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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 Output
Rank
Country
Score
1
Switzerland
68.50
2
Sweden
60.73
3
Netherlands
58.18
4
Malta
56.98
5
Finland
56.10
6
United Kingdom
54.51
7
Germany
53.73
8
Estonia
53.26
9
Denmark
52.50
10
Luxembourg
52.39
11
Singapore
52.04
12
Iceland
50.63
13
Israel
50.49
14
Ireland
49.93
15
New Zealand
49.86
16
United States of America
49.11
17
Norway
48.79
18
Belgium
48.31
19
China
48.12
20
Canada
48.05
21
Austria
46.75
22
Slovenia
46.63
23
Czech Republic
46.14
24
Korea (Republic of )
45.89
25
Hong Kong (China)
45.47
26
France
44.39
27
Latvia
42.58
28
Japan
42.05
29
Hungary
41.89
30
Moldova (Republic of)
40.70
31
Australia
40.44
32
Cyprus
39.34
33
Portugal
38.68
34
Chile
38.50
35
Spain
38.46
36
Serbia
38.45
37
Lithuania
37.81
38
Malaysia
37.64
39
Italy
37.50
40
India
37.33
41
Qatar
36.93
42
Bulgaria
35.80
43
Slovakia
35.44
44
Montenegro
35.30
45
Croatia
34.92
46
Jordan
34.61
47
Ukraine
34.19
48
Mauritius
33.80
49
Russian Federation
33.76
50
Poland
33.62
51
United Arab Emirates
33.60
52
Brazil
32.99
53
Costa Rica
32.84
54
Kuwait
32.43
55
Oman
32.06
56
Thailand
31.76
57
Romania
31.66
58
Tunisia
31.56
59
Viet Nam
30.81
60
Bahrain
30.79
61
Turkey
30.75
62
Paraguay
30.65
63
Lebanon
30.60
64
Guyana
30.60
65
Swaziland
30.42
66
Argentina
30.19
67
Uruguay
29.95
68
Armenia
29.84
69
Brunei Darussalam
29.68
70
Saudi Arabia
29.36
71
Macedonia (FYR)
29.19
72
Colombia
28.73
73
South Africa
28.48
74
Belize
28.44
75
Belarus
28.13
76
Sri Lanka
27.96
77
Dominican Republic
27.27
78
Senegal
27.19
79
Mongolia
27.15
80
Bosnia and Herzegovina
26.90
81
Georgia
26.84
82
Greece
26.52
83
Philippines
26.31
84
Trinidad and Tobago
25.97
85
Ecuador
25.91
86
Mexico
25.88
87
Namibia
25.85
88
Peru
25.85
89
Indonesia
25.53
90
Morocco
24.71
91
El Salvador
24.46
92
Zimbabwe
24.43
93
Ghana
24.14
94
Azerbaijan
24.00
95
Nepal
23.99
96
Zambia
23.97
97
Mali
23.78
98
Albania
23.35
99
Egypt
23.30
100
Panama
23.14
101
Guatemala
23.10
102
Nigeria
23.07
103
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
22.78
104
Bangladesh
22.63
105
Kazakhstan
22.43
106
Gabon
22.21
107
Jamaica
22.14
108
Benin
22.02
109
Tajikistan
22.02
110
Pakistan
21.80
111
Cameroon
21.70
112
Uganda
21.67
113
Rwanda
21.51
114
Kenya
21.31
115
Mozambique
20.99
116
Honduras
20.89
117
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
20.78
118
Cote d'Ivoire
20.72
119
Nicaragua
20.43
120
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
20.33
121
Botswana
19.92
122
Malawi
19.89
123
Burkina Faso
19.79
124
Fiji
18.87
125
Gambia
18.75
126
Madagascar
18.22
127
Angola
18.14
128
Ethiopia
18.12
129
Tanzania (United Republic of)
18.01
130
Syrian Arab Republic
17.60
131
Kyrgyzstan
17.29
132
Cambodia
17.26
133
Lesotho
16.54
134
Algeria
15.78
135
Burundi
15.76
136
Togo
15.61
137
Uzbekistan
14.65
138
Yemen
13.12
139
Lao PDR
13.10
140
Niger
11.88
141
Sudan
10.28
Innovation Output
10.28
Innovation Output
11.88
Innovation Output
13.1
Innovation Output
13.12
Innovation Output
14.65
Innovation Output
15.61
Innovation Output
15.76
Innovation Output
