Global Innovation Index 2012

Global Innovation Index 2012 by World Intellectual Property Organization: 141 economies ranked, led by Switzerland. Full list with movement since the last...

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Covered 141 economies. Top five: Switzerland, Sweden, Singapore, Finland and the United Kingdom; the same top three as 2011.

The full list

Rank	Name	Location	Score	Since 2011
1	Switzerland	Switzerland	68.21	No change
2	Sweden	Sweden	64.82	No change
3	Singapore	Singapore	63.53	No change
4	Finland	Finland	61.84	Up 1
5	United Kingdom	United Kingdom	61.25	Up 5
6	Netherlands	Netherlands	60.56	Up 3
7	Denmark	Denmark	59.97	Down 1
8	Hong Kong (China)	Hong Kong (China)
9	Ireland	Ireland		Up 4
10	United States of America	United States of America	57.7	Down 3
11	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	57.7	Up 6
12	Canada	Canada	56.9	Down 4
13	New Zealand	New Zealand	56.6	Up 2
14	Norway	Norway	56.4	Up 4
15	Germany	Germany	56.2	Down 3
16	Malta	Malta	56.1
17	Israel	Israel	56	Down 3
18	Iceland	Iceland	55.7	Down 7
19	Estonia	Estonia	55.3	Up 4
20	Belgium	Belgium	54.3	Up 4
21	Korea, Rep.	Korea, Rep.	53.9	Down 5
22	Austria	Austria	53.1	Down 3
23	Australia	Australia	51.9	Down 2
24	France	France	51.8	Down 2
25	Japan	Japan	51.7	Down 5
26	Slovenia	Slovenia	49.9	Up 4
27	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	49.7	No change
28	Cyprus	Cyprus	47.9	No change
29	Spain	Spain	47.2	Up 3
30	Latvia	Latvia	47	Up 6
31	Hungary	Hungary	46.5	Down 6
32	Malaysia	Malaysia	45.9	Down 1
33	Qatar	Qatar	45.5	Down 7
34	China	China	45.4	Down 5
35	Portugal	Portugal	45.3	Down 2
36	Italy	Italy	44.5	Down 1
37	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	44.4	Down 3
38	Lithuania	Lithuania	44	Up 2
39	Chile	Chile	42.7	Down 1
40	Slovakia	Slovakia	41.4
41	Bahrain	Bahrain	41.1	Up 5
42	Croatia	Croatia	40.7	Up 2
43	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	40.7	Down 1
44	Poland	Poland	40.4	Down 1
45	Montenegro	Montenegro	40.1
46	Serbia	Serbia	40	Up 9
47	Oman	Oman	39.5	Up 10
48	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	39.3	Up 6
49	Mauritius	Mauritius	39.2	Up 4
50	Moldova, Rep.	Moldova, Rep.	39.2	Down 11
51	Russian Federation	Russian Federation	37.9	Up 5
52	Romania	Romania	37.8	Down 2
53	Brunei Darussalam	Brunei Darussalam	37.7	Up 22
54	South Africa	South Africa	37.4	Up 5
55	Kuwait	Kuwait	37.2	Down 3
56	Jordan	Jordan	37.1	Down 15
57	Thailand	Thailand	36.9	Down 9
58	Brazil	Brazil	36.6	Down 11
59	Tunisia	Tunisia	36.5	Up 7
60	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	36.3	Down 15
61	Lebanon	Lebanon	36.2	Down 12
62	Macedonia, FYR	Macedonia, FYR	36.2
63	Ukraine	Ukraine	36.1	Down 3
64	India	India	35.7	Down 2
65	Colombia	Colombia	35.5	Up 6
66	Greece	Greece	35.3	Down 3
67	Uruguay	Uruguay	35.1	Down 3
68	Mongolia	Mongolia	35	No change
69	Armenia	Armenia	34.5	No change
70	Argentina	Argentina	34.4	Down 12
71	Georgia	Georgia	34.3	Up 2
72	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	34.2	Up 4
73	Namibia	Namibia	34.1	Up 5
74	Turkey	Turkey	34.1	Down 9
75	Peru	Peru	34.1	Up 8
76	Viet Nam	Viet Nam	33.9	Down 25
77	Guyana	Guyana	33.7	Down 16
78	Belarus	Belarus	32.9
79	Mexico	Mexico	32.9	Up 2
80	Belize	Belize	32.5
81	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	32.5	Down 9
82	Swaziland	Swaziland	32	Up 19
83	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	31.9	Up 1
84	Paraguay	Paraguay	31.6	Down 10
85	Botswana	Botswana	31.4	Down 6
86	Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	30.9
87	Panama	Panama	30.9	Down 10
88	Morocco	Morocco	30.7	Up 6
89	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	30.4	Down 1
90	Albania	Albania	30.4	Down 10
91	Jamaica	Jamaica	30.2	Up 1
92	Ghana	Ghana	29.6	Down 22
93	El Salvador	El Salvador	29.5	Down 3
94	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	29.1	Down 12
95	Philippines	Philippines	29	Down 4
96	Kenya	Kenya	28.9	Down 7
97	Senegal	Senegal	28.8	Up 3
98	Ecuador	Ecuador	28.5	Down 5
99	Guatemala	Guatemala	28.4	Down 13
100	Indonesia	Indonesia	28.1	Down 1
101	Fiji	Fiji	27.9
102	Rwanda	Rwanda	27.9	Up 7
103	Egypt	Egypt	27.9	Down 16
104	Iran, Islamic Rep.	Iran, Islamic Rep.	27.3
105	Nicaragua	Nicaragua	26.7	Up 5
106	Gabon	Gabon	26.5
107	Zambia	Zambia	26.4	Up 7
108	Tajikistan	Tajikistan	26.4	Up 8
109	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	26.4	Down 24
110	Mozambique	Mozambique	26.3
111	Honduras	Honduras	26.3	Down 13
112	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	26.1	Down 15
113	Nepal	Nepal	26
114	Bolivia, Plurinational St.	Bolivia, Plurinational St.	25.8
115	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	25.7	Up 4
116	Lesotho	Lesotho	25.7
117	Uganda	Uganda	25.6	Down 11
118	Venezuela, Bolivarian Rep.	Venezuela, Bolivarian Rep.	25.4
119	Mali	Mali	25.4	Down 12
120	Malawi	Malawi	25.4	Down 12
121	Cameroon	Cameroon	25	Down 18
122	Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	24.6	Down 2
123	Nigeria	Nigeria	24.6	Down 27
124	Algeria	Algeria	24.4	Up 1
125	Benin	Benin	24.4	Down 7
126	Madagascar	Madagascar	24.2	Down 13
127	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	23.9
128	Tanzania, United Rep.	Tanzania, United Rep.	23.9
129	Cambodia	Cambodia	23.4	Down 18
130	Gambia	Gambia	23.3
131	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	23.3	Down 10
132	Syrian Arab Rep.	Syrian Arab Rep.	23.1
133	Pakistan	Pakistan	23.1	Down 28
134	Côte d'Ivoire	Côte d'Ivoire	22.6	Down 17
135	Angola	Angola	22.2
136	Togo	Togo	20.5
137	Burundi	Burundi	20.5
138	Lao PDR	Lao PDR	20.2
139	Yemen	Yemen	19.2	Down 16
140	Niger	Niger	18.6	Down 18
141	Sudan	Sudan	16.8	Down 17

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