The Complete Global Innovation Indexes
2017 GII (Global Innovation Index) Rankings
Country/Economy | Score (0-100) | Rank | Income | Rank | Region | Rank | Efficiency Ratio | Rank |
Switzerland | 67.69 | 1 | HI | 1 | EUR | 1 | 0.95 | 2 |
Sweden | 63.82 | 2 | HI | 2 | EUR | 2 | 0.83 | 12 |
Netherlands | 63.36 | 3 | HI | 3 | EUR | 3 | 0.93 | 4 |
United States of America | 61.4 | 4 | HI | 4 | NAC | 1 | 0.78 | 21 |
United Kingdom | 60.89 | 5 | HI | 5 | EUR | 4 | 0.78 | 20 |
Denmark | 58.7 | 6 | HI | 6 | EUR | 5 | 0.71 | 34 |
Singapore | 58.69 | 7 | HI | 7 | SEAO | 1 | 0.62 | 63 |
Finland | 58.49 | 8 | HI | 8 | EUR | 6 | 0.7 | 37 |
Germany | 58.39 | 9 | HI | 9 | EUR | 7 | 0.84 | 7 |
Ireland | 58.13 | 10 | HI | 10 | EUR | 8 | 0.85 | 6 |
Korea, Rep. | 57.7 | 11 | HI | 11 | SEAO | 2 | 0.82 | 14 |
Luxembourg | 56.4 | 12 | HI | 12 | EUR | 9 | 0.97 | 1 |
Iceland | 55.76 | 13 | HI | 13 | EUR | 10 | 0.86 | 5 |
Japan | 54.72 | 14 | HI | 14 | SEAO | 3 | 0.67 | 49 |
France | 54.18 | 15 | HI | 15 | EUR | 11 | 0.71 | 35 |
Hong Kong (China) | 53.88 | 16 | HI | 16 | SEAO | 4 | 0.61 | 73 |
Israel | 53.88 | 17 | HI | 17 | NAWA | 1 | 0.77 | 23 |
Canada | 53.65 | 18 | HI | 18 | NAC | 2 | 0.64 | 59 |
Norway | 53.14 | 19 | HI | 19 | EUR | 12 | 0.66 | 51 |
Austria | 53.1 | 20 | HI | 20 | EUR | 13 | 0.69 | 41 |
New Zealand | 52.87 | 21 | HI | 21 | SEAO | 5 | 0.65 | 56 |
China | 52.54 | 22 | UM | 1 | SEAO | 6 | 0.94 | 3 |
Australia | 51.83 | 23 | HI | 22 | SEAO | 7 | 0.6 | 76 |
Czech Republic | 50.98 | 24 | HI | 23 | EUR | 14 | 0.83 | 13 |
Estonia | 50.93 | 25 | HI | 24 | EUR | 15 | 0.79 | 19 |
Malta | 50.6 | 26 | HI | 25 | EUR | 16 | 0.84 | 8 |
Belgium | 49.85 | 27 | HI | 26 | EUR | 17 | 0.67 | 47 |
Spain | 48.81 | 28 | HI | 27 | EUR | 18 | 0.7 | 36 |
Italy | 46.96 | 29 | HI | 28 | EUR | 19 | 0.73 | 31 |
Cyprus | 46.84 | 30 | HI | 29 | NAWA | 2 | 0.74 | 28 |
Portugal | 46.05 | 31 | HI | 30 | EUR | 20 | 0.71 | 33 |
Slovenia | 45.8 | 32 | HI | 31 | EUR | 21 | 0.68 | 44 |
Latvia | 44.61 | 33 | HI | 32 | EUR | 22 | 0.74 | 26 |
Slovakia | 43.43 | 34 | HI | 33 | EUR | 23 | 0.75 | 25 |
United Arab Emirates | 43.24 | 35 | HI | 34 | NAWA | 3 | 0.49 | 104 |
Bulgaria | 42.84 | 36 | UM | 2 | EUR | 24 | 0.8 | 15 |
Malaysia | 42.72 | 37 | UM | 3 | SEAO | 8 | 0.68 | 46 |
