The Complete Global Innovation Indexes
2016 GII (Global Innovation Index) Rankings

Country/Economy | Score (0-100) | Rank | Income | Rank | Region | Rank | Efficiency Ratio | Rank |
Switzerland | 66.28 | 1 | HI | 1 | EUR | 1 | 0.94 | 5 |
Sweden | 63.57 | 2 | HI | 2 | EUR | 2 | 0.86 | 10 |
United Kingdom | 61.93 | 3 | HI | 3 | EUR | 3 | 0.83 | 14 |
United States of America | 61.4 | 4 | HI | 4 | NAC | 1 | 0.79 | 25 |
Finland | 59.9 | 5 | HI | 5 | EUR | 4 | 0.75 | 32 |
Singapore | 59.16 | 6 | HI | 6 | SEAO | 1 | 0.62 | 78 |
Ireland | 59.03 | 7 | HI | 7 | EUR | 5 | 0.89 | 8 |
Denmark | 58.45 | 8 | HI | 8 | EUR | 6 | 0.74 | 34 |
Netherlands | 58.29 | 9 | HI | 9 | EUR | 7 | 0.82 | 20 |
Germany | 57.94 | 10 | HI | 10 | EUR | 8 | 0.87 | 9 |
Korea, Rep. | 57.15 | 11 | HI | 11 | SEAO | 2 | 0.8 | 24 |
Luxembourg | 57.11 | 12 | HI | 12 | EUR | 9 | 1.02 | 1 |
Iceland | 55.99 | 13 | HI | 13 | EUR | 10 | 0.98 | 3 |
Hong Kong (China) | 55.69 | 14 | HI | 14 | SEAO | 3 | 0.61 | 83 |
Canada | 54.71 | 15 | HI | 15 | NAC | 2 | 0.67 | 57 |
Japan | 54.52 | 16 | HI | 16 | SEAO | 4 | 0.65 | 65 |
New Zealand | 54.23 | 17 | HI | 17 | SEAO | 5 | 0.73 | 40 |
France | 54.04 | 18 | HI | 18 | EUR | 11 | 0.73 | 44 |
Australia | 53.07 | 19 | HI | 19 | SEAO | 6 | 0.64 | 73 |
Austria | 52.65 | 20 | HI | 20 | EUR | 12 | 0.73 | 43 |
Israel | 52.28 | 21 | HI | 21 | NAWA | 1 | 0.81 | 23 |
Norway | 52.01 | 22 | HI | 22 | EUR | 13 | 0.68 | 55 |
Belgium | 51.97 | 23 | HI | 23 | EUR | 14 | 0.78 | 27 |
Estonia | 51.73 | 24 | HI | 24 | EUR | 15 | 0.91 | 6 |
China | 50.57 | 25 | UM | 1 | SEAO | 7 | 0.9 | 7 |
Malta | 50.44 | 26 | HI | 25 | EUR | 16 | 0.98 | 2 |
Czech Republic | 49.4 | 27 | HI | 26 | EUR | 17 | 0.82 | 21 |
Spain | 49.19 | 28 | HI | 27 | EUR | 18 | 0.72 | 48 |
Italy | 47.17 | 29 | HI | 28 | EUR | 19 | 0.74 | 33 |
Portugal | 46.45 | 30 | HI | 29 | EUR | 20 | 0.75 | 31 |
Cyprus | 46.34 | 31 | HI | 30 | NAWA | 2 | 0.79 | 26 |
Slovenia | 45.97 | 32 | HI | 31 | EUR | 21 | 0.74 | 39 |
Hungary | 44.71 | 33 | HI | 32 | EUR | 22 | 0.83 | 17 |
Latvia | 44.33 | 34 | HI | 33 | EUR | 23 | 0.78 | 28 |
Malaysia | 43.36 | 35 | UM | 2 | SEAO | 8 | 0.67 | 59 |
Lithuania | 41.76 | 36 | HI | 34 | EUR | 24 | 0.63 | 75 |
Slovakia | 41.7 | 37 | HI | 35 | EUR | 25 | 0.74 | 36 |
