Global Innovation Index 2014

Global Innovation Index 2014 by World Intellectual Property Organization: 143 economies ranked, led by Switzerland. Full list with movement since the last...

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Launched in Sydney, covering 143 economies, the largest field in the series. Top five: Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Finland and the Netherlands; Switzerland led for the fourth consecutive year.

The full list

Rank	Name	Location	Score	Since 2013
1	Switzerland	Switzerland	64.78	No change
2	United Kingdom	United Kingdom	62.37	Up 1
3	Sweden	Sweden	62.29	Down 1
4	Finland	Finland	60.67	Up 2
5	Netherlands	Netherlands	60.59	Down 1
6	United States of America	United States of America	60.09	Down 1
7	Singapore	Singapore	59.24	Up 1
8	Denmark	Denmark	57.52	Up 1
9	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	56.86	Up 3
10	Hong Kong (China)	Hong Kong (China)	56.82	Down 3
11	Ireland	Ireland	56.67	Down 1
12	Canada	Canada	56.13	Down 1
13	Germany	Germany	56.02	Up 2
14	Norway	Norway	55.59	Up 2
15	Israel	Israel	55.46	Down 1
16	Korea, Republic of	Korea, Republic of	55.27
17	Australia	Australia	55.01	Up 2
18	New Zealand	New Zealand	54.52	Down 1
19	Iceland	Iceland	54.05	Down 6
20	Austria	Austria	53.41	Up 3
21	Japan	Japan	52.41	Up 1
22	France	France	52.18	Down 2
23	Belgium	Belgium	51.69	Down 2
24	Estonia	Estonia	51.54	Up 1
25	Malta	Malta	50.44	Down 1
26	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	50.22	Up 2
27	Spain	Spain	49.27	Down 1
28	Slovenia	Slovenia	47.23	Up 2
29	China	China	46.57	Up 6
30	Cyprus	Cyprus	45.82	Down 3
31	Italy	Italy	45.65	Down 2
32	Portugal	Portugal	45.63	Up 2
33	Malaysia	Malaysia	45.6	Down 1
34	Latvia	Latvia	44.81	Down 1
35	Hungary	Hungary	44.61	Down 4
36	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	43.25	Up 2
37	Slovakia	Slovakia	41.89	Down 1
38	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	41.61	Up 4
39	Lithuania	Lithuania	41	Up 1
40	Mauritius	Mauritius	40.94	Up 13
41	Barbados	Barbados	40.78	Up 6
42	Croatia	Croatia	40.75	Down 5
43	Moldova, Republic of	Moldova, Republic of	40.74
44	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	40.74	Down 3
45	Poland	Poland	40.64	Up 4
46	Chile	Chile	40.64	No change
47	Qatar	Qatar	40.31	Down 4
48	Thailand	Thailand	39.28	Up 9
49	Russian Federation	Russian Federation	39.14	Up 13
50	Greece	Greece	38.95	Up 5
51	Seychelles	Seychelles	38.56
52	Panama	Panama	38.3	Up 34
53	South Africa	South Africa	38.25	Up 5
54	Turkey	Turkey	38.2	Up 14
55	Romania	Romania	38.08	Down 7
56	Mongolia	Mongolia	37.52	Up 16
57	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	37.3	Down 18
58	Belarus	Belarus	37.1	Up 19
59	Montenegro	Montenegro	37.01	Down 15
60	TFYR of Macedonia	TFYR of Macedonia	36.93
61	Brazil	Brazil	36.29	Up 3
62	Bahrain	Bahrain	36.26	Up 5
63	Ukraine	Ukraine	36.26	Up 8
64	Jordan	Jordan	36.21	Down 3
65	Armenia	Armenia	36.06	Down 6
66	Mexico	Mexico	36.02	Down 3
67	Serbia	Serbia	35.89	Down 13
68	Colombia	Colombia	35.5	Down 8
69	Kuwait	Kuwait	35.19	Down 19
70	Argentina	Argentina	35.13	Down 14
71	Viet Nam	Viet Nam	34.89	Up 5
72	Uruguay	Uruguay	34.76	Down 20
73	Peru	Peru	34.73	Down 4
74	Georgia	Georgia	34.53	Down 1
75	Oman	Oman	33.87	Up 5
76	India	India	33.7	Down 10
77	Lebanon	Lebanon	33.6	Down 2
78	Tunisia	Tunisia	32.94	Down 8
79	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	32.75	Up 5
80	Guyana	Guyana	32.48	Down 2
81	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	32.43	Down 16
82	Jamaica	Jamaica	32.41	No change
83	Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	32.29	Down 4
84	Morocco	Morocco	32.24	Up 8
85	Kenya	Kenya	31.85	Up 14
86	Bhutan	Bhutan	31.83
87	Indonesia	Indonesia	31.81	Down 2
88	Brunei Darussalam	Brunei Darussalam	31.67	Down 14
89	Paraguay	Paraguay	31.59	Up 11
90	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	31.56	Down 9
91	Uganda	Uganda	31.14	Down 2
92	Botswana	Botswana	30.87	Down 1
93	Guatemala	Guatemala	30.75	Down 6
94	Albania	Albania	30.47	Down 1
95	Fiji	Fiji	30.39	Up 2
96	Ghana	Ghana	30.26	Down 2
97	Cabo Verde	Cabo Verde	30.09
98	Senegal	Senegal	30.06	Down 2
99	Egypt	Egypt	30.03	Up 9
100	Philippines	Philippines	29.87	Down 10
101	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	29.6	Up 4
102	Rwanda	Rwanda	29.31	Up 10
103	El Salvador	El Salvador	29.08	Down 15
104	Gambia	Gambia	29.03	Up 18
105	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	28.98	Down 7
106	Cambodia	Cambodia	28.66	Up 4
107	Mozambique	Mozambique	28.52	Up 14
108	Namibia	Namibia	28.47	Up 1
109	Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	28.18	Up 7
110	Nigeria	Nigeria	27.79	Up 10
111	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	27.76
112	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	27.75	Up 5
113	Malawi	Malawi	27.61	Up 6
114	Cameroon	Cameroon	27.52	Up 11
115	Ecuador	Ecuador	27.5	Down 32
116	Côte d'Ivoire	Côte d'Ivoire	27.02	Up 20
117	Lesotho	Lesotho	27.01	Up 7
118	Honduras	Honduras	26.73	Down 11
119	Mali	Mali	26.18	Down 13
120	Iran, Islamic Republic of	Iran, Islamic Republic of	26.14
121	Zambia	Zambia	25.76	Down 3
122	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of	25.66
123	Tanzania, United Republic of	Tanzania, United Republic of	25.6
124	Madagascar	Madagascar	25.5	Up 16
125	Nicaragua	Nicaragua	25.47	Down 10
126	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	25.36	Up 3
127	Swaziland	Swaziland	25.33	Down 23
128	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	25.2	Up 5
129	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	24.35	Up 1
130	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	24.31	Up 2
131	Niger	Niger	24.27	No change
132	Benin	Benin	24.21	Down 5
133	Algeria	Algeria	24.2	Up 5
134	Pakistan	Pakistan	24	Up 3
135	Angola	Angola	23.82	No change
136	Nepal	Nepal	23.79	Down 8
137	Tajikistan	Tajikistan	23.73	Down 36
138	Burundi	Burundi	22.43
139	Guinea	Guinea	20.25	Down 13
140	Myanmar	Myanmar	19.64
141	Yemen	Yemen	19.53	Up 1
142	Togo	Togo	17.65	Down 3
143	Sudan	Sudan	12.66	Down 2

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