Poland | 41.99 | 38 | HI | 35 | EUR | 25 | 0.67 | 48 |
Hungary | 41.74 | 39 | HI | 36 | EUR | 26 | 0.73 | 30 |
Lithuania | 41.17 | 40 | HI | 37 | EUR | 27 | 0.59 | 84 |
Croatia | 39.8 | 41 | HI | 38 | EUR | 28 | 0.66 | 52 |
Romania | 39.16 | 42 | UM | 4 | EUR | 29 | 0.69 | 39 |
Turkey | 38.9 | 43 | UM | 5 | NAWA | 4 | 0.84 | 9 |
Greece | 38.85 | 44 | HI | 39 | EUR | 30 | 0.56 | 87 |
Russian Federation | 38.76 | 45 | UM | 6 | EUR | 31 | 0.61 | 75 |
Chile | 38.7 | 46 | HI | 40 | LCN | 1 | 0.6 | 77 |
Viet Nam | 38.34 | 47 | LM | 1 | SEAO | 9 | 0.84 | 10 |
Montenegro | 38.07 | 48 | UM | 7 | EUR | 32 | 0.63 | 62 |
Qatar | 37.9 | 49 | HI | 41 | NAWA | 5 | 0.61 | 68 |
Ukraine | 37.62 | 50 | LM | 2 | EUR | 33 | 0.83 | 11 |
Thailand | 37.57 | 51 | UM | 8 | SEAO | 10 | 0.75 | 24 |
Mongolia | 37.13 | 52 | LM | 3 | SEAO | 11 | 0.74 | 27 |
Costa Rica | 37.09 | 53 | UM | 9 | LCN | 2 | 0.69 | 43 |
Moldova, Rep. | 36.84 | 54 | LM | 4 | EUR | 34 | 0.78 | 22 |
Saudi Arabia | 36.17 | 55 | HI | 42 | NAWA | 6 | 0.53 | 96 |
Kuwait | 36.1 | 56 | HI | 43 | NAWA | 7 | 0.79 | 18 |
South Africa | 35.8 | 57 | UM | 10 | SSF | 1 | 0.53 | 97 |
Mexico | 35.79 | 58 | UM | 11 | LCN | 3 | 0.61 | 74 |
Armenia | 35.65 | 59 | LM | 5 | NAWA | 8 | 0.8 | 17 |
India | 35.47 | 60 | LM | 6 | CSA | 1 | 0.66 | 53 |
TFYR of Macedonia | 35.43 | 61 | UM | 12 | EUR | 35 | 0.59 | 80 |
Serbia | 35.34 | 62 | UM | 13 | EUR | 36 | 0.61 | 67 |
Panama | 34.98 | 63 | UM | 14 | LCN | 4 | 0.69 | 38 |
Mauritius | 34.82 | 64 | UM | 15 | SSF | 2 | 0.48 | 109 |
Colombia | 34.78 | 65 | UM | 16 | LCN | 5 | 0.52 | 100 |
Bahrain | 34.67 | 66 | HI | 44 | NAWA | 9 | 0.56 | 88 |
Uruguay | 34.53 | 67 | HI | 45 | LCN | 6 | 0.59 | 82 |
Georgia | 34.39 | 68 | UM | 17 | NAWA | 10 | 0.63 | 60 |
Brazil | 33.1 | 69 | UM | 18 | LCN | 7 | 0.52 | 99 |
Peru | 32.9 | 70 | UM | 19 | LCN | 8 | 0.49 | 106 |
Brunei Darussalam | 32.89 | 71 | HI | 46 | SEAO | 12 | 0.34 | 124 |
Morocco | 32.72 | 72 | LM | 7 | NAWA | 11 | 0.61 | 71 |
Philippines | 32.48 | 73 | LM | 8 | SEAO | 13 | 0.65 | 55 |
Tunisia | 32.3 | 74 | LM | 9 | NAWA | 12 | 0.62 | 65 |
Iran, Islamic Rep. | 32.09 | 75 | UM | 20 | CSA | 2 | 0.8 | 16 |
Argentina | 32 | 76 | UM | 21 | LCN | 9 | 0.55 | 94 |
