The core of the Global Innovation Index Report consists of a ranking of world economies’ innovation capabilities and results. Recognizing the key role of innovation as a driver of economic growth and prosperity, and the need for a broad horizontal vision of innovation applicable to developed and emerging economies, the GII includes indicators that go beyond the traditional measures of innovation such as the level of research and development.
The top-ranked countries in the GII come from different parts of the globe, confirming the global dispersion of innovation. The top 10 this year are ranked as follows:
1. Switzerland (1st in 2012)
2. Sweden (2nd)
3. United Kingdom (5th)
4. Netherlands (6th)
5. United States of America (10th)
6. Finland (4th)
7. Hong Kong (China) (8th)
8. Singapore (3rd)
9. Denmark (7th), and
10. Ireland (9th).
Complete List of Rankings
| Country/Economy | Score (0–100) | Overall Rank | Income | Income Rank | Region | Regional Rank | Efficiency Ratio | Rank |
| Switzerland | 66.59 | 1 | HI | 1 | EUR | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Sweden | 61.36 | 2 | HI | 2 | EUR | 2 | 0.81 | 55 |
| United Kingdom | 61.25 | 3 | HI | 3 | EUR | 3 | 0.8 | 60 |
| Netherlands | 61.14 | 4 | HI | 4 | EUR | 4 | 0.91 | 26 |
| United States of America | 60.31 | 5 | HI | 5 | NAC | 1 | 0.74 | 86 |
| Finland | 59.51 | 6 | HI | 6 | EUR | 5 | 0.79 | 67 |
| Hong Kong (China) | 59.43 | 7 | HI | 7 | SEAO | 1 | 0.68 | 109 |
| Singapore | 59.41 | 8 | HI | 8 | SEAO | 2 | 0.64 | 121 |
| Denmark | 58.34 | 9 | HI | 9 | EUR | 6 | 0.76 | 78 |
| Ireland | 57.91 | 10 | HI | 10 | EUR | 7 | 0.81 | 57 |
| Canada | 57.6 | 11 | HI | 11 | NAC | 2 | 0.78 | 68 |
| Luxembourg | 56.57 | 12 | HI | 12 | EUR | 8 | 0.89 | 33 |
| Iceland | 56.4 | 13 | HI | 13 | EUR | 9 | 0.89 | 30 |
| Israel | 55.98 | 14 | HI | 14 | NAWA | 1 | 0.87 | 38 |
| Germany | 55.83 | 15 | HI | 15 | EUR | 10 | 0.87 | 40 |
| Norway | 55.64 | 16 | HI | 16 | EUR | 11 | 0.76 | 81 |
| New Zealand | 54.46 | 17 | HI | 17 | SEAO | 3 | 0.74 | 90 |
| Korea Rep. | 53.31 | 18 | HI | 18 | SEAO | 4 | 0.72 | 95 |
| Australia | 53.07 | 19 | HI | 19 | SEAO | 5 | 0.65 | 116 |
| France | 52.83 | 20 | HI | 20 | EUR | 12 | 0.79 | 63 |
| Belgium | 52.49 | 21 | HI | 21 | EUR | 13 | 0.76 | 75 |
| Japan | 52.23 | 22 | HI | 22 | SEAO | 6 | 0.66 | 112 |
| Austria | 51.87 | 23 | HI | 23 | EUR | 14 | 0.71 | 98 |
| Malta | 51.79 | 24 | HI | 24 | EUR | 15 | 1.06 | 4 |
| Estonia | 50.6 | 25 | HI | 25 | EUR | 16 | 0.82 | 51 |
| Spain | 49.41 | 26 | HI | 26 | EUR | 17 | 0.71 | 101 |
| Cyprus | 49.32 | 27 | HI | 27 | NAWA | 2 | 0.86 | 43 |