Bulgaria | 41.42 | 38 | UM | 3 | EUR | 26 | 0.83 | 16 |
Poland | 40.22 | 39 | HI | 36 | EUR | 27 | 0.65 | 66 |
Greece | 39.75 | 40 | HI | 37 | EUR | 28 | 0.61 | 84 |
United Arab Emirates | 39.35 | 41 | HI | 38 | NAWA | 3 | 0.44 | 117 |
Turkey | 39.03 | 42 | UM | 4 | NAWA | 4 | 0.84 | 13 |
Russian Federation | 38.5 | 43 | HI | 39 | EUR | 29 | 0.65 | 69 |
Chile | 38.41 | 44 | HI | 40 | LCN | 1 | 0.59 | 91 |
Costa Rica | 38.4 | 45 | UM | 5 | LCN | 2 | 0.71 | 50 |
Moldova, Rep. | 38.39 | 46 | LM | 1 | EUR | 30 | 0.94 | 4 |
Croatia | 38.29 | 47 | HI | 41 | EUR | 31 | 0.65 | 68 |
Romania | 37.9 | 48 | UM | 6 | EUR | 32 | 0.72 | 46 |
Saudi Arabia | 37.75 | 49 | HI | 42 | NAWA | 5 | 0.61 | 85 |
Qatar | 37.47 | 50 | HI | 43 | NAWA | 6 | 0.56 | 97 |
Montenegro | 37.36 | 51 | UM | 7 | EUR | 33 | 0.62 | 80 |
Thailand | 36.51 | 52 | UM | 8 | SEAO | 9 | 0.7 | 53 |
Mauritius | 35.86 | 53 | UM | 9 | SSF | 1 | 0.57 | 95 |
South Africa | 35.85 | 54 | UM | 10 | SSF | 2 | 0.55 | 99 |
Mongolia | 35.74 | 55 | UM | 11 | SEAO | 10 | 0.72 | 47 |
Ukraine | 35.72 | 56 | LM | 2 | EUR | 34 | 0.84 | 12 |
Bahrain | 35.48 | 57 | HI | 44 | NAWA | 7 | 0.58 | 92 |
TFYR of Macedonia | 35.4 | 58 | UM | 12 | EUR | 35 | 0.67 | 56 |
Viet Nam | 35.37 | 59 | LM | 3 | SEAO | 11 | 0.84 | 11 |
Armenia | 35.14 | 60 | LM | 4 | NAWA | 8 | 0.83 | 15 |
Mexico | 34.56 | 61 | UM | 13 | LCN | 3 | 0.63 | 76 |
Uruguay | 34.28 | 62 | HI | 45 | LCN | 4 | 0.62 | 81 |
Colombia | 34.16 | 63 | UM | 14 | LCN | 5 | 0.56 | 96 |
Georgia | 33.86 | 64 | LM | 5 | NAWA | 9 | 0.65 | 67 |
Serbia | 33.75 | 65 | UM | 15 | EUR | 36 | 0.65 | 70 |
India | 33.61 | 66 | LM | 6 | CSA | 1 | 0.66 | 63 |
Kuwait | 33.61 | 67 | HI | 46 | NAWA | 10 | 0.73 | 42 |
Panama | 33.49 | 68 | UM | 16 | LCN | 6 | 0.66 | 61 |
Brazil | 33.19 | 69 | UM | 17 | LCN | 7 | 0.55 | 100 |
Lebanon | 32.7 | 70 | UM | 18 | NAWA | 11 | 0.73 | 41 |
Peru | 32.51 | 71 | UM | 19 | LCN | 8 | 0.51 | 109 |
Morocco | 32.26 | 72 | LM | 7 | NAWA | 12 | 0.66 | 64 |
Oman | 32.21 | 73 | HI | 47 | NAWA | 13 | 0.53 | 103 |
Philippines | 31.83 | 74 | LM | 8 | SEAO | 12 | 0.71 | 49 |
Kazakhstan | 31.51 | 75 | UM | 20 | CSA | 2 | 0.51 | 108 |
Dominican Republic | 30.55 | 76 | UM | 21 | LCN | 9 | 0.62 | 82 |