Oman | 31.83 | 77 | HI | 47 | NAWA | 13 | 0.46 | 115 |
Kazakhstan | 31.5 | 78 | UM | 22 | CSA | 3 | 0.46 | 116 |
Dominican Republic | 31.17 | 79 | UM | 23 | LCN | 10 | 0.65 | 54 |
Kenya | 30.95 | 80 | LM | 10 | SSF | 3 | 0.66 | 50 |
Lebanon | 30.64 | 81 | UM | 24 | NAWA | 14 | 0.61 | 69 |
Azerbaijan | 30.58 | 82 | UM | 25 | NAWA | 15 | 0.5 | 103 |
Jordan | 30.52 | 83 | UM | 26 | NAWA | 16 | 0.65 | 57 |
Jamaica | 30.36 | 84 | UM | 27 | LCN | 11 | 0.57 | 86 |
Paraguay | 30.3 | 85 | UM | 28 | LCN | 12 | 0.61 | 72 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 30.23 | 86 | UM | 29 | EUR | 37 | 0.47 | 112 |
Indonesia | 30.1 | 87 | LM | 11 | SEAO | 14 | 0.69 | 42 |
Belarus | 29.98 | 88 | UM | 30 | EUR | 38 | 0.39 | 120 |
Botswana | 29.97 | 89 | UM | 31 | SSF | 4 | 0.38 | 121 |
Sri Lanka | 29.85 | 90 | LM | 12 | CSA | 4 | 0.65 | 58 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 29.75 | 91 | HI | 48 | LCN | 13 | 0.56 | 90 |
Ecuador | 29.14 | 92 | UM | 32 | LCN | 14 | 0.62 | 66 |
Albania | 28.86 | 93 | UM | 33 | EUR | 39 | 0.37 | 122 |
Tajikistan | 28.16 | 94 | LM | 13 | CSA | 5 | 0.59 | 83 |
Kyrgyzstan | 28.01 | 95 | LM | 14 | CSA | 6 | 0.47 | 114 |
Tanzania, United Rep. | 27.97 | 96 | LI | 1 | SSF | 5 | 0.73 | 29 |
Namibia | 27.94 | 97 | UM | 34 | SSF | 6 | 0.48 | 108 |
Guatemala | 27.9 | 98 | LM | 15 | LCN | 15 | 0.56 | 91 |
Rwanda | 27.36 | 99 | LI | 2 | SSF | 7 | 0.33 | 125 |
Senegal | 27.11 | 100 | LI | 3 | SSF | 8 | 0.54 | 95 |
Cambodia | 27.05 | 101 | LM | 16 | SEAO | 15 | 0.63 | 61 |
Uganda | 26.97 | 102 | LI | 4 | SSF | 9 | 0.47 | 113 |
El Salvador | 26.68 | 103 | LM | 17 | LCN | 16 | 0.48 | 107 |
Honduras | 26.36 | 104 | LM | 18 | LCN | 17 | 0.52 | 101 |
Egypt | 26 | 105 | LM | 19 | NAWA | 17 | 0.59 | 81 |
Bolivia, Plurinational St. | 25.64 | 106 | LM | 20 | LCN | 18 | 0.57 | 85 |
Mozambique | 24.55 | 107 | LI | 5 | SSF | 10 | 0.61 | 70 |
Algeria | 24.34 | 108 | UM | 35 | NAWA | 18 | 0.47 | 111 |
Nepal | 24.2 | 109 | LI | 6 | CSA | 7 | 0.49 | 105 |
Ethiopia | 24.16 | 110 | LI | 7 | SSF | 11 | 0.72 | 32 |
Madagascar | 24.15 | 111 | LI | 8 | SSF | 12 | 0.68 | 45 |
Côte d'Ivoire | 23.96 | 112 | LM | 21 | SSF | 13 | 0.69 | 40 |
Pakistan | 23.8 | 113 | LM | 22 | CSA | 8 | 0.62 | 64 |
