Global Innovation Index 2013

Global Innovation Index 2013 by World Intellectual Property Organization: 142 economies ranked, led by Switzerland. Full list with movement since the last...

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Covered 142 economies (theme: the local dynamics of innovation). Top five: Switzerland, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and the United States.

The full list

Rank	Name	Location	Score	Since 2012
1	Switzerland	Switzerland	66.59	No change
2	Sweden	Sweden	61.36	No change
3	United Kingdom	United Kingdom	61.25	Up 2
4	Netherlands	Netherlands	61.14	Up 2
5	United States of America	United States of America	60.31	Up 5
6	Finland	Finland	59.51	Down 2
7	Hong Kong (China)	Hong Kong (China)	59.43	Up 1
8	Singapore	Singapore	59.41	Down 5
9	Denmark	Denmark	58.34	Down 2
10	Ireland	Ireland	57.91	Down 1
11	Canada	Canada	57.6	Up 1
12	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	56.57	Down 1
13	Iceland	Iceland	56.4	Up 5
14	Israel	Israel	55.98	Up 3
15	Germany	Germany	55.83	No change
16	Norway	Norway	55.64	Down 2
17	New Zealand	New Zealand	54.46	Down 4
18	Korea, Rep.	Korea, Rep.	53.31	Up 3
19	Australia	Australia	53.07	Up 4
20	France	France	52.83	Up 4
21	Belgium	Belgium	52.49	Down 1
22	Japan	Japan	52.23	Up 3
23	Austria	Austria	51.87	Down 1
24	Malta	Malta	51.79	Down 8
25	Estonia	Estonia	50.6	Down 6
26	Spain	Spain	49.41	Up 3
27	Cyprus	Cyprus	49.32	Up 1
28	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	48.36	Down 1
29	Italy	Italy	47.85	Up 7
30	Slovenia	Slovenia	47.32	Down 4
31	Hungary	Hungary	46.93	No change
32	Malaysia	Malaysia	46.92	No change
33	Latvia	Latvia	45.24	Down 3
34	Portugal	Portugal	45.1	Up 1
35	China	China	44.66	Down 1
36	Slovakia	Slovakia	42.25	Up 4
37	Croatia	Croatia	41.95	Up 5
38	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	41.87	Down 1
39	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	41.54	Up 21
40	Lithuania	Lithuania	41.39	Down 2
41	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	41.33	Up 2
42	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	41.21	Up 6
43	Qatar	Qatar	41	Down 10
44	Montenegro	Montenegro	40.95	Up 1
45	Moldova, Rep.	Moldova, Rep.	40.94	Up 5
46	Chile	Chile	40.58	Down 7
47	Barbados	Barbados	40.48
48	Romania	Romania	40.33	Up 4
49	Poland	Poland	40.12	Down 5
50	Kuwait	Kuwait	40.02	Up 5
51	Macedonia, FYR	Macedonia, FYR	38.18	Up 11
52	Uruguay	Uruguay	38.08	Up 15
53	Mauritius	Mauritius	38	Down 4
54	Serbia	Serbia	37.87	Down 8
55	Greece	Greece	37.71	Up 11
56	Argentina	Argentina	37.66	Up 14
57	Thailand	Thailand	37.63	No change
58	South Africa	South Africa	37.6	Down 4
59	Armenia	Armenia	37.59	Up 10
60	Colombia	Colombia	37.38	Up 5
61	Jordan	Jordan	37.3	Down 5
62	Russian Federation	Russian Federation	37.2	Down 11
63	Mexico	Mexico	36.82	Up 16
64	Brazil	Brazil	36.33	Down 6
65	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	36.24	Up 7
66	India	India	36.17	Down 2
67	Bahrain	Bahrain	36.13	Down 26
68	Turkey	Turkey	36.03	Up 6
69	Peru	Peru	35.96	Up 6