15.78
Innovation Output
16.54
Innovation Output
17.26
Innovation Output
17.29
Innovation Output
17.6
Innovation Output
18.01
Innovation Output
18.12
Innovation Output
18.14
Innovation Output
18.22
Innovation Output
18.75
Innovation Output
18.87
Innovation Output
19.79
Innovation Output
19.89
Innovation Output
19.92
Innovation Output
20.33
Innovation Output
20.43
Innovation Output
20.72
Innovation Output
20.78
Innovation Output
20.89
Innovation Output
20.99
Innovation Output
21.31
Innovation Output
21.51
Innovation Output
21.67
Innovation Output
21.7
Innovation Output
21.8
Innovation Output
22.02
Innovation Output
22.14
Innovation Output
22.21
Innovation Output
22.43
Innovation Output
22.63
Innovation Output
22.78
Innovation Output
23.07
Innovation Output
23.1
Innovation Output
23.14
Innovation Output
23.3
Innovation Output
23.35
Innovation Output
23.78
Innovation Output
23.97
Innovation Output
23.99
Innovation Output
24
Innovation Output
24.14
Innovation Output
24.43
Innovation Output
24.46
Innovation Output
24.71
Innovation Output
25.53
Innovation Output
25.85
Innovation Output
25.88
Innovation Output
25.91
Innovation Output
25.97
Innovation Output
26.31
Innovation Output
26.52
Innovation Output
26.84
Innovation Output
26.9
Innovation Output
27.15
Innovation Output
27.19
Innovation Output
27.27
Innovation Output
27.96
Innovation Output
28.13
Innovation Output
28.44
Innovation Output
28.48
Innovation Output
28.73
Innovation Output
29.19
Innovation Output
29.36
Innovation Output
29.68
Innovation Output
29.84
Innovation Output
29.95
Innovation Output
30.19
Innovation Output
30.42
Innovation Output
30.6
Innovation Output
30.65
Innovation Output
30.75
Innovation Output
30.79
Innovation Output
30.81
Innovation Output
31.56
Innovation Output
31.66
Innovation Output
31.76
Innovation Output
32.06
Innovation Output
32.43
Innovation Output
32.84
Innovation Output
32.99
Innovation Output
33.6
Innovation Output
33.62
Innovation Output
33.76
Innovation Output
33.8
Innovation Output
34.19
Innovation Output
34.61
Innovation Output
34.92
Innovation Output
35.3
Innovation Output
35.44
Innovation Output
35.8
Innovation Output
36.93
Innovation Output
37.33
Innovation Output
37.5
Innovation Output
37.64
Innovation Output
37.81
Innovation Output
38.45
Innovation Output
38.46
Innovation Output
38.5
Innovation Output
38.68
Innovation Output
39.34
Innovation Output
40.44
Innovation Output
40.7
Innovation Output
41.89
Innovation Output
42.05
Innovation Output
42.58
Innovation Output
44.39
Innovation Output
45.47
Innovation Output
45.89
Innovation Output
46.14
Innovation Output
46.63
Innovation Output
46.75
Innovation Output
48.05
Innovation Output
48.12
Innovation Output
48.31
Innovation Output
48.79
Innovation Output
49.11
Innovation Output
49.86
Innovation Output
49.93
Innovation Output
50.49
Innovation Output
50.63
Innovation Output
52.04
Innovation Output
52.39
Innovation Output
52.5
Innovation Output
53.26
Innovation Output
53.73
Innovation Output
54.51
Innovation Output
56.1
Innovation Output
56.98
Innovation Output
58.18
Innovation Output
60.73
Innovation Output
68.5