Bangladesh | 23.72 | 114 | LM | 23 | CSA | 9 | 0.55 | 93 |
Malawi | 23.45 | 115 | LI | 9 | SSF | 14 | 0.53 | 98 |
Benin | 23.04 | 116 | LI | 10 | SSF | 15 | 0.47 | 110 |
Cameroon | 22.58 | 117 | LM | 24 | SSF | 16 | 0.56 | 92 |
Mali | 22.48 | 118 | LI | 11 | SSF | 17 | 0.6 | 78 |
Nigeria | 21.92 | 119 | LM | 25 | SSF | 18 | 0.52 | 102 |
Burkina Faso | 21.86 | 120 | LI | 12 | SSF | 19 | 0.24 | 127 |
Zimbabwe | 21.8 | 121 | LI | 13 | SSF | 20 | 0.56 | 89 |
Burundi | 21.31 | 122 | LI | 14 | SSF | 21 | 0.41 | 117 |
Niger | 21.18 | 123 | LI | 15 | SSF | 22 | 0.36 | 123 |
Zambia | 20.83 | 124 | LM | 26 | SSF | 23 | 0.59 | 79 |
Togo | 18.41 | 125 | LI | 16 | SSF | 24 | 0.28 | 126 |
Guinea | 17.41 | 126 | LI | 17 | SSF | 25 | 0.4 | 118 |
Yemen | 15.64 | 127 | LM | 27 | NAWA | 19 | 0.4 | 119 |
2017 Innovation Output Sub-Index
Country/Economy | Score (0-100) | Rank | Income | Rank | Region | Rank |
Switzerland | 65.78 | 1 | HI | 1 | EUR | 1 |
Netherlands | 60.92 | 2 | HI | 2 | EUR | 2 |
Sweden | 57.92 | 3 | HI | 3 | EUR | 3 |
Luxembourg | 55.43 | 4 | HI | 4 | EUR | 4 |
United States of America | 53.93 | 5 | HI | 5 | NAC | 1 |
United Kingdom | 53.52 | 6 | HI | 6 | EUR | 5 |
Germany | 53.46 | 7 | HI | 7 | EUR | 6 |
Ireland | 53.41 | 8 | HI | 8 | EUR | 7 |
Korea, Rep. | 52.06 | 9 | HI | 9 | SEAO | 1 |
Iceland | 51.42 | 10 | HI | 10 | EUR | 8 |
China | 50.87 | 11 | UM | 1 | SEAO | 2 |
Denmark | 48.71 | 12 | HI | 11 | EUR | 9 |
Finland | 48.06 | 13 | HI | 12 | EUR | 10 |
Israel | 46.75 | 14 | HI | 13 | NAWA | 1 |
Malta | 46.29 | 15 | HI | 14 | EUR | 11 |
Czech Republic | 46.24 | 16 | HI | 15 | EUR | 12 |
Singapore | 45.14 | 17 | HI | 16 | SEAO | 3 |
France | 44.94 | 18 | HI | 17 | EUR | 13 |
Estonia | 44.87 | 19 | HI | 18 | EUR | 14 |
Japan | 43.99 | 20 | HI | 19 | SEAO | 4 |
Austria | 43.27 | 21 | HI | 20 | EUR | 15 |
Norway | 42.29 | 22 | HI | 21 | EUR | 16 |
Canada | 41.73 | 23 | HI | 22 | NAC | 2 |
New Zealand | 41.59 | 24 | HI | 23 | SEAO | 5 |
Hong Kong (China) | 40.81 | 25 | HI | 24 | SEAO | 6 |
Spain | 40.34 | 26 | HI | 25 | EUR | 17 |
Belgium | 40.17 | 27 | HI | 26 | EUR | 18 |
Cyprus | 39.75 | 28 | HI | 27 | NAWA | 2 |
Italy | 39.5 | 29 | HI | 28 | EUR | 19 |
Australia | 39.06 | 30 | HI | 29 | SEAO | 7 |
Portugal | 38.3 | 31 | HI | 30 | EUR | 20 |
