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Bloomberg Innovation Index 2017

Bloomberg Innovation Index 2017 by Bloomberg L.P.: 9 economies ranked, led by South Korea. The entries on record, movement since the last edition, and method notes.

Published
January 17, 2017
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9 of 50 ranked
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South Korea first, Sweden second, Finland entered the top five. Per the Singapore mission's release, over 200 economies were assessed and 78 with data in at least six of seven categories were scored; a top 50 was published.

The list on record

This page shows the 9 entries on record of 50 published. Ranks 1 to 6 and 10 agree in the Singapore Mission to the UN in Geneva release (https://geneva-un.mfa.gov.sg/mission-updates/press-201701201-20-jan-2017/) and the Jerusalem Post; they disagree on 7 to 9 (Jerusalem Post: Japan, Denmark, United States; Singapore release: Denmark 7th, United States 8th), so those are omitted. Malaysia 23rd and Thailand 44th from the Singapore release. See the original list.

RankNameLocationSince 2016
1South KoreaSouth KoreaNo change
2SwedenSwedenUp 1
3GermanyGermanyDown 1
4SwitzerlandSwitzerlandUp 1
5FinlandFinland
6SingaporeSingapore
10IsraelIsrael
23MalaysiaMalaysia
44ThailandThailand

This list is reproduced as Bloomberg L.P. (Bloomberg News) published it. Names are shown as printed. The ranking belongs to its publisher.

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