Global Innovation Index 2019

Global Innovation Index 2019 by World Intellectual Property Organization: 129 economies ranked, led by Switzerland. Full list with movement since the last...

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12th edition, launched in New Delhi, covering 129 economies. Top five: Switzerland, Sweden, the United States, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. India rose to 52nd.

The full list

Rank	Name	Location	Score	Since 2018
1	Switzerland	Switzerland	67.24	No change
2	Sweden	Sweden	63.65	Up 1
3	United States of America	United States of America	61.73	Up 3
4	Netherlands	Netherlands	61.44	Down 2
5	United Kingdom	United Kingdom	61.3	Down 1
6	Finland	Finland	59.83	Up 1
7	Denmark	Denmark	58.44	Up 1
8	Singapore	Singapore	58.37	Down 3
9	Germany	Germany	58.19	No change
10	Israel	Israel	57.43	Up 1
11	Republic of Korea	Republic of Korea	56.55
12	Ireland	Ireland	56.1	Down 2
13	Hong Kong, China	Hong Kong, China	55.54
14	China	China	54.82	Up 3
15	Japan	Japan	54.68	Down 2
16	France	France	54.25	No change
17	Canada	Canada	53.88	Up 1
18	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	53.47	Down 3
19	Norway	Norway	51.87	No change
20	Iceland	Iceland	51.53	Up 3
21	Austria	Austria	50.94	No change
22	Australia	Australia	50.34	Down 2
23	Belgium	Belgium	50.18	Up 2
24	Estonia	Estonia	49.97	No change
25	New Zealand	New Zealand	49.55	Down 3
26	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	49.43	Up 1
27	Malta	Malta	49.01	Down 1
28	Cyprus	Cyprus	48.34	Up 1
29	Spain	Spain	47.85	Down 1
30	Italy	Italy	46.3	Up 1
31	Slovenia	Slovenia	45.25	Down 1
32	Portugal	Portugal	44.65	No change
33	Hungary	Hungary	44.51	No change
34	Latvia	Latvia	43.23	No change
35	Malaysia	Malaysia	42.68	No change
36	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	42.17	Up 2
37	Slovakia	Slovakia	42.05	Down 1
38	Lithuania	Lithuania	41.46	Up 2
39	Poland	Poland	41.31	No change
40	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	40.35	Down 3
41	Greece	Greece	38.9	Up 1
42	Viet Nam	Viet Nam	38.84	Up 3
43	Thailand	Thailand	38.63	Up 1
44	Croatia	Croatia	37.82	Down 3
45	Montenegro	Montenegro	37.7	Up 7
46	Russian Federation	Russian Federation	37.62	No change
47	Ukraine	Ukraine	37.4	Down 4
48	Georgia	Georgia	36.98	Up 11
49	Turkey	Turkey	36.95	Up 1
50	Romania	Romania	36.76	Down 1
51	Chile	Chile	36.64	Down 4
52	India	India	36.58	Up 5
53	Mongolia	Mongolia	36.29	No change
54	Philippines	Philippines	36.18	Up 19
55	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	36.13	Down 1
56	Mexico	Mexico	36.06	No change
57	Serbia	Serbia	35.71	Down 2
58	Republic of Moldova	Republic of Moldova	35.52
59	North Macedonia	North Macedonia	35.29
60	Kuwait	Kuwait	34.55	No change
61	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	34.43
62	Uruguay	Uruguay	34.32	No change
63	South Africa	South Africa	34.04	Down 5
64	Armenia	Armenia	33.98	Up 4
65	Qatar	Qatar	33.86	Down 14
66	Brazil	Brazil	33.82	Down 2
67	Colombia	Colombia	33	Down 4
68	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	32.93	Down 7
69	Peru	Peru	32.93	Up 2
70	Tunisia	Tunisia	32.83	Down 4
71	Brunei Darussalam	Brunei Darussalam	32.35	Down 4
72	Belarus	Belarus	32.07	Up 14
73	Argentina	Argentina	31.95	Up 7
74	Morocco	Morocco	31.63	Up 2
75	Panama	Panama	31.51	Down 5
76	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	31.41	Up 1
77	Kenya	Kenya	31.13	Up 1
78	Bahrain	Bahrain	31.1	Down 6
79	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	31.03	Down 5
80	Oman	Oman	30.98	Down 11
81	Jamaica	Jamaica	30.8	No change
82	Mauritius	Mauritius	30.61	Down 7
83	Albania	Albania	30.34	No change
84	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	30.21	Down 2
85	Indonesia	Indonesia	29.72	No change
86	Jordan	Jordan	29.61	Down 7
87	Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	28.56	No change
88	Lebanon	Lebanon	28.54	Up 2
89	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	28.45	Down 1
90	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	28.38	Up 4
91	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	28.08	Up 5
92	Egypt	Egypt	27.47	Up 3
93	Botswana	Botswana	27.43	Down 2
94	Rwanda	Rwanda	27.38	Up 5
95	Paraguay	Paraguay	27.09	Down 6
96	Senegal	Senegal	26.83	Up 4
97	United Republic of Tanzania	United Republic of Tanzania	26.63
98	Cambodia	Cambodia	26.59	No change
99	Ecuador	Ecuador	26.56	Down 2
100	Tajikistan	Tajikistan	26.43	Up 1
101	Namibia	Namibia	25.85	Down 8
102	Uganda	Uganda	25.6	Up 1
103	Côte d'Ivoire	Côte d'Ivoire	25.55	Up 20
104	Honduras	Honduras	25.48	Up 1
105	Pakistan	Pakistan	25.36	Up 4
106	Ghana	Ghana	25.27	Up 1
107	Guatemala	Guatemala	25.07	Down 5
108	El Salvador	El Salvador	24.89	Down 4
109	Nepal	Nepal	24.85	Down 1
110	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	24.76
111	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	24.16
112	Mali	Mali	24.03	No change
113	Algeria	Algeria	23.98	Down 3
114	Nigeria	Nigeria	23.93	Up 4
115	Cameroon	Cameroon	23.9	Down 4
116	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	23.31	No change
117	Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	23.3	Up 7
118	Malawi	Malawi	23	Down 4
119	Mozambique	Mozambique	22.87	Down 4
120	Nicaragua	Nicaragua	22.55
121	Madagascar	Madagascar	22.38	Down 15
122	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	22.3	Down 9
123	Benin	Benin	20.42	Down 2
124	Zambia	Zambia	20.36	Down 4
125	Guinea	Guinea	19.5	Down 6
126	Togo	Togo	18.54	Down 1
127	Niger	Niger	18.13	Down 5
128	Burundi	Burundi	17.65
129	Yemen	Yemen	14.49	Down 3

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