| Czech Republic | 48.36 | 28 | HI | 28 | EUR | 18 | 0.81 | 53 |
| Italy | 47.85 | 29 | HI | 29 | EUR | 19 | 0.79 | 62 |
| Slovenia | 47.32 | 30 | HI | 30 | EUR | 20 | 0.78 | 70 |
| Hungary | 46.93 | 31 | HI | 31 | EUR | 21 | 0.94 | 23 |
| Malaysia | 46.92 | 32 | UM | 1 | SEAO | 7 | 0.81 | 52 |
| Latvia | 45.24 | 33 | UM | 2 | EUR | 22 | 0.77 | 74 |
| Portugal | 45.1 | 34 | HI | 32 | EUR | 23 | 0.73 | 92 |
| China | 44.66 | 35 | UM | 3 | SEAO | 8 | 0.98 | 14 |
| Slovakia | 42.25 | 36 | HI | 33 | EUR | 24 | 0.75 | 84 |
| Croatia | 41.95 | 37 | HI | 34 | EUR | 25 | 0.82 | 50 |
| United Arab Emirates | 41.87 | 38 | HI | 35 | NAWA | 3 | 0.55 | 133 |
| Costa Rica | 41.54 | 39 | UM | 4 | LCN | 1 | 1.02 | 9 |
| Lithuania | 41.39 | 40 | UM | 5 | EUR | 26 | 0.69 | 105 |
| Bulgaria | 41.33 | 41 | UM | 6 | EUR | 27 | 0.88 | 35 |
| Saudi Arabia | 41.21 | 42 | HI | 36 | NAWA | 4 | 0.8 | 61 |
| Qatar | 41 | 43 | HI | 37 | NAWA | 5 | 0.71 | 97 |
| Montenegro | 40.95 | 44 | UM | 7 | EUR | 28 | 0.72 | 94 |
| Moldova Rep. | 40.94 | 45 | LM | 1 | EUR | 29 | 1.08 | 2 |
| Chile | 40.58 | 46 | UM | 8 | LCN | 2 | 0.74 | 88 |
| Barbados | 40.48 | 47 | HI | 38 | LCN | 3 | 0.73 | 91 |
| Romania | 40.33 | 48 | UM | 9 | EUR | 30 | 0.88 | 34 |
| Poland | 40.12 | 49 | HI | 39 | EUR | 31 | 0.68 | 110 |
| Kuwait | 40.02 | 50 | HI | 40 | NAWA | 6 | 1.03 | 8 |
| TFYR of Macedonia | 38.18 | 51 | UM | 10 | EUR | 32 | 0.72 | 96 |
| Uruguay | 38.08 | 52 | UM | 11 | LCN | 4 | 0.85 | 45 |
| Mauritius | 38 | 53 | UM | 12 | SSF | 1 | 0.8 | 59 |
| Serbia | 37.87 | 54 | UM | 13 | EUR | 33 | 0.82 | 49 |
| Greece | 37.71 | 55 | HI | 41 | EUR | 34 | 0.65 | 118 |
| Argentina | 37.66 | 56 | UM | 14 | LCN | 5 | 0.94 | 20 |
| Thailand | 37.63 | 57 | UM | 15 | SEAO | 9 | 0.76 | 76 |
| South Africa | 37.6 | 58 | UM | 16 | SSF | 2 | 0.71 | 99 |
| Armenia | 37.59 | 59 | LM | 2 | NAWA | 7 | 0.86 | 42 |
| Colombia | 37.38 | 60 | UM | 17 | LCN | 6 | 0.76 | 79 |
| Jordan | 37.3 | 61 | UM | 18 | NAWA | 8 | 0.77 | 73 |
| Russian Federation | 37.2 | 62 | UM | 19 | EUR | 35 | 0.7 | 104 |
| Mexico | 36.82 | 63 | UM | 20 | LCN | 7 | 0.81 | 56 |
| Brazil | 36.33 | 64 | UM | 21 | LCN | 8 | 0.78 | 69 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 36.24 | 65 | UM | 22 | EUR | 36 | 0.7 | 103 |
| India | 36.17 | 66 | LM | 3 | CSA | 1 | 1.02 | 11 |
| Bahrain | 36.13 | 67 | HI | 42 | NAWA | 9 | 0.62 | 123 |
| Turkey | 36.03 | 68 | UM | 23 | NAWA | 10 | 0.9 | 29 |
| Peru | 35.96 | 69 | UM | 24 | LCN | 9 | 0.77 | 72 |
| Tunisia | 35.82 | 70 | UM | 25 | NAWA | 11 | 0.88 | 36 |
| Ukraine | 35.78 | 71 | LM | 4 | EUR | 37 | 0.89 | 31 |