Tunisia | 30.55 | 77 | UM | 22 | NAWA | 14 | 0.6 | 86 |
Iran, Islamic Rep. | 30.52 | 78 | UM | 23 | CSA | 3 | 0.71 | 51 |
Belarus | 30.39 | 79 | UM | 24 | EUR | 37 | 0.45 | 116 |
Kenya | 30.36 | 80 | LM | 9 | SSF | 3 | 0.76 | 30 |
Argentina | 30.24 | 81 | HI | 48 | LCN | 10 | 0.56 | 98 |
Jordan | 30.04 | 82 | UM | 25 | NAWA | 15 | 0.67 | 58 |
Rwanda | 29.96 | 83 | LI | 1 | SSF | 4 | 0.38 | 123 |
Mozambique | 29.84 | 84 | LI | 2 | SSF | 5 | 0.73 | 45 |
Azerbaijan | 29.64 | 85 | UM | 26 | NAWA | 16 | 0.54 | 101 |
Tajikistan | 29.62 | 86 | LM | 10 | CSA | 4 | 0.77 | 29 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 29.62 | 87 | UM | 27 | EUR | 38 | 0.46 | 115 |
Indonesia | 29.07 | 88 | LM | 11 | SEAO | 13 | 0.71 | 52 |
Jamaica | 28.97 | 89 | UM | 28 | LCN | 11 | 0.53 | 104 |
Botswana | 28.96 | 90 | UM | 29 | SSF | 6 | 0.42 | 119 |
Sri Lanka | 28.92 | 91 | LM | 12 | CSA | 5 | 0.7 | 54 |
Albania | 28.38 | 92 | UM | 30 | EUR | 39 | 0.4 | 121 |
Namibia | 28.24 | 93 | UM | 31 | SSF | 7 | 0.54 | 102 |
Paraguay | 28.2 | 94 | UM | 32 | LCN | 12 | 0.62 | 77 |
Cambodia | 27.94 | 95 | LI | 3 | SEAO | 14 | 0.59 | 90 |
Bhutan | 27.88 | 96 | LM | 13 | CSA | 6 | 0.28 | 128 |
Guatemala | 27.3 | 97 | LM | 14 | LCN | 13 | 0.62 | 79 |
Malawi | 27.26 | 98 | LI | 4 | SSF | 8 | 0.74 | 38 |
Uganda | 27.14 | 99 | LI | 5 | SSF | 9 | 0.52 | 106 |
Ecuador | 27.11 | 100 | UM | 33 | LCN | 14 | 0.6 | 87 |
Honduras | 26.94 | 101 | LM | 15 | LCN | 15 | 0.53 | 105 |
Ghana | 26.66 | 102 | LM | 16 | SSF | 10 | 0.6 | 88 |
Kyrgyzstan | 26.62 | 103 | LM | 17 | CSA | 7 | 0.5 | 110 |
El Salvador | 26.56 | 104 | LM | 18 | LCN | 16 | 0.48 | 113 |
Tanzania, United Rep. | 26.35 | 105 | LI | 6 | SSF | 11 | 0.81 | 22 |
Senegal | 26.14 | 106 | LM | 19 | SSF | 12 | 0.66 | 62 |
Egypt | 25.96 | 107 | LM | 20 | NAWA | 17 | 0.63 | 74 |
Côte d'Ivoire | 25.8 | 108 | LM | 21 | SSF | 13 | 0.82 | 19 |
Bolivia, Plurinational St. | 25.24 | 109 | LM | 22 | LCN | 17 | 0.59 | 89 |
Ethiopia | 24.83 | 110 | LI | 7 | SSF | 14 | 0.83 | 18 |
Madagascar | 24.79 | 111 | LI | 8 | SSF | 15 | 0.74 | 35 |
Mali | 24.77 | 112 | LI | 9 | SSF | 16 | 0.74 | 37 |
Algeria | 24.46 | 113 | UM | 34 | NAWA | 18 | 0.49 | 111 |
Nigeria | 23.15 | 114 | LM | 23 | SSF | 17 | 0.67 | 60 |
Nepal | 23.13 | 115 | LI | 10 | CSA | 8 | 0.58 | 94 |
