38.98
75
Panama
38.69
76
Argentina
38.66
77
Jamaica
38.19
78
Ukraine
38.05
79
Moldova (Republic of)
37.75
80
Belarus
37.72
81
Turkey
37.53
82
Albania
37.42
83
Viet Nam
37.02
84
Fiji
36.96
85
Azerbaijan
36.82
86
Guyana
36.74
87
Belize
36.60
88
Morocco
36.59
89
Kenya
36.58
90
Kyrgyzstan
35.54
91
Ghana
35.07
92
Lesotho
34.84
93
Dominican Republic
34.60
94
El Salvador
34.57
95
Rwanda
34.30
96
India
34.03
97
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
33.92
98
Guatemala
33.68
99
Swaziland
33.65
100
Uzbekistan
33.23
101
Algeria
32.98
102
Nicaragua
32.91
103
Paraguay
32.58
104
Egypt
32.46
105
Honduras
31.78
106
Philippines
31.72
107
Mozambique
31.67
108
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
31.35
109
Ecuador
31.18
110
Malawi
30.84
111
Tajikistan
30.84
112
Gabon
30.70
113
Indonesia
30.61
114
Senegal
30.43
115
Sri Lanka
30.27
116
Madagascar
30.25
117
Tanzania (United Republic of)
29.70
118
Bangladesh
29.55
119
Cambodia
29.53
120
Burkina Faso
29.47
121
Uganda
29.44
122
Zambia
28.92
123
Syrian Arab Republic
28.64
124
Ethiopia
28.44
125
Cameroon
28.30
126
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
28.11
127
Nepal
28.03
128
Gambia
27.84
129
Lao PDR
27.32
130
Zimbabwe
27.04
131
Mali
27.01
132
Benin
26.73
133
Angola
26.29
134
Nigeria
26.07
135
Togo
25.43
136
Niger
25.37
137
Burundi
25.27
138
Yemen
25.21
139
Cote d'Ivoire
24.51
140
Pakistan
24.32
141
Sudan
23.33
Innovation Input
23.33
Innovation Input
24.32
Innovation Input
24.51
Innovation Input
25.21
Innovation Input
25.27
Innovation Input
25.37
Innovation Input
25.43
Innovation Input
26.07
Innovation Input
26.29
Innovation Input
26.73
Innovation Input
27.01
Innovation Input
27.04
Innovation Input
27.32
Innovation Input
27.84
Innovation Input
28.03
Innovation Input
28.11
Innovation Input
28.3
Innovation Input
28.44
Innovation Input
28.64
Innovation Input
28.92
Innovation Input
29.44
Innovation Input
29.47
Innovation Input
29.53
Innovation Input
29.55
Innovation Input
29.7
Innovation Input
30.25
Innovation Input
30.27
Innovation Input
30.43
Innovation Input
30.61
Innovation Input
30.7
Innovation Input
30.84
Innovation Input
31.18
Innovation Input
31.35
Innovation Input
31.67
Innovation Input
31.72
Innovation Input
31.78
Innovation Input
32.46
Innovation Input
32.58
Innovation Input
32.91
Innovation Input
32.98
Innovation Input
33.23
Innovation Input
33.65
Innovation Input
33.68
Innovation Input
33.92
Innovation Input
34.03
Innovation Input
34.3
Innovation Input
34.57
Innovation Input
34.6
Innovation Input
34.84
Innovation Input
35.07
Innovation Input
35.54
Innovation Input
36.58
Innovation Input
36.59
Innovation Input
36.6
Innovation Input
36.74
Innovation Input
36.82
Innovation Input
36.96
Innovation Input
37.02
Innovation Input
37.42
Innovation Input
37.53
Innovation Input
37.72
Innovation Input
37.75
Innovation Input
38.05
Innovation Input
38.19
Innovation Input
38.66
Innovation Input
38.69
Innovation Input
38.98
Innovation Input
39.13
Innovation Input
39.65
Innovation Input
39.81
Innovation Input
39.83
Innovation Input
40.18
Innovation Input
40.31
Innovation Input
41.44
Innovation Input
41.45
Innovation Input
41.71
Innovation Input
41.82
Innovation Input
41.96
Innovation Input
42
Innovation Input
42.11
Innovation Input
42.26
Innovation Input
42.29
Innovation Input
42.44
Innovation Input
42.69
Innovation Input
42.84
Innovation Input
43.17
Innovation Input
43.91
Innovation Input
44.03
Innovation Input
44.7
Innovation Input
45
Innovation Input
45.55
Innovation Input
45.76
Innovation Input
46.41
Innovation Input
46.43
Innovation Input
46.82
Innovation Input
46.93
Innovation Input
47.1
Innovation Input
47.3
Innovation Input
49.25
Innovation Input
50.22
Innovation Input
51.18
Innovation Input
51.36
Innovation Input
51.45
Innovation Input
51.46
Innovation Input
51.9
Innovation Input
53.21
Innovation Input
53.3
Innovation Input
54.1
Innovation Input
54.23
Innovation Input
55.2
Innovation Input
55.27
Innovation Input
56.03
Innovation Input
56.44
Innovation Input
57.43
Innovation Input
58.76
Innovation Input
59.12
Innovation Input
59.45
Innovation Input
60.27
Innovation Input
60.84
Innovation Input
61.3
Innovation Input
61.49
Innovation Input
61.84
Innovation Input
62.92
Innovation Input
62.97
Innovation Input
63.37
Innovation Input
63.39
Innovation Input
64.04
Innovation Input
65.84
Innovation Input
66.26
Innovation Input
67.35
Innovation Input
67.43
Innovation Input
67.46
Innovation Input
67.98
Innovation Input
67.99
Innovation Input
68.81
Innovation Input
71.98
Innovation Input
74.91