Global Innovation Index 2011

Global Innovation Index 2011 by World Intellectual Property Organization: 125 economies ranked, led by Switzerland. Full list with movement since the last...

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First edition co-published with WIPO, covering 125 economies. Top five: Switzerland, Sweden, Singapore, Hong Kong (SAR) and Finland.

Method changed. Positions in this edition are not directly comparable with the previous one.

Framework revised and score scale changed to 0 to 100; WIPO joined as co-publisher.

The full list

Rank	Name	Location	Score	Since 2009-2010
1	Switzerland	Switzerland	63.82	Up 3
2	Sweden	Sweden	62.12	No change
3	Singapore	Singapore	59.64	Up 4
4	Hong Kong (SAR), China	Hong Kong (SAR), China	58.8	New
5	Finland	Finland	57.5	Up 1
6	Denmark	Denmark	56.96	Down 1
7	United States of America	United States of America	56.57	New
8	Canada	Canada	56.33	Up 4
9	Netherlands	Netherlands	56.31	Down 1
10	United Kingdom	United Kingdom	55.96	Up 4
11	Iceland	Iceland	55.1	Down 10
12	Germany	Germany	54.89	Up 4
13	Ireland	Ireland	54.1	Up 6
14	Israel	Israel	54.03	Up 9
15	New Zealand	New Zealand	53.79	Down 6
16	Korea, Rep.	Korea, Rep.	53.68	Up 4
17	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	52.65	Down 2
18	Norway	Norway	52.6	Down 8
19	Austria	Austria	50.75	Up 2
20	Japan	Japan	50.32	Down 7
21	Australia	Australia	49.85	Down 3
22	France	France	49.25	No change
23	Estonia	Estonia	49.18	Up 6
24	Belgium	Belgium	49.05	Down 7
25	Hungary	Hungary	48.12	Up 11
26	Qatar	Qatar	47.74	Up 9
27	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	47.3	No change
28	Cyprus	Cyprus	46.45	Up 4
29	China	China	46.43	Up 14
30	Slovenia	Slovenia	45.07	Down 4
31	Malaysia	Malaysia	44.05	Down 3
32	Spain	Spain	43.81	Down 2
33	Portugal	Portugal	42.4	Up 1
34	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	41.99	Down 10
35	Italy	Italy	40.69	Up 3
36	Latvia	Latvia	39.8	Up 8
37	Slovak Republic	Slovak Republic	39.05	No change
38	Chile	Chile	38.84	Up 4
39	Moldova, Rep.	Moldova, Rep.	38.66	New
40	Lithuania	Lithuania	38.49	Down 1
41	Jordan	Jordan	38.43	Up 17
42	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	38.42	Up 7
43	Poland	Poland	38.02	Up 4
44	Croatia	Croatia	37.98	Up 1
45	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	37.91	Down 4
46	Bahrain	Bahrain	37.8	Down 6
47	Brazil	Brazil	37.75	Up 21
48	Thailand	Thailand	37.63	Up 12
49	Lebanon	Lebanon	37.11	New
50	Romania	Romania	36.83	Up 2
51	Viet Nam	Viet Nam	36.71	New
52	Kuwait	Kuwait	36.64	Down 19
53	Mauritius	Mauritius	36.47	Up 20
54	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	36.44	No change
55	Serbia	Serbia	36.31	Up 46
56	Russian Federation	Russian Federation	35.85	Up 8
57	Oman	Oman	35.51	Up 8
58	Argentina	Argentina	35.36	Up 17
59	South Africa	South Africa	35.22	Down 8
60	Ukraine	Ukraine	35.01	Up 1
61	Guyana	Guyana	34.83	Up 52
62	India	India	34.52	Down 6
63	Greece	Greece	34.18	Down 17
64	Uruguay	Uruguay	34.18	Down 11
65	Turkey	Turkey	34.11	Up 2
66	Tunisia	Tunisia	33.89	Down 4
67	Macedonia	Macedonia	33.47	New
68	Mongolia	Mongolia	33.4	Up 19
69	Armenia	Armenia	33	Up 13
70	Ghana	Ghana	32.48	Up 35
71	Colombia	Colombia	32.32	Up 19
72	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	32.17	Down 17
73	Georgia	Georgia	31.87	Up 11
74	Paraguay	Paraguay	31.17	Up 53
75	Brunei Darussalam	Brunei Darussalam	30.93	Down 27
76	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	30.84	Up 40
77	Panama	Panama	30.77	Down 11
78	Namibia	Namibia	30.74	Up 14
79	Botswana	Botswana	30.51	Up 7
80	Albania	Albania	30.45	Up 1
81	Mexico	Mexico	30.45	Down 12
82	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	30.36	Down 3
83	Peru	Peru	30.34	Up 5
84	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	30.32	Down 21
85	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	29.79	New
86	Guatemala	Guatemala	29.33	Up 9
87	Egypt	Egypt	29.21	New
88	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	29.17	Down 31
89	Kenya	Kenya	29.15	Down 6
90	El Salvador	El Salvador	29.14	Up 1
91	Philippines	Philippines	28.98	Down 15
92	Jamaica	Jamaica	28.88	Down 22
93	Ecuador	Ecuador	28.75	Up 33
94	Morocco	Morocco	28.73	No change
95	Iran	Iran	28.41	New
96	Nigeria	Nigeria	28.15	No change
97	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	28.05	Up 23
98	Honduras	Honduras	27.81	Up 14
99	Indonesia	Indonesia	27.78	Down 27
100	Senegal	Senegal	27.56	Up 6
101	Swaziland	Swaziland	27.52	New
102	Venezuela	Venezuela	27.41	New
103	Cameroon	Cameroon	26.95	Up 16
104	Tanzania	Tanzania	26.88	Down 6
105	Pakistan	Pakistan	26.75	Down 2
106	Uganda	Uganda	26.37	Up 2
107	Mali	Mali	26.35	No change
108	Malawi	Malawi	25.96	Down 11
109	Rwanda	Rwanda	25.86	New
110	Nicaragua	Nicaragua	25.78	Up 7
111	Cambodia	Cambodia	25.46	Down 9
112	Bolivia	Bolivia	25.44	Up 17
113	Madagascar	Madagascar	25.41	Up 12
114	Zambia	Zambia	25.27	Down 3
115	Syrian Arab Republic	Syrian Arab Republic	24.82	Up 17
116	Tajikistan	Tajikistan	24.5	Down 1
117	Côte d'Ivoire	Côte d'Ivoire	24.08	Down 28
118	Benin	Benin	23.81	No change
119	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	23.54	Up 12
120	Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	23.14	Up 2
121	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	22.88	Up 2
122	Niger	Niger	21.41	New
123	Yemen	Yemen	20.72	New
124	Sudan	Sudan	20.36	New
125	Algeria	Algeria	19.79	Down 4

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