Nicaragua | 23.06 | 116 | LM | 24 | LCN | 18 | 0.41 | 120 |
Bangladesh | 22.86 | 117 | LM | 25 | CSA | 9 | 0.52 | 107 |
Cameroon | 22.82 | 118 | LM | 26 | SSF | 18 | 0.58 | 93 |
Pakistan | 22.63 | 119 | LM | 27 | CSA | 10 | 0.64 | 71 |
Venezuela, Bolivarian Rep. | 22.32 | 120 | HI | 49 | LCN | 19 | 0.46 | 114 |
Benin | 22.25 | 121 | LI | 11 | SSF | 19 | 0.43 | 118 |
Burkina Faso | 21.05 | 122 | LI | 12 | SSF | 20 | 0.28 | 127 |
Burundi | 20.93 | 123 | LI | 13 | SSF | 21 | 0.39 | 122 |
Niger | 20.44 | 124 | LI | 14 | SSF | 22 | 0.36 | 125 |
Zambia | 19.92 | 125 | LM | 28 | SSF | 23 | 0.64 | 72 |
Togo | 18.42 | 126 | LI | 15 | SSF | 24 | 0.36 | 124 |
Guinea | 17.24 | 127 | LI | 16 | SSF | 25 | 0.49 | 112 |
Yemen | 14.55 | 128 | LM | 29 | NAWA | 19 | 0.34 | 126 |
2016 Innovation Output Sub-Index

Country/Economy | Score (0-100) | Rank | Income | Rank | Region | Rank |
Switzerland | 64.19 | 1 | HI | 1 | EUR | 1 |
Sweden | 58.66 | 2 | HI | 2 | EUR | 2 |
Luxembourg | 57.57 | 3 | HI | 3 | EUR | 3 |
United Kingdom | 56.35 | 4 | HI | 4 | EUR | 4 |
Ireland | 55.63 | 5 | HI | 5 | EUR | 5 |
Iceland | 55.35 | 6 | HI | 6 | EUR | 6 |
United States of America | 54.08 | 7 | HI | 7 | NAC | 1 |
Germany | 53.97 | 8 | HI | 8 | EUR | 7 |
Netherlands | 52.54 | 9 | HI | 9 | EUR | 8 |
Finland | 51.32 | 10 | HI | 10 | EUR | 9 |
Korea, Rep. | 50.75 | 11 | HI | 11 | SEAO | 1 |
Malta | 49.86 | 12 | HI | 12 | EUR | 10 |
Denmark | 49.84 | 13 | HI | 13 | EUR | 11 |
Estonia | 49.31 | 14 | HI | 14 | EUR | 12 |
China | 48.02 | 15 | UM | 1 | SEAO | 2 |
Israel | 46.77 | 16 | HI | 15 | NAWA | 1 |
New Zealand | 45.82 | 17 | HI | 16 | SEAO | 3 |
Belgium | 45.71 | 18 | HI | 17 | EUR | 13 |
France | 45.51 | 19 | HI | 18 | EUR | 14 |
Singapore | 45.38 | 20 | HI | 19 | SEAO | 4 |
Czech Republic | 44.53 | 21 | HI | 20 | EUR | 15 |
Austria | 44.44 | 22 | HI | 21 | EUR | 16 |
Canada | 44 | 23 | HI | 22 | NAC | 2 |
Japan | 43.04 | 24 | HI | 23 | SEAO | 5 |
Hong Kong (China) | 42.22 | 25 | HI | 24 | SEAO | 6 |
Norway | 42.04 | 26 | HI | 25 | EUR | 17 |
Australia | 41.28 | 27 | HI | 26 | SEAO | 7 |
Spain | 41.11 | 28 | HI | 27 | EUR | 18 |
Cyprus | 40.8 | 29 | HI | 28 | NAWA | 2 |
Hungary | 40.47 | 30 | HI | 29 | EUR | 19 |
Italy | 40.28 | 31 | HI | 30 | EUR | 20 |