| Mongolia | 35.77 | 72 | LM | 5 | SEAO | 10 | 0.62 | 122 |
| Georgia | 35.56 | 73 | LM | 6 | NAWA | 12 | 0.71 | 100 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 35.53 | 74 | HI | 43 | SEAO | 11 | 0.65 | 119 |
| Lebanon | 35.47 | 75 | UM | 26 | NAWA | 13 | 0.66 | 114 |
| Viet Nam | 34.82 | 76 | LM | 7 | SEAO | 12 | 0.96 | 17 |
| Belarus | 34.62 | 77 | UM | 27 | EUR | 38 | 0.75 | 82 |
| Guyana | 34.36 | 78 | LM | 8 | LCN | 10 | 0.97 | 15 |
| Dominican Republic | 33.28 | 79 | UM | 28 | LCN | 11 | 0.9 | 28 |
| Oman | 33.25 | 80 | HI | 44 | NAWA | 14 | 0.54 | 134 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 33.17 | 81 | HI | 45 | LCN | 12 | 0.75 | 85 |
| Jamaica | 32.89 | 82 | UM | 29 | LCN | 13 | 0.79 | 65 |
| Ecuador | 32.83 | 83 | UM | 30 | LCN | 14 | 0.94 | 21 |
| Kazakhstan | 32.73 | 84 | UM | 31 | CSA | 2 | 0.61 | 126 |
| Indonesia | 31.95 | 85 | LM | 9 | SEAO | 13 | 1.04 | 6 |
| Panama | 31.82 | 86 | UM | 32 | LCN | 15 | 0.61 | 127 |
| Guatemala | 31.46 | 87 | LM | 10 | LCN | 16 | 0.79 | 66 |
| El Salvador | 31.32 | 88 | LM | 11 | LCN | 17 | 0.76 | 80 |
| Uganda | 31.21 | 89 | LI | 1 | SSF | 3 | 0.95 | 19 |
| Philippines | 31.18 | 90 | LM | 12 | SEAO | 14 | 0.93 | 24 |
| Botswana | 31.14 | 91 | UM | 33 | SSF | 4 | 0.51 | 136 |
| Morocco | 30.89 | 92 | LM | 13 | NAWA | 15 | 0.75 | 83 |
| Albania | 30.85 | 93 | LM | 14 | EUR | 39 | 0.58 | 129 |
| Ghana | 30.6 | 94 | LM | 15 | SSF | 5 | 0.8 | 58 |
| Bolivia Plurinational St. | 30.48 | 95 | LM | 16 | LCN | 18 | 0.88 | 37 |
| Senegal | 30.48 | 96 | LM | 17 | SSF | 6 | 0.95 | 18 |
| Fiji | 30.46 | 97 | LM | 18 | SEAO | 15 | 0.51 | 137 |
| Sri Lanka | 30.45 | 98 | LM | 19 | CSA | 3 | 0.99 | 13 |
| Kenya | 30.28 | 99 | LI | 2 | SSF | 7 | 0.78 | 71 |
| Paraguay | 30.28 | 100 | LM | 20 | LCN | 19 | 0.82 | 48 |
| Tajikistan | 30 | 101 | LI | 3 | CSA | 4 | 0.9 | 27 |
| Belize | 29.98 | 102 | LM | 21 | LCN | 20 | 0.73 | 93 |
| Cape Verde | 29.69 | 103 | LM | 22 | SSF | 8 | 0.57 | 130 |
| Swaziland | 29.6 | 104 | LM | 23 | SSF | 9 | 1.06 | 5 |
| Azerbaijan | 28.99 | 105 | UM | 34 | NAWA | 16 | 0.65 | 117 |
| Mali | 28.84 | 106 | LI | 4 | SSF | 10 | 1.13 | 1 |
| Honduras | 28.8 | 107 | LM | 24 | LCN | 21 | 0.66 | 115 |
| Egypt | 28.48 | 108 | LM | 25 | NAWA | 17 | 0.68 | 108 |
| Namibia | 28.36 | 109 | UM | 35 | SSF | 11 | 0.48 | 139 |
| Cambodia | 28.07 | 110 | LI | 5 | SEAO | 16 | 0.87 | 39 |
| Gabon | 28.04 | 111 | UM | 36 | SSF | 12 | 0.81 | 54 |
| Rwanda | 27.64 | 112 | LI | 6 | SSF | 13 | 0.64 | 120 |
| Iran Islamic Rep. | 27.3 | 113 | UM | 37 | CSA | 5 | 0.68 | 107 |
