Global Innovation Index 2017

Global Innovation Index 2017 by World Intellectual Property Organization: 127 economies ranked, led by Switzerland. Full list with movement since the last...

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10th edition, covering 127 economies. Top five: Switzerland, Sweden, the Netherlands, the United States and the United Kingdom.

The full list

Rank	Name	Location	Score	Since 2016
1	Switzerland	Switzerland	67.69	No change
2	Sweden	Sweden	63.82	No change
3	Netherlands	Netherlands	63.36	Up 6
4	United States of America	United States of America	61.4	No change
5	United Kingdom	United Kingdom	60.89	Down 2
6	Denmark	Denmark	58.7	Up 2
7	Singapore	Singapore	58.69	Down 1
8	Finland	Finland	58.49	Down 3
9	Germany	Germany	58.39	Up 1
10	Ireland	Ireland	58.13	Down 3
11	Korea, Rep.	Korea, Rep.	57.7	No change
12	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	56.4	No change
13	Iceland	Iceland	55.76	No change
14	Japan	Japan	54.72	Up 2
15	France	France	54.18	Up 3
16	Hong Kong (China)	Hong Kong (China)	53.88	Down 2
17	Israel	Israel	53.88	Up 4
18	Canada	Canada	53.65	Down 3
19	Norway	Norway	53.14	Up 3
20	Austria	Austria	53.1	No change
21	New Zealand	New Zealand	52.87	Down 4
22	China	China	52.54	Up 3
23	Australia	Australia	51.83	Down 4
24	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	50.98	Up 3
25	Estonia	Estonia	50.93	Down 1
26	Malta	Malta	50.6	No change
27	Belgium	Belgium	49.85	Down 4
28	Spain	Spain	48.81	No change
29	Italy	Italy	46.96	No change
30	Cyprus	Cyprus	46.84	Up 1
31	Portugal	Portugal	46.05	Down 1
32	Slovenia	Slovenia	45.8	No change
33	Latvia	Latvia	44.61	Up 1
34	Slovakia	Slovakia	43.43	Up 3
35	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	43.24	Up 6
36	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	42.84	Up 2
37	Malaysia	Malaysia	42.72	Down 2
38	Poland	Poland	41.99	Up 1
39	Hungary	Hungary	41.74	Down 6
40	Lithuania	Lithuania	41.17	Down 4
41	Croatia	Croatia	39.8	Up 6
42	Romania	Romania	39.16	Up 6
43	Turkey	Turkey	38.9	Down 1
44	Greece	Greece	38.85	Down 4
45	Russian Federation	Russian Federation	38.76	Down 2
46	Chile	Chile	38.7	Down 2
47	Viet Nam	Viet Nam	38.34	Up 12
48	Montenegro	Montenegro	38.07	Up 3
49	Qatar	Qatar	37.9	Up 1
50	Ukraine	Ukraine	37.62	Up 6
51	Thailand	Thailand	37.57	Up 1
52	Mongolia	Mongolia	37.13	Up 3
53	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	37.09	Down 8
54	Moldova, Rep.	Moldova, Rep.	36.84	Down 8
55	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	36.17	Down 6
56	Kuwait	Kuwait	36.1	Up 11
57	South Africa	South Africa	35.8	Down 3
58	Mexico	Mexico	35.79	Up 3
59	Armenia	Armenia	35.65	Up 1
60	India	India	35.47	Up 6
61	TFYR of Macedonia	TFYR of Macedonia	35.43	Down 3
62	Serbia	Serbia	35.34	Up 3
63	Panama	Panama	34.98	Up 5
64	Mauritius	Mauritius	34.82	Down 11
65	Colombia	Colombia	34.78	Down 2
66	Bahrain	Bahrain	34.67	Down 9
67	Uruguay	Uruguay	34.53	Down 5
68	Georgia	Georgia	34.39	Down 4
69	Brazil	Brazil	33.1	No change
70	Peru	Peru	32.9	Up 1
71	Brunei Darussalam	Brunei Darussalam	32.89	New
72	Morocco	Morocco	32.72	No change
73	Philippines	Philippines	32.48	Up 1
74	Tunisia	Tunisia	32.3	Up 3
75	Iran, Islamic Rep.	Iran, Islamic Rep.	32.09	Up 3
76	Argentina	Argentina	32	Up 5
77	Oman	Oman	31.83	Down 4
78	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	31.5	Down 3
79	Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	31.17	Down 3
80	Kenya	Kenya	30.95	No change
81	Lebanon	Lebanon	30.64	Down 11
82	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	30.58	Up 3
83	Jordan	Jordan	30.52	Down 1
84	Jamaica	Jamaica	30.36	Up 5
85	Paraguay	Paraguay	30.3	Up 9
86	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	30.23	Up 1
87	Indonesia	Indonesia	30.1	Up 1
88	Belarus	Belarus	29.98	Down 9
89	Botswana	Botswana	29.97	Up 1
90	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	29.85	Up 1
91	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	29.75	New
92	Ecuador	Ecuador	29.14	Up 8
93	Albania	Albania	28.86	Down 1
94	Tajikistan	Tajikistan	28.16	Down 8
95	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	28.01	Up 8
96	Tanzania, United Rep.	Tanzania, United Rep.	27.97	Up 9
97	Namibia	Namibia	27.94	Down 4
98	Guatemala	Guatemala	27.9	Down 1
99	Rwanda	Rwanda	27.36	Down 16
100	Senegal	Senegal	27.11	Up 6
101	Cambodia	Cambodia	27.05	Down 6
102	Uganda	Uganda	26.97	Down 3
103	El Salvador	El Salvador	26.68	Up 1
104	Honduras	Honduras	26.36	Down 3
105	Egypt	Egypt	26	Up 2
106	Bolivia, Plurinational St.	Bolivia, Plurinational St.	25.64	Up 3
107	Mozambique	Mozambique	24.55	Down 23
108	Algeria	Algeria	24.34	Up 5
109	Nepal	Nepal	24.2	Up 6
110	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	24.16	No change
111	Madagascar	Madagascar	24.15	No change
112	Côte d'Ivoire	Côte d'Ivoire	23.96	Down 4
113	Pakistan	Pakistan	23.8	Up 6
114	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	23.72	Up 3
115	Malawi	Malawi	23.45	Down 17
116	Benin	Benin	23.04	Up 5
117	Cameroon	Cameroon	22.58	Up 1
118	Mali	Mali	22.48	Down 6
119	Nigeria	Nigeria	21.92	Down 5
120	Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	21.86	Up 2
121	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	21.8	New
122	Burundi	Burundi	21.31	Up 1
123	Niger	Niger	21.18	Up 1
124	Zambia	Zambia	20.83	Up 1
125	Togo	Togo	18.41	Up 1
126	Guinea	Guinea	17.41	Up 1
127	Yemen	Yemen	15.64	Up 1

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