Portugal | 39.85 | 32 | HI | 31 | EUR | 21 |
Slovenia | 38.95 | 33 | HI | 32 | EUR | 22 |
Latvia | 38.92 | 34 | HI | 33 | EUR | 23 |
Bulgaria | 37.53 | 35 | UM | 2 | EUR | 24 |
Moldova, Rep. | 37.21 | 36 | LM | 1 | EUR | 25 |
Turkey | 35.52 | 37 | UM | 3 | NAWA | 3 |
Slovakia | 35.43 | 38 | HI | 34 | EUR | 26 |
Malaysia | 34.66 | 39 | UM | 4 | SEAO | 8 |
Ukraine | 32.53 | 40 | LM | 2 | EUR | 27 |
Lithuania | 32.34 | 41 | HI | 35 | EUR | 28 |
Viet Nam | 32.29 | 42 | LM | 3 | SEAO | 9 |
Armenia | 31.89 | 43 | LM | 4 | NAWA | 4 |
Costa Rica | 31.87 | 44 | UM | 5 | LCN | 1 |
Romania | 31.81 | 45 | UM | 6 | EUR | 29 |
Poland | 31.73 | 46 | HI | 36 | EUR | 30 |
Russian Federation | 30.31 | 47 | HI | 37 | EUR | 31 |
Croatia | 30.19 | 48 | HI | 38 | EUR | 32 |
Greece | 30.09 | 49 | HI | 39 | EUR | 33 |
Thailand | 30.04 | 50 | UM | 7 | SEAO | 10 |
Mongolia | 29.93 | 51 | UM | 8 | SEAO | 11 |
Montenegro | 28.59 | 52 | UM | 9 | EUR | 34 |
Chile | 28.57 | 53 | HI | 40 | LCN | 2 |
Saudi Arabia | 28.51 | 54 | HI | 41 | NAWA | 5 |
TFYR of Macedonia | 28.49 | 55 | UM | 10 | EUR | 35 |
Kuwait | 28.37 | 56 | HI | 42 | NAWA | 6 |
Lebanon | 27.62 | 57 | UM | 11 | NAWA | 7 |
Qatar | 26.88 | 58 | HI | 43 | NAWA | 8 |
India | 26.73 | 59 | LM | 5 | CSA | 1 |
Georgia | 26.71 | 60 | LM | 6 | NAWA | 9 |
Panama | 26.67 | 61 | UM | 12 | LCN | 3 |
Mexico | 26.6 | 62 | UM | 13 | LCN | 4 |
Serbia | 26.57 | 63 | UM | 14 | EUR | 36 |
Philippines | 26.43 | 64 | LM | 7 | SEAO | 12 |
Kenya | 26.28 | 65 | LM | 8 | SSF | 1 |
Uruguay | 26.22 | 66 | HI | 44 | LCN | 5 |
Bahrain | 26.17 | 67 | HI | 45 | NAWA | 10 |
Mauritius | 25.97 | 68 | UM | 15 | SSF | 2 |
Tajikistan | 25.74 | 69 | LM | 9 | CSA | 2 |
Morocco | 25.58 | 70 | LM | 10 | NAWA | 11 |
South Africa | 25.58 | 71 | UM | 16 | SSF | 3 |
Iran, Islamic Rep. | 25.33 | 72 | UM | 17 | CSA | 3 |
Mozambique | 25.13 | 73 | LI | 1 | SSF | 4 |
Colombia | 24.55 | 74 | UM | 18 | LCN | 6 |
United Arab Emirates | 24.18 | 75 | HI | 46 | NAWA | 12 |
Indonesia | 24.1 | 76 | LM | 11 | SEAO | 13 |
Jordan | 24.06 | 77 | UM | 19 | NAWA | 13 |
Sri Lanka | 23.77 | 78 | LM | 12 | CSA | 4 |
Brazil | 23.65 | 79 | UM | 20 | LCN | 7 |
Tanzania, United Rep. | 23.65 | 80 | LI | 2 | SSF | 5 |