| Venezuela Bolivarian Rep. | 27.25 | 114 | UM | 38 | LCN | 22 | 1.02 | 10 |
| Nicaragua | 27.1 | 115 | LM | 26 | LCN | 23 | 0.62 | 125 |
| Burkina Faso | 27.03 | 116 | LI | 7 | SSF | 14 | 0.79 | 64 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 26.98 | 117 | LI | 8 | CSA | 6 | 0.56 | 131 |
| Zambia | 26.79 | 118 | LM | 27 | SSF | 15 | 0.89 | 32 |
| Malawi | 26.73 | 119 | LI | 9 | SSF | 16 | 0.87 | 41 |
| Nigeria | 26.57 | 120 | LM | 28 | SSF | 17 | 1.03 | 7 |
| Mozambique | 26.5 | 121 | LI | 10 | SSF | 18 | 0.67 | 111 |
| Gambia | 26.39 | 122 | LI | 11 | SSF | 19 | 0.86 | 44 |
| Tanzania United Rep. | 26.35 | 123 | LI | 12 | SSF | 20 | 0.66 | 113 |
| Lesotho | 26.29 | 124 | LM | 29 | SSF | 21 | 0.47 | 140 |
| Cameroon | 25.71 | 125 | LM | 30 | SSF | 22 | 0.84 | 47 |
| Guinea | 25.7 | 126 | LI | 13 | SSF | 23 | 1.07 | 3 |
| Benin | 25.1 | 127 | LI | 14 | SSF | 24 | 0.69 | 106 |
| Nepal | 24.97 | 128 | LI | 15 | CSA | 7 | 0.76 | 77 |
| Ethiopia | 24.8 | 129 | LI | 16 | SSF | 25 | 0.74 | 87 |
| Bangladesh | 24.52 | 130 | LI | 17 | CSA | 8 | 0.84 | 46 |
| Niger | 24.03 | 131 | LI | 18 | SSF | 26 | 0.71 | 102 |
| Zimbabwe | 23.98 | 132 | LI | 19 | SSF | 27 | 0.91 | 25 |
| Uzbekistan | 23.87 | 133 | LM | 31 | CSA | 9 | 0.52 | 135 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 23.73 | 134 | LM | 32 | NAWA | 18 | 0.45 | 142 |
| Angola | 23.46 | 135 | UM | 39 | SSF | 28 | 0.94 | 22 |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 23.42 | 136 | LM | 33 | SSF | 29 | 0.74 | 89 |
| Pakistan | 23.33 | 137 | LM | 34 | CSA | 10 | 0.97 | 16 |
| Algeria | 23.11 | 138 | UM | 40 | NAWA | 19 | 0.46 | 141 |
| Togo | 23.04 | 139 | LI | 20 | SSF | 30 | 0.56 | 132 |
| Madagascar | 22.95 | 140 | LI | 21 | SSF | 31 | 0.59 | 128 |
| Sudan | 19.81 | 141 | LM | 35 | SSF | 32 | 0.49 | 138 |
| Yemen | 19.32 | 142 | LM | 36 | NAWA | 20 | 0.62 | 124 |
Note: World Bank Income Group Classification (July 2012): LI = low income; LM = lower-middle income; UM = upper-middle income; and HI = high income. Regions are based on the United Nations Classification (11 February 2013): EUR = Europe; NAC = Northern America; LCN = Latin America and the Caribbean; CSA = Central and Southern Asia; SEAO = South East Asia and Oceania; NAWA = Northern Africa and Western Asia; and SSF = Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Global Innovation Index 2013 (GII), in its 6th edition this year, is co-published by Cornell University, INSEAD, and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO, a specialized agency of the United Nations).
Courtesy: Wikipedia and www.globalinnovationindex.org
