Global Innovation Index 2008-2009

Global Innovation Index 2008-2009 by World Intellectual Property Organization: 130 economies ranked, led by United States. Full list with movement since the last...

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Second edition, published by INSEAD with the Confederation of Indian Industry, covering 130 countries. The United States ranked first, followed by Germany, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Singapore. India fell to 41st from 23rd; China rose to 37th.

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Rank	Name	Location	Score	Since 2007
1	United States	United States	5.28
2	Germany	Germany	4.99	No change
3	Sweden	Sweden	4.84	Up 9
4	United Kingdom	United Kingdom	4.82
5	Singapore	Singapore	4.81	Up 2
6	Korea, South	Korea, South	4.73
7	Switzerland	Switzerland	4.73	Down 1
8	Denmark	Denmark	4.69	Up 3
9	Japan	Japan	4.65	Down 5
10	Netherlands	Netherlands	4.64	Down 1
11	Canada	Canada	4.63	Down 3
12	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	4.59	Down 2
13	Finland	Finland	4.57	No change
14	Norway	Norway	4.47	Up 11
15	Austria	Austria	4.46	Up 7
16	Taiwan	Taiwan	4.41
17	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	4.37	Down 1
18	Belgium	Belgium	4.35	Down 3
19	France	France	4.35	Down 14
20	Iceland	Iceland	4.34	No change
21	Ireland	Ireland	4.3	No change
22	Australia	Australia	4.27	Down 5
23	Israel	Israel	4.17	Down 5
24	Qatar	Qatar	4.12
25	Malaysia	Malaysia	4.06	Up 1
26	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	3.99
27	New Zealand	New Zealand	3.97	Up 1
28	Spain	Spain	3.81	Down 1
29	Estonia	Estonia	3.69	Up 2
30	Kuwait	Kuwait	3.66	No change
31	Italy	Italy	3.65	Down 7
32	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	3.65
33	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	3.64	Down 1
34	Bahrain	Bahrain	3.59
35	Slovakia	Slovakia	3.59
36	Slovenia	Slovenia	3.59	Up 7
37	China	China	3.59	Down 8
38	Malta	Malta	3.54	Up 4
39	Chile	Chile	3.51	Down 6
40	Portugal	Portugal	3.49	Down 1
41	India	India	3.44	Down 18
42	Lithuania	Lithuania	3.43	Up 5
43	South Africa	South Africa	3.41	Down 5
44	Thailand	Thailand	3.4	Down 10
45	Cyprus	Cyprus	3.39	Up 1
46	Tunisia	Tunisia	3.37	Down 5
47	Hungary	Hungary	3.34	Down 11
48	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	3.27	Up 3
49	Indonesia	Indonesia	3.26	Down 1
50	Brazil	Brazil	3.25	Down 10
51	Turkey	Turkey	3.24	Down 6
52	Oman	Oman	3.23
53	Barbados	Barbados	3.17	Down 9
54	Greece	Greece	3.17	Down 5
55	Jordan	Jordan	3.16	Down 2
56	Poland	Poland	3.15	No change
57	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	3.14	Up 7
58	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	3.12	Up 13
59	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	3.11
60	Latvia	Latvia	3.1	Down 10
61	Mexico	Mexico	3.06	Down 24
62	Croatia	Croatia	3.03	Down 7
63	Philippines	Philippines	2.99	Up 3
64	Vietnam	Vietnam	2.97	Up 1
65	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	2.96
66	Mauritius	Mauritius	2.95	Down 6
67	Panama	Panama	2.94	Down 8
68	Russia	Russia	2.93
69	Romania	Romania	2.92	Down 7
70	Nigeria	Nigeria	2.91	Up 2
71	Montenegro	Montenegro	2.9
72	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	2.85	Down 11
73	Jamaica	Jamaica	2.85	Down 21
74	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	2.85	Up 7
75	Colombia	Colombia	2.84	Down 18
76	Egypt	Egypt	2.83	Down 2
77	Botswana	Botswana	2.81
78	Kenya	Kenya	2.81	No change
79	Ukraine	Ukraine	2.77	Down 4
80	Uruguay	Uruguay	2.77	Down 13
81	Guatemala	Guatemala	2.77	Down 13
82	Morocco	Morocco	2.76	Down 6
83	Honduras	Honduras	2.76	Up 8
84	Argentina	Argentina	2.74	Down 21
85	Peru	Peru	2.74	Down 16
86	Tanzania	Tanzania	2.66	Down 6
87	Gambia, The	Gambia, The	2.63
88	El Salvador	El Salvador	2.61	Down 30
89	Macedonia	Macedonia	2.6	Down 2
90	Senegal	Senegal	2.59
91	Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	2.57	Down 21
92	Serbia	Serbia	2.57
93	Pakistan	Pakistan	2.55	Down 20
94	Syria	Syria	2.55
95	Namibia	Namibia	2.52	Down 16
96	Zambia	Zambia	2.48
97	Mali	Mali	2.46
98	Georgia	Georgia	2.44	Down 5
99	Benin	Benin	2.41
100	Uganda	Uganda	2.38	Down 12
101	Venezuela	Venezuela	2.37	Down 24
102	Mauritania	Mauritania	2.34
103	Guyana	Guyana	2.34	Down 6
104	Armenia	Armenia	2.34	Down 18
105	Mongolia	Mongolia	2.32	Down 20
106	Cameroon	Cameroon	2.31	Down 10
107	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.3	Down 18
108	Algeria	Algeria	2.29	Down 25
109	Ecuador	Ecuador	2.28	Down 19
110	Suriname	Suriname	2.28
111	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	2.27	Down 13
112	Tajikistan	Tajikistan	2.27	Down 18
113	Madagascar	Madagascar	2.26
114	Nicaragua	Nicaragua	2.22	Down 22
115	Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	2.22	Down 31
116	Moldova	Moldova	2.21	Down 34
117	Cambodia	Cambodia	2.18	Down 22
118	Paraguay	Paraguay	2.16	Down 12
119	Libya	Libya	2.13
120	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	2.13	Down 16
121	Albania	Albania	2.11	Down 21
122	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	2.09	Down 21
123	Bolivia	Bolivia	2.05	Down 21
124	Nepal	Nepal	2.04	Down 25
125	Mozambique	Mozambique	2.02	Down 22
126	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	1.97
127	Cape Verde	Cape Verde	1.93
128	Lesotho	Lesotho	1.93	Down 23
129	Timor-Leste	Timor-Leste	1.89
130	Burundi	Burundi	1.81

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