Côte d'Ivoire | 23.31 | 81 | LM | 13 | SSF | 6 |
Dominican Republic | 23.31 | 82 | UM | 21 | LCN | 8 |
Malawi | 23.11 | 83 | LI | 3 | SSF | 7 |
Tunisia | 23 | 84 | UM | 22 | NAWA | 14 |
Ethiopia | 22.48 | 85 | LI | 4 | SSF | 8 |
Oman | 22.32 | 86 | HI | 47 | NAWA | 15 |
Peru | 21.84 | 87 | UM | 23 | LCN | 9 |
Paraguay | 21.64 | 88 | UM | 24 | LCN | 10 |
Argentina | 21.62 | 89 | HI | 48 | LCN | 11 |
Kazakhstan | 21.27 | 90 | UM | 25 | CSA | 5 |
Madagascar | 21.13 | 91 | LI | 5 | SSF | 9 |
Mali | 21.02 | 92 | LI | 6 | SSF | 10 |
Guatemala | 20.91 | 93 | LM | 14 | LCN | 12 |
Azerbaijan | 20.88 | 94 | UM | 26 | NAWA | 16 |
Cambodia | 20.82 | 95 | LI | 7 | SEAO | 14 |
Senegal | 20.81 | 96 | LM | 15 | SSF | 11 |
Ecuador | 20.3 | 97 | UM | 27 | LCN | 13 |
Egypt | 20.16 | 98 | LM | 16 | NAWA | 17 |
Jamaica | 19.98 | 99 | UM | 28 | LCN | 14 |
Ghana | 19.94 | 100 | LM | 17 | SSF | 12 |
Namibia | 19.83 | 101 | UM | 29 | SSF | 13 |
Bolivia, Plurinational St. | 18.83 | 102 | LM | 18 | LCN | 15 |
Belarus | 18.79 | 103 | UM | 30 | EUR | 37 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 18.7 | 104 | UM | 31 | EUR | 38 |
Uganda | 18.65 | 105 | LI | 8 | SSF | 14 |
Honduras | 18.56 | 106 | LM | 19 | LCN | 16 |
Nigeria | 18.5 | 107 | LM | 20 | SSF | 15 |
Pakistan | 17.75 | 108 | LM | 21 | CSA | 6 |
Kyrgyzstan | 17.63 | 109 | LM | 22 | CSA | 7 |
El Salvador | 17.19 | 110 | LM | 23 | LCN | 17 |
Botswana | 16.99 | 111 | UM | 32 | SSF | 16 |
Nepal | 16.94 | 112 | LI | 9 | CSA | 8 |
Cameroon | 16.76 | 113 | LM | 24 | SSF | 17 |
Rwanda | 16.53 | 114 | LI | 10 | SSF | 18 |
Albania | 16.24 | 115 | UM | 33 | EUR | 39 |
Algeria | 16.13 | 116 | UM | 34 | NAWA | 18 |
Bangladesh | 15.71 | 117 | LM | 25 | CSA | 9 |
Zambia | 15.58 | 118 | LM | 26 | SSF | 19 |
Venezuela, Bolivarian Rep. | 14.12 | 119 | HI | 49 | LCN | 18 |
Nicaragua | 13.35 | 120 | LM | 27 | LCN | 19 |
Benin | 13.33 | 121 | LI | 11 | SSF | 20 |
Bhutan | 12.3 | 122 | LM | 28 | CSA | 10 |
Burundi | 11.82 | 123 | LI | 12 | SSF | 21 |
Guinea | 11.3 | 124 | LI | 13 | SSF | 22 |
Niger | 10.8 | 125 | LI | 14 | SSF | 23 |
Togo | 9.73 | 126 | LI | 15 | SSF | 24 |
Burkina Faso | 9.31 | 127 | LI | 16 | SSF | 25 |
Yemen | 7.43 | 128 | LM | 29 | NAWA | 19 |
Source: INSEAD - WIPO, The Global Innovation Index.