Global Innovation Index 2018

Global Innovation Index 2018 by World Intellectual Property Organization: 126 economies ranked, led by Switzerland. Full list with movement since the last...

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11th edition, launched in New York, covering 126 economies. Top five: Switzerland, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Singapore; the United States fell to sixth. China entered the top 20 for the first time (17th).

The full list

Rank	Name	Location	Score	Since 2017
1	Switzerland	Switzerland	68.4	No change
2	Netherlands	Netherlands	63.32	Up 1
3	Sweden	Sweden	63.08	Down 1
4	United Kingdom	United Kingdom	60.13	Up 1
5	Singapore	Singapore	59.83	Up 2
6	United States of America	United States of America	59.81	Down 2
7	Finland	Finland	59.63	Up 1
8	Denmark	Denmark	58.39	Down 2
9	Germany	Germany	58.03	No change
10	Ireland	Ireland	57.19	No change
11	Israel	Israel	56.79	Up 6
12	Korea, Republic of	Korea, Republic of	56.63	New
13	Japan	Japan	54.95	Up 1
14	Hong Kong (China)	Hong Kong (China)	54.62	Up 2
15	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	54.53	Down 3
16	France	France	54.36	Down 1
17	China	China	53.06	Up 5
18	Canada	Canada	52.98	No change
19	Norway	Norway	52.63	No change
20	Australia	Australia	51.98	Up 3
21	Austria	Austria	51.32	Down 1
22	New Zealand	New Zealand	51.29	Down 1
23	Iceland	Iceland	51.24	Down 10
24	Estonia	Estonia	50.51	Up 1
25	Belgium	Belgium	50.5	Up 2
26	Malta	Malta	50.29	No change
27	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	48.75	Down 3
28	Spain	Spain	48.68	No change
29	Cyprus	Cyprus	47.83	Up 1
30	Slovenia	Slovenia	46.87	Up 2
31	Italy	Italy	46.32	Down 2
32	Portugal	Portugal	45.71	Down 1
33	Hungary	Hungary	44.94	Up 6
34	Latvia	Latvia	43.18	Down 1
35	Malaysia	Malaysia	43.16	Up 2
36	Slovakia	Slovakia	42.88	Down 2
37	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	42.65	Down 1
38	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	42.58	Down 3
39	Poland	Poland	41.67	Down 1
40	Lithuania	Lithuania	41.19	No change
41	Croatia	Croatia	40.73	No change
42	Greece	Greece	38.93	Up 2
43	Ukraine	Ukraine	38.52	Up 7
44	Thailand	Thailand	38	Up 7
45	Viet Nam	Viet Nam	37.94	Up 2
46	Russian Federation	Russian Federation	37.9	Down 1
47	Chile	Chile	37.79	Down 1
48	Moldova, Republic of	Moldova, Republic of	37.63	New
49	Romania	Romania	37.59	Down 7
50	Turkey	Turkey	37.42	Down 7
51	Qatar	Qatar	36.56	Down 2
52	Montenegro	Montenegro	36.49	Down 4
53	Mongolia	Mongolia	35.9	Down 1
54	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	35.72	Down 1
55	Serbia	Serbia	35.46	Up 7
56	Mexico	Mexico	35.34	Up 2
57	India	India	35.18	Up 3
58	South Africa	South Africa	35.13	Down 1
59	Georgia	Georgia	35.05	Up 9
60	Kuwait	Kuwait	34.43	Down 4
61	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	34.27	Down 6
62	Uruguay	Uruguay	34.2	Up 5
63	Colombia	Colombia	33.78	Up 2
64	Brazil	Brazil	33.44	Up 5
65	Iran, Islamic Republic of	Iran, Islamic Republic of	33.44	New
66	Tunisia	Tunisia	32.86	Up 8
67	Brunei Darussalam	Brunei Darussalam	32.84	Up 4
68	Armenia	Armenia	32.81	Down 9
69	Oman	Oman	32.8	Up 8
70	Panama	Panama	32.37	Down 7
71	Peru	Peru	31.8	Down 1
72	Bahrain	Bahrain	31.73	Down 6
73	Philippines	Philippines	31.56	No change
74	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	31.42	Up 4
75	Mauritius	Mauritius	31.31	Down 11
76	Morocco	Morocco	31.09	Down 4
77	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	31.09	Up 9
78	Kenya	Kenya	31.07	Up 2
79	Jordan	Jordan	30.77	Up 4
80	Argentina	Argentina	30.65	Down 4
81	Jamaica	Jamaica	30.39	Up 3
82	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	30.2	No change
83	Albania	Albania	29.98	Up 10
84	The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	29.91	New
85	Indonesia	Indonesia	29.8	Up 2
86	Belarus	Belarus	29.35	Up 2
87	Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	29.33	Down 8
88	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	28.66	Up 2
89	Paraguay	Paraguay	28.66	Down 4
90	Lebanon	Lebanon	28.22	Down 9
91	Botswana	Botswana	28.16	Down 2
92	Tanzania, United Republic of	Tanzania, United Republic of	28.07	New
93	Namibia	Namibia	28.03	Up 4
94	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	27.56	Up 1
95	Egypt	Egypt	27.16	Up 10
96	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	26.95	Down 5
97	Ecuador	Ecuador	26.8	Down 5
98	Cambodia	Cambodia	26.69	Up 3
99	Rwanda	Rwanda	26.54	No change
100	Senegal	Senegal	26.53	No change
101	Tajikistan	Tajikistan	26.51	Down 7
102	Guatemala	Guatemala	25.51	Down 4
103	Uganda	Uganda	25.32	Down 1
104	El Salvador	El Salvador	25.11	Down 1
105	Honduras	Honduras	24.95	Down 1
106	Madagascar	Madagascar	24.75	Up 5
107	Ghana	Ghana	24.52	New
108	Nepal	Nepal	24.17	Up 1
109	Pakistan	Pakistan	24.12	Up 4
110	Algeria	Algeria	23.87	Down 2
111	Cameroon	Cameroon	23.85	Up 6
112	Mali	Mali	23.32	Up 6
113	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	23.15	Up 8
114	Malawi	Malawi	23.09	Up 1
115	Mozambique	Mozambique	23.06	Down 8
116	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	23.06	Down 2
117	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	22.88	New
118	Nigeria	Nigeria	22.37	Up 1
119	Guinea	Guinea	20.71	Up 7
120	Zambia	Zambia	20.66	Up 4
121	Benin	Benin	20.61	Down 5
122	Niger	Niger	20.57	Up 1
123	Côte d'Ivoire	Côte d'Ivoire	19.96	Down 11
124	Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	18.95	Down 4
125	Togo	Togo	18.91	No change
126	Yemen	Yemen	15.04	Up 1

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