Global Innovation Index 2022

Global Innovation Index 2022 by World Intellectual Property Organization: 132 economies ranked, led by Switzerland. Full list with movement since the last...

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15th edition, covering 132 economies. Switzerland first, the United States second, Sweden third. China rose to 11th, and India and Turkiye entered the top 40 for the first time.

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Rank	Name	Location	Since 2021
1	Switzerland	Switzerland	No change
2	United States	United States	New
3	Sweden	Sweden	Down 1
4	United Kingdom	United Kingdom	No change
5	Netherlands	Netherlands	Up 1
6	Republic of Korea	Republic of Korea	Down 1
7	Singapore	Singapore	Up 1
8	Germany	Germany	Up 2
9	Finland	Finland	Down 2
10	Denmark	Denmark	Down 1
11	China	China	Up 1
12	France	France	Down 1
13	Japan	Japan	No change
14	Hong Kong, China	Hong Kong, China	No change
15	Canada	Canada	Up 1
16	Israel	Israel	Down 1
17	Austria	Austria	Up 1
18	Estonia	Estonia	Up 3
19	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	Up 4
20	Iceland	Iceland	Down 3
21	Malta	Malta	Up 6
22	Norway	Norway	Down 2
23	Ireland	Ireland	Down 4
24	New Zealand	New Zealand	Up 2
25	Australia	Australia	No change
26	Belgium	Belgium	Down 4
27	Cyprus	Cyprus	Up 1
28	Italy	Italy	Up 1
29	Spain	Spain	Up 1
30	Czech Republic	Czech Republic	Down 6
31	United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	Up 2
32	Portugal	Portugal	Down 1
33	Slovenia	Slovenia	Down 1
34	Hungary	Hungary	No change
35	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	No change
36	Malaysia	Malaysia	No change
37	Türkiye	Türkiye	New
38	Poland	Poland	Up 2
39	Lithuania	Lithuania	No change
40	India	India	Up 6
41	Latvia	Latvia	Down 3
42	Croatia	Croatia	No change
43	Thailand	Thailand	No change
44	Greece	Greece	Up 3
45	Mauritius	Mauritius	Up 7
46	Slovakia	Slovakia	Down 9
47	Russian Federation	Russian Federation	Down 2
48	Viet Nam	Viet Nam	Down 4
49	Romania	Romania	Down 1
50	Chile	Chile	Up 3
51	Saudi Arabia	Saudi Arabia	Up 15
52	Qatar	Qatar	Up 16
53	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Up 7
54	Brazil	Brazil	Up 3
55	Serbia	Serbia	Down 1
56	Republic of Moldova	Republic of Moldova	Up 8
57	Ukraine	Ukraine	Down 8
58	Mexico	Mexico	Down 3
59	Philippines	Philippines	Down 8
60	Montenegro	Montenegro	Down 10
61	South Africa	South Africa	No change
62	Kuwait	Kuwait	Up 10
63	Colombia	Colombia	Up 4
64	Uruguay	Uruguay	Up 1
65	Peru	Peru	Up 5
66	North Macedonia	North Macedonia	Down 7
67	Morocco	Morocco	Up 10
68	Costa Rica	Costa Rica	Down 12
69	Argentina	Argentina	Up 4
70	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Up 5
71	Mongolia	Mongolia	Down 13
72	Bahrain	Bahrain	Up 6
73	Tunisia	Tunisia	Down 2
74	Georgia	Georgia	Down 11
75	Indonesia	Indonesia	Up 12
76	Jamaica	Jamaica	Down 2
77	Belarus	Belarus	Down 15
78	Jordan	Jordan	Up 3
79	Oman	Oman	Down 3
80	Armenia	Armenia	Down 11
81	Panama	Panama	Up 2
82	Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	Up 4
83	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstan	Down 4
84	Albania	Albania	No change
85	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	Up 10
86	Botswana	Botswana	Up 20
87	Pakistan	Pakistan	Up 12
88	Kenya	Kenya	Down 3
89	Egypt	Egypt	Up 5
90	Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	Up 3
91	Paraguay	Paraguay	Down 3
92	Brunei Darussalam	Brunei Darussalam	Down 10
93	Azerbaijan	Azerbaijan	Down 13
94	Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	Up 4
95	Ghana	Ghana	Up 17
96	Namibia	Namibia	Up 4
97	Cambodia	Cambodia	Up 12
98	Ecuador	Ecuador	Down 7
99	Senegal	Senegal	Up 6
100	El Salvador	El Salvador	Down 4
101	Trinidad and Tobago	Trinidad and Tobago	Down 4
102	Bangladesh	Bangladesh	Up 14
103	United Republic of Tanzania	United Republic of Tanzania	Down 13
104	Tajikistan	Tajikistan	Down 1
105	Rwanda	Rwanda	Down 3
106	Madagascar	Madagascar	Up 4
107	Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe	Up 6
108	Nicaragua	Nicaragua	New
109	Côte d'Ivoire	Côte d'Ivoire	Up 5
110	Guatemala	Guatemala	Down 9
111	Nepal	Nepal	No change
112	Lao People's Democratic Republic	Lao People's Democratic Republic	Up 5
113	Honduras	Honduras	Down 5
114	Nigeria	Nigeria	Up 4
115	Algeria	Algeria	Up 5
116	Myanmar	Myanmar	Up 11
117	Ethiopia	Ethiopia	Up 9
118	Zambia	Zambia	Up 3
119	Uganda	Uganda	No change
120	Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	Down 5
121	Cameroon	Cameroon	Up 2
122	Togo	Togo	Up 3
123	Mozambique	Mozambique	Down 1
124	Benin	Benin	Up 4
125	Niger	Niger	Up 4
126	Mali	Mali	Down 2
127	Angola	Angola	Up 5
128	Yemen	Yemen	Up 3
129	Mauritania	Mauritania	New
130	Burundi	Burundi	New
131	Iraq	Iraq	New
132	Guinea	Guinea	Down 2

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