Global Innovation Index 2016

Global Innovation Index 2016 by World Intellectual Property Organization: 128 economies ranked, led by Switzerland. Full list with movement since the last...

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Covered 128 economies. Top five: Switzerland, Sweden, the United Kingdom, the United States and Finland. China (25th) became the first middle-income economy in the top 25.

The full list

Rank	Name	Location	Score	Since 2015
1	Switzerland	Switzerland	66.28	No change
2	Sweden	Sweden	63.57	Up 1
3	United Kingdom	United Kingdom	61.93	Down 1
4	United States of America	United States of America	61.4	Up 1
5	Finland	Finland	59.9	Up 1
6	Singapore	Singapore	59.16	Up 1
7	Ireland	Ireland	59.03	Up 1
8	Denmark	Denmark	58.45	Up 2
9	Netherlands	Netherlands	58.29	Down 5
10	Germany	Germany	57.94	Up 2
11	Korea, Rep.	Korea, Rep.	57.15	New
12	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	57.11	Down 3
13	Iceland	Iceland	55.99	No change
14	Hong Kong (China)	Hong Kong (China)	55.69	Down 3
15	Canada	Canada	54.71	Up 1
16	Japan	Japan	54.52	Up 3
17	New Zealand	New Zealand	54.23	Down 2
18	France	France	54.04	Up 3
19	Australia	Australia	53.07	Down 2
20	Austria	Austria	52.65	Down 2
21	Israel	Israel	52.28	Up 1
22	Norway	Norway	52.01	Down 2
23	Belgium	Belgium	51.97	Up 2
24	Estonia	Estonia	51.73	Down 1
25	China	China	50.57	Up 4
26	Malta	Malta	50.44	No change
27	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	49.4	Down 3
28	Spain	Spain	49.19	Down 1
29	Italy	Italy	47.17	Up 2
30	Portugal	Portugal	46.45	No change
31	Cyprus	Cyprus	46.34	Up 3
32	Slovenia	Slovenia	45.97	Down 4
33	Hungary	Hungary	44.71	Up 2
34	Latvia	Latvia	44.33	Down 1
35	Malaysia	Malaysia	43.36	Down 3
36	Lithuania	Lithuania	41.76	Up 2
37	Slovakia	Slovakia	41.7	Down 1
38	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	41.42	Up 1
39	Poland	Poland	40.22	Up 7
40	Greece	Greece	39.75	Up 5
41	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	39.35	Up 6
42	Turkey	Turkey	39.03	Up 16
43	Russian Federation	Russian Federation	38.5	Up 5
44	Chile	Chile	38.41	Down 2
45	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	38.4	Up 6
46	Moldova, Rep.	Moldova, Rep.	38.39	New
47	Croatia	Croatia	38.29	Down 7
48	Romania	Romania	37.9	Up 6
49	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	37.75	Down 6
50	Qatar	Qatar	37.47	No change
51	Montenegro	Montenegro	37.36	Down 10
52	Thailand	Thailand	36.51	Up 3
53	Mauritius	Mauritius	35.86	Down 4
54	South Africa	South Africa	35.85	Up 6
55	Mongolia	Mongolia	35.74	Up 11
56	Ukraine	Ukraine	35.72	Up 8
57	Bahrain	Bahrain	35.48	Up 2
58	TFYR of Macedonia	TFYR of Macedonia	35.4	Down 2
59	Viet Nam	Viet Nam	35.37	Down 7
60	Armenia	Armenia	35.14	Up 1
61	Mexico	Mexico	34.56	Down 4
62	Uruguay	Uruguay	34.28	Up 6
63	Colombia	Colombia	34.16	Up 4
64	Georgia	Georgia	33.86	Up 9
65	Serbia	Serbia	33.75	Down 2
66	India	India	33.61	Up 15
67	Kuwait	Kuwait	33.61	Up 10
68	Panama	Panama	33.49	Down 6
69	Brazil	Brazil	33.19	Up 1
70	Lebanon	Lebanon	32.7	Up 4
71	Peru	Peru	32.51	No change
72	Morocco	Morocco	32.26	Up 6
73	Oman	Oman	32.21	Down 4
74	Philippines	Philippines	31.83	Up 9
75	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	31.51	Up 7
76	Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	30.55	Up 13
77	Tunisia	Tunisia	30.55	Down 1
78	Iran, Islamic Rep.	Iran, Islamic Rep.	30.52	New
79	Belarus	Belarus	30.39	Down 26
80	Kenya	Kenya	30.36	Up 12
81	Argentina	Argentina	30.24	Down 9
82	Jordan	Jordan	30.04	Down 7
83	Rwanda	Rwanda	29.96	Up 11
84	Mozambique	Mozambique	29.84	Up 11
85	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	29.64	Up 8
86	Tajikistan	Tajikistan	29.62	Up 28
87	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	29.62	Down 8
88	Indonesia	Indonesia	29.07	Up 9
89	Jamaica	Jamaica	28.97	Up 7
90	Botswana	Botswana	28.96	No change
91	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	28.92	Down 6
92	Albania	Albania	28.38	Down 5
93	Namibia	Namibia	28.24	Up 14
94	Paraguay	Paraguay	28.2	Down 6
95	Cambodia	Cambodia	27.94	Down 4
96	Bhutan	Bhutan	27.88	Up 25
97	Guatemala	Guatemala	27.3	Up 4
98	Malawi	Malawi	27.26	No change
99	Uganda	Uganda	27.14	Up 12
100	Ecuador	Ecuador	27.11	Up 19
101	Honduras	Honduras	26.94	Up 12
102	Ghana	Ghana	26.66	Up 6
103	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	26.62	Up 6
104	El Salvador	El Salvador	26.56	Down 5
105	Tanzania, United Rep.	Tanzania, United Rep.	26.35	New
106	Senegal	Senegal	26.14	Down 22
107	Egypt	Egypt	25.96	Down 7
108	Côte d'Ivoire	Côte d'Ivoire	25.8	Up 8
109	Bolivia, Plurinational St.	Bolivia, Plurinational St.	25.24	New
110	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	24.83	Up 17
111	Madagascar	Madagascar	24.79	Up 14
112	Mali	Mali	24.77	Down 7
113	Algeria	Algeria	24.46	Up 13
114	Nigeria	Nigeria	23.15	Up 14
115	Nepal	Nepal	23.13	Up 20
116	Nicaragua	Nicaragua	23.06	Up 14
117	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	22.86	Up 12
118	Cameroon	Cameroon	22.82	Down 8
119	Pakistan	Pakistan	22.63	Up 12
120	Venezuela, Bolivarian Rep.	Venezuela, Bolivarian Rep.	22.32	New
121	Benin	Benin	22.25	New
122	Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	21.05	Down 20
123	Burundi	Burundi	20.93	Up 13
124	Niger	Niger	20.44	Up 10
125	Zambia	Zambia	19.92	Down 1
126	Togo	Togo	18.42	Up 14
127	Guinea	Guinea	17.24	Up 12
128	Yemen	Yemen	14.55	Up 9

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