Global Innovation Index 2009-2010

Global Innovation Index 2009-2010 by World Intellectual Property Organization: 132 economies ranked, led by Iceland. Full list with movement since the last...

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Published by INSEAD with the Confederation of Indian Industry, covering 132 economies. Iceland ranked first, followed by Sweden, Hong Kong, Switzerland and Denmark; the United States fell to 11th.

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Rank	Name	Location	Score	Since 2008-2009
1	Iceland	Iceland	4.86	Up 19
2	Sweden	Sweden	4.85	Up 1
3	Hong Kong, China	Hong Kong, China	4.83
4	Switzerland	Switzerland	4.82	Up 3
5	Denmark	Denmark	4.72	Up 3
6	Finland	Finland	4.66	Up 7
7	Singapore	Singapore	4.65	Down 2
8	Netherlands	Netherlands	4.62	Up 2
9	New Zealand	New Zealand	4.6	Up 18
10	Norway	Norway	4.59	Up 4
11	United States	United States	4.57	Down 10
12	Canada	Canada	4.55	Down 1
13	Japan	Japan	4.5	Down 4
14	United Kingdom	United Kingdom	4.42	Down 10
15	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	4.38	Up 2
16	Germany	Germany	4.32	Down 14
17	Belgium	Belgium	4.31	Up 1
18	Australia	Australia	4.28	Up 4
19	Ireland	Ireland	4.27	Up 2
20	Korea, Rep.	Korea, Rep.	4.24
21	Austria	Austria	4.21	Down 6
22	France	France	4.2	Down 3
23	Israel	Israel	4.11	No change
24	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	3.98	Up 2
25	Taiwan	Taiwan	3.97	Down 9
26	Slovenia	Slovenia	3.8	Up 10
27	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	3.77	Up 6
28	Malaysia	Malaysia	3.77	Down 3
29	Estonia	Estonia	3.76	No change
30	Spain	Spain	3.74	Down 2
31	Malta	Malta	3.74	Up 7
32	Cyprus	Cyprus	3.61	Up 13
33	Kuwait	Kuwait	3.56	Down 3
34	Portugal	Portugal	3.56	Up 6
35	Qatar	Qatar	3.55	Down 11
36	Hungary	Hungary	3.54	Up 11
37	Slovak Republic	Slovak Republic	3.48
38	Italy	Italy	3.47	Down 7
39	Lithuania	Lithuania	3.44	Up 3
40	Bahrain	Bahrain	3.37	Down 6
41	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	3.35	Up 7
42	Chile	Chile	3.35	Down 3
43	China	China	3.32	Down 6
44	Latvia	Latvia	3.29	Up 16
45	Croatia	Croatia	3.28	Up 17
46	Greece	Greece	3.28	Up 8
47	Poland	Poland	3.28	Up 9
48	Brunei Darussalam	Brunei Darussalam	3.27
49	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	3.26	Up 25
50	Barbados	Barbados	3.26	Up 3
51	South Africa	South Africa	3.24	Down 8
52	Romania	Romania	3.22	Up 17
53	Uruguay	Uruguay	3.17	Up 27
54	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	3.15	Down 22
55	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	3.15	Up 10
56	India	India	3.1	Down 15
57	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	3.09	No change
58	Jordan	Jordan	3.08	Down 3
59	Montenegro	Montenegro	3.08	Up 12
60	Thailand	Thailand	3.06	Down 16
61	Ukraine	Ukraine	3.06	Up 18
62	Tunisia	Tunisia	3.05	Down 16
63	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	3.05	Up 9
64	Russian Federation	Russian Federation	3.03
65	Oman	Oman	3.03	Down 13
66	Panama	Panama	2.99	Up 1
67	Turkey	Turkey	2.99	Down 16
68	Brazil	Brazil	2.97	Down 18
69	Mexico	Mexico	2.96	Down 8
70	Jamaica	Jamaica	2.95	Up 3
71	Vietnam	Vietnam	2.95	Down 7
72	Indonesia	Indonesia	2.95	Down 23
73	Mauritius	Mauritius	2.93	Down 7
74	Egypt, Arab Rep.	Egypt, Arab Rep.	2.91
75	Argentina	Argentina	2.91	Up 9
76	Philippines	Philippines	2.89	Down 13
77	Macedonia, FYR	Macedonia, FYR	2.89
78	Mauritania	Mauritania	2.87	Up 24
79	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	2.86	Down 21
80	Suriname	Suriname	2.86	Up 30
81	Albania	Albania	2.86	Up 40
82	Armenia	Armenia	2.84	Up 22
83	Kenya	Kenya	2.84	Down 5
84	Georgia	Georgia	2.83	Up 14
85	Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	2.81	Up 6
86	Botswana	Botswana	2.8	Down 9
87	Mongolia	Mongolia	2.78	Up 18
88	Peru	Peru	2.78	Down 3
89	Côte d'Ivoire	Côte d'Ivoire	2.77
90	Colombia	Colombia	2.76	Down 15
91	El Salvador	El Salvador	2.76	Down 3
92	Namibia	Namibia	2.76	Up 3
93	Lesotho	Lesotho	2.75	Up 35
94	Morocco	Morocco	2.74	Down 12
95	Guatemala	Guatemala	2.72	Down 14
96	Nigeria	Nigeria	2.69	Down 26
97	Malawi	Malawi	2.69
98	Tanzania	Tanzania	2.69	Down 12
99	Timor-Leste	Timor-Leste	2.69	Up 30
100	Mozambique	Mozambique	2.69	Up 25
101	Serbia	Serbia	2.68	Down 9
102	Cambodia	Cambodia	2.68	Up 15
103	Pakistan	Pakistan	2.67	Down 10
104	Kyrgyz Republic	Kyrgyz Republic	2.67
105	Ghana	Ghana	2.66
106	Senegal	Senegal	2.66	Down 16
107	Mali	Mali	2.66	Down 10
108	Uganda	Uganda	2.65	Down 8
109	Libya	Libya	2.65	Up 10
110	Gambia, The	Gambia, The	2.64	Down 23
111	Zambia	Zambia	2.63	Down 15
112	Honduras	Honduras	2.62	Down 29
113	Guyana	Guyana	2.61	Down 10
114	Chad	Chad	2.61
115	Tajikistan	Tajikistan	2.59	Down 3
116	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2.58	Down 9
117	Nicaragua	Nicaragua	2.57	Down 3
118	Benin	Benin	2.56	Down 19
119	Cameroon	Cameroon	2.55	Down 13
120	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	2.52	Down 9
121	Algeria	Algeria	2.5	Down 13
122	Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	2.48	Down 7
123	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	2.46	Down 3
124	Venezuela, RB	Venezuela, RB	2.45
125	Madagascar	Madagascar	2.45	Down 12
126	Ecuador	Ecuador	2.43	Down 17
127	Paraguay	Paraguay	2.41	Down 9
128	Burundi	Burundi	2.37	Up 2
129	Bolivia	Bolivia	2.37	Down 6
130	Nepal	Nepal	2.35	Down 6
131	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	2.24	Down 5
132	Syrian Arab Republic	Syrian Arab Republic	2.13

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