70	Tunisia	Tunisia	35.82	Down 11
71	Ukraine	Ukraine	35.78	Down 8
72	Mongolia	Mongolia	35.77	Down 4
73	Georgia	Georgia	35.56	Down 2
74	Brunei Darussalam	Brunei Darussalam	35.53	Down 21
75	Lebanon	Lebanon	35.47	Down 14
76	Viet Nam	Viet Nam	34.82	No change
77	Belarus	Belarus	34.62	Up 1
78	Guyana	Guyana	34.36	Down 1
79	Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	33.28	Up 7
80	Oman	Oman	33.25	Down 33
81	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	33.17	No change
82	Jamaica	Jamaica	32.89	Up 9
83	Ecuador	Ecuador	32.83	Up 15
84	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	32.73	Down 1
85	Indonesia	Indonesia	31.95	Up 15
86	Panama	Panama	31.82	Up 1
87	Guatemala	Guatemala	31.46	Up 12
88	El Salvador	El Salvador	31.32	Up 5
89	Uganda	Uganda	31.21	Up 28
90	Philippines	Philippines	31.18	Up 5
91	Botswana	Botswana	31.14	Down 6
92	Morocco	Morocco	30.89	Down 4
93	Albania	Albania	30.85	Down 3
94	Ghana	Ghana	30.6	Down 2
95	Bolivia, Plurinational St.	Bolivia, Plurinational St.	30.48	Up 19
96	Senegal	Senegal	30.48	Up 1
97	Fiji	Fiji	30.46	Up 4
98	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	30.45	Down 4
99	Kenya	Kenya	30.28	Down 3
100	Paraguay	Paraguay	30.28	Down 16
101	Tajikistan	Tajikistan	30	Up 7
102	Belize	Belize	29.98	Down 22
103	Cape Verde	Cape Verde	29.69
104	Swaziland	Swaziland	29.6	Down 22
105	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	28.99	Down 16
106	Mali	Mali	28.84	Up 13
107	Honduras	Honduras	28.8	Up 4
108	Egypt	Egypt	28.48	Down 5
109	Namibia	Namibia	28.36	Down 36
110	Cambodia	Cambodia	28.07	Up 19
111	Gabon	Gabon	28.04	Down 5
112	Rwanda	Rwanda	27.64	Down 10
113	Iran, Islamic Rep.	Iran, Islamic Rep.	27.3	Down 9
114	Venezuela, Bolivarian Rep.	Venezuela, Bolivarian Rep.	27.25	Up 4
115	Nicaragua	Nicaragua	27.1	Down 10
116	Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	27.03	Up 6
117	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	26.98	Down 8
118	Zambia	Zambia	26.79	Down 11
119	Malawi	Malawi	26.73	Up 1
120	Nigeria	Nigeria	26.57	Up 3
121	Mozambique	Mozambique	26.5	Down 11
122	Gambia	Gambia	26.39	Up 8
123	Tanzania, United Rep.	Tanzania, United Rep.	26.35	Up 5
124	Lesotho	Lesotho	26.29	Down 8
125	Cameroon	Cameroon	25.71	Down 4
126	Guinea	Guinea	25.7
127	Benin	Benin	25.1	Down 2
128	Nepal	Nepal	24.97	Down 15
129	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	24.8	Up 2
130	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	24.52	Down 18
131	Niger	Niger	24.03	Up 9
132	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	23.98	Down 17
133	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	23.87	Down 6
134	Syrian Arab Republic	Syrian Arab Republic	23.73
135	Angola	Angola	23.46	No change
136	Côte d'Ivoire	Côte d'Ivoire	23.42	Down 2
137	Pakistan	Pakistan	23.33	Down 4
138	Algeria	Algeria	23.11	Down 14
139	Togo	Togo	23.04	Down 3
140	Madagascar	Madagascar	22.95	Down 14
141	Sudan	Sudan	19.81	No change
142	Yemen	Yemen	19.32	Down 3

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