Bulgaria | 38.08 | 32 | UM | 2 | EUR | 21 |
Latvia | 37.97 | 33 | HI | 31 | EUR | 22 |
Slovenia | 37.21 | 34 | HI | 32 | EUR | 23 |
Slovakia | 37.2 | 35 | HI | 33 | EUR | 24 |
Turkey | 35.48 | 36 | UM | 3 | NAWA | 3 |
Hungary | 35.13 | 37 | HI | 34 | EUR | 25 |
Viet Nam | 34.92 | 38 | LM | 1 | SEAO | 8 |
Malaysia | 34.49 | 39 | UM | 4 | SEAO | 9 |
Ukraine | 34.19 | 40 | LM | 2 | EUR | 26 |
Poland | 33.78 | 41 | HI | 35 | EUR | 27 |
Moldova, Rep. | 32.33 | 42 | LM | 3 | EUR | 28 |
Thailand | 32.22 | 43 | UM | 5 | SEAO | 10 |
Romania | 31.95 | 44 | UM | 6 | EUR | 29 |
Kuwait | 31.91 | 45 | HI | 36 | NAWA | 4 |
Croatia | 31.63 | 46 | HI | 37 | EUR | 30 |
Armenia | 31.6 | 47 | LM | 4 | NAWA | 5 |
Mongolia | 31.55 | 48 | LM | 5 | SEAO | 11 |
Lithuania | 30.42 | 49 | HI | 38 | EUR | 31 |
Costa Rica | 30.2 | 50 | UM | 7 | LCN | 1 |
Russian Federation | 29.31 | 51 | UM | 8 | EUR | 32 |
Montenegro | 29.3 | 52 | UM | 9 | EUR | 33 |
Chile | 29.09 | 53 | HI | 39 | LCN | 2 |
Qatar | 28.84 | 54 | HI | 40 | NAWA | 6 |
Panama | 28.67 | 55 | UM | 10 | LCN | 3 |
United Arab Emirates | 28.52 | 56 | HI | 41 | NAWA | 7 |
Iran, Islamic Rep. | 28.47 | 57 | UM | 11 | CSA | 1 |
India | 28.11 | 58 | LM | 6 | CSA | 2 |
Greece | 27.96 | 59 | HI | 42 | EUR | 34 |
Mexico | 27.07 | 60 | UM | 12 | LCN | 4 |
Serbia | 26.9 | 61 | UM | 13 | EUR | 35 |
Georgia | 26.61 | 62 | UM | 14 | NAWA | 8 |
TFYR of Macedonia | 26.32 | 63 | UM | 15 | EUR | 36 |
Uruguay | 25.6 | 64 | HI | 43 | LCN | 5 |
Philippines | 25.57 | 65 | LM | 7 | SEAO | 12 |
Saudi Arabia | 25 | 66 | HI | 44 | NAWA | 9 |
Bahrain | 24.92 | 67 | HI | 45 | NAWA | 10 |
Morocco | 24.85 | 68 | LM | 8 | NAWA | 11 |
South Africa | 24.74 | 69 | UM | 16 | SSF | 1 |
Kenya | 24.71 | 70 | LM | 9 | SSF | 2 |
Tunisia | 24.62 | 71 | LM | 10 | NAWA | 12 |
Dominican Republic | 24.54 | 72 | UM | 17 | LCN | 6 |
Indonesia | 24.52 | 73 | LM | 11 | SEAO | 13 |
Jordan | 23.96 | 74 | UM | 18 | NAWA | 13 |
Colombia | 23.82 | 75 | UM | 19 | LCN | 7 |
Tanzania, United Rep. | 23.63 | 76 | LI | 1 | SSF | 3 |
Sri Lanka | 23.42 | 77 | LM | 12 | CSA | 3 |
Lebanon | 23.28 | 78 | UM | 20 | NAWA | 14 |
Paraguay | 22.99 | 79 | UM | 21 | LCN | 8 |
Brazil | 22.72 | 80 | UM | 22 | LCN | 9 |
