Global Innovation Index 2020

Global Innovation Index 2020 by World Intellectual Property Organization: 131 economies ranked, led by Switzerland. Full list with movement since the last...

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13th edition, covering 131 economies (theme: who will finance innovation). Top five: Switzerland, Sweden, the United States, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. The Republic of Korea entered the top 10, and India and the Philippines entered the top 50 for the first time.

The full list

Rank	Name	Location	Since 2019
1	Switzerland	Switzerland	No change
2	Sweden	Sweden	No change
3	United States of America	United States of America	No change
4	United Kingdom	United Kingdom	Up 1
5	Netherlands	Netherlands	Down 1
6	Denmark	Denmark	Up 1
7	Finland	Finland	Down 1
8	Singapore	Singapore	No change
9	Germany	Germany	No change
10	Republic of Korea	Republic of Korea	Up 1
11	Hong Kong, China	Hong Kong, China	Up 2
12	France	France	Up 4
13	Israel	Israel	Down 3
14	China	China	No change
15	Ireland	Ireland	Down 3
16	Japan	Japan	Down 1
17	Canada	Canada	No change
18	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	No change
19	Austria	Austria	Up 2
20	Norway	Norway	Down 1
21	Iceland	Iceland	Down 1
22	Belgium	Belgium	Up 1
23	Australia	Australia	Down 1
24	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Up 2
25	Estonia	Estonia	Down 1
26	New Zealand	New Zealand	Down 1
27	Malta	Malta	No change
28	Italy	Italy	Up 2
29	Cyprus	Cyprus	Down 1
30	Spain	Spain	Down 1
31	Portugal	Portugal	Up 1
32	Slovenia	Slovenia	Down 1
33	Malaysia	Malaysia	Up 2
34	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	Up 2
35	Hungary	Hungary	Down 2
36	Latvia	Latvia	Down 2
37	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	Up 3
38	Poland	Poland	Up 1
39	Slovakia	Slovakia	Down 2
40	Lithuania	Lithuania	Down 2
41	Croatia	Croatia	Up 3
42	Viet Nam	Viet Nam	No change
43	Greece	Greece	Down 2
44	Thailand	Thailand	Down 1
45	Ukraine	Ukraine	Up 2
46	Romania	Romania	Up 4
47	Russian Federation	Russian Federation	Down 1
48	India	India	Up 4
49	Montenegro	Montenegro	Down 4
50	Philippines	Philippines	Up 4
51	Turkey	Turkey	Down 2
52	Mauritius	Mauritius	Up 30
53	Serbia	Serbia	Up 4
54	Chile	Chile	Down 3
55	Mexico	Mexico	Up 1
56	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Down 1
57	North Macedonia	North Macedonia	Up 2
58	Mongolia	Mongolia	Down 5
59	Republic of Moldova	Republic of Moldova	Down 1
60	South Africa	South Africa	Up 3
61	Armenia	Armenia	Up 3
62	Brazil	Brazil	Up 4
63	Georgia	Georgia	Down 15
64	Belarus	Belarus	Up 8
65	Tunisia	Tunisia	Up 5
66	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	Up 2
67	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Down 6
68	Colombia	Colombia	Down 1
69	Uruguay	Uruguay	Down 7
70	Qatar	Qatar	Down 5
71	Brunei Darussalam	Brunei Darussalam	No change
72	Jamaica	Jamaica	Up 9
73	Panama	Panama	Up 2
74	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Up 2
75	Morocco	Morocco	Down 1
76	Peru	Peru	Down 7
77	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Up 2
78	Kuwait	Kuwait	Down 18
79	Bahrain	Bahrain	Down 1
80	Argentina	Argentina	Down 7
81	Jordan	Jordan	Up 5
82	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	Up 2
83	Albania	Albania	No change
84	Oman	Oman	Down 4
85	Indonesia	Indonesia	No change
86	Kenya	Kenya	Down 9
87	Lebanon	Lebanon	Up 1
88	United Republic of Tanzania	United Republic of Tanzania	Up 9
89	Botswana	Botswana	Up 4
90	Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	Down 3
91	Rwanda	Rwanda	Up 3
92	El Salvador	El Salvador	Up 16
93	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan
94	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	Down 4
95	Nepal	Nepal	Up 14
96	Egypt	Egypt	Down 4
97	Paraguay	Paraguay	Down 2
98	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	Down 7
99	Ecuador	Ecuador	No change
100	Cabo Verde	Cabo Verde
101	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	Down 12
102	Senegal	Senegal	Down 6
103	Honduras	Honduras	Up 1
104	Namibia	Namibia	Down 3
105	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	Up 5
106	Guatemala	Guatemala	Up 1
107	Pakistan	Pakistan	Down 2
108	Ghana	Ghana	Down 2
109	Tajikistan	Tajikistan	Down 9
110	Cambodia	Cambodia	Down 12
111	Malawi	Malawi	Up 7
112	Côte d'Ivoire	Côte d'Ivoire	Down 9
113	Lao People's Democratic Republic	Lao People's Democratic Republic
114	Uganda	Uganda	Down 12
115	Madagascar	Madagascar	Up 6
116	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	No change
117	Nigeria	Nigeria	Down 3
118	Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	Down 1
119	Cameroon	Cameroon	Down 4
120	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Up 2
121	Algeria	Algeria	Down 8
122	Zambia	Zambia	Up 2
123	Mali	Mali	Down 11
124	Mozambique	Mozambique	Down 5
125	Togo	Togo	Up 1
126	Benin	Benin	Down 3
127	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	Down 16
128	Niger	Niger	Down 1
129	Myanmar	Myanmar
130	Guinea	Guinea	Down 5
131	Yemen	Yemen	Down 2

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