Argentina | 22.62 | 81 | UM | 23 | LCN | 10 |
Mauritius | 22.51 | 82 | UM | 24 | SSF | 4 |
Ecuador | 22.2 | 83 | UM | 25 | LCN | 11 |
Jamaica | 22.03 | 84 | UM | 26 | LCN | 12 |
Peru | 21.6 | 85 | UM | 27 | LCN | 13 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 21.27 | 86 | HI | 46 | LCN | 14 |
Cambodia | 20.91 | 87 | LM | 13 | SEAO | 14 |
Tajikistan | 20.81 | 88 | LM | 14 | CSA | 4 |
Azerbaijan | 20.46 | 89 | UM | 28 | NAWA | 15 |
Oman | 20.19 | 90 | HI | 47 | NAWA | 16 |
Ethiopia | 20.16 | 91 | LI | 2 | SSF | 5 |
Guatemala | 19.93 | 92 | LM | 15 | LCN | 15 |
Kazakhstan | 19.85 | 93 | UM | 29 | CSA | 5 |
Côte d'Ivoire | 19.53 | 94 | LM | 16 | SSF | 6 |
Madagascar | 19.53 | 95 | LI | 3 | SSF | 7 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 19.32 | 96 | UM | 30 | EUR | 37 |
Egypt | 19.31 | 97 | LM | 17 | NAWA | 17 |
Senegal | 18.98 | 98 | LI | 4 | SSF | 8 |
Bolivia, Plurinational St. | 18.66 | 99 | LM | 18 | LCN | 16 |
Mozambique | 18.64 | 100 | LI | 5 | SSF | 9 |
Pakistan | 18.16 | 101 | LM | 19 | CSA | 6 |
Namibia | 18.11 | 102 | UM | 31 | SSF | 10 |
Honduras | 17.96 | 103 | LM | 20 | LCN | 17 |
Kyrgyzstan | 17.86 | 104 | LM | 21 | CSA | 7 |
El Salvador | 17.31 | 105 | LM | 22 | LCN | 18 |
Uganda | 17.23 | 106 | LI | 6 | SSF | 11 |
Mali | 16.82 | 107 | LI | 7 | SSF | 12 |
Bangladesh | 16.8 | 108 | LM | 23 | CSA | 8 |
Belarus | 16.72 | 109 | UM | 32 | EUR | 38 |
Brunei Darussalam | 16.51 | 110 | HI | 48 | SEAO | 15 |
Botswana | 16.36 | 111 | UM | 33 | SSF | 13 |
Malawi | 16.15 | 112 | LI | 8 | SSF | 14 |
Cameroon | 16.12 | 113 | LM | 24 | SSF | 15 |
Nepal | 15.9 | 114 | LI | 9 | CSA | 9 |
Albania | 15.69 | 115 | UM | 34 | EUR | 39 |
Zimbabwe | 15.61 | 116 | LI | 10 | SSF | 16 |
Algeria | 15.56 | 117 | UM | 35 | NAWA | 18 |
Zambia | 15.52 | 118 | LM | 25 | SSF | 17 |
Nigeria | 14.9 | 119 | LM | 26 | SSF | 18 |
Benin | 14.78 | 120 | LI | 11 | SSF | 19 |
Rwanda | 13.66 | 121 | LI | 12 | SSF | 20 |
Burundi | 12.4 | 122 | LI | 13 | SSF | 21 |
Niger | 11.18 | 123 | LI | 14 | SSF | 22 |
Guinea | 9.97 | 124 | LI | 15 | SSF | 23 |
Yemen | 8.9 | 125 | LM | 27 | NAWA | 19 |
Burkina Faso | 8.45 | 126 | LI | 16 | SSF | 24 |
Togo | 8.02 | 127 | LI | 17 | SSF | 25 |
Source: INSEAD - WIPO, The Global Innovation Index.