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Global Innovation Index, 2022

Figures for 2022, as World Intellectual Property Organization published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Global Innovation Index, 2022 covers 132 countries on 10 measures. Switzerland is highest, at 64.621; Guinea is lowest, at 11.575. The middle country reads 28.820.

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HighestSwitzerland

64.621

LowestGuinea

11.575

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

132countries
10measures per country
2022the year it describes
132distinct values14 decimals, as published
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1	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	64.621	67.532	89.1817	62.394	65.68	59.755	60.6504	61.711	67.122	56.299	High income	Europe
2	United StatesUSANorthern America	61.777	68.958	80.9428	59.877	58.68	80.775	64.5157	54.596	60.831	48.361	High income	Northern America
3	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	61.558	66.319	76.5509	62.615	67.01	55.608	69.8126	56.797	62.892	50.701	High income	Europe
4	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	59.728	63.631	74.4555	61.531	62.89	67.566	51.7097	55.825	55.722	55.928	High income	Europe
5	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	58.035	62.380	86.9185	57.382	60.15	50.672	56.7759	53.690	57.937	49.444	High income	Europe
6	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	57.784	60.654	70.4964	66.424	60.34	48.018	57.9867	54.915	54.726	55.104	High income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
7	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	57.252	70.588	95.9172	61.528	61.36	68.388	65.7422	43.916	49.312	38.519	High income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
8	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	57.228	60.932	76.4545	64.081	57.67	53.717	52.7412	53.523	54.766	52.281	High income	Europe
9	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	56.876	64.449	82.4722	60.583	65.86	51.732	61.5962	49.303	59.648	38.959	High income	Europe
10	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	55.932	62.787	82.7993	59.442	64.35	53.081	54.2663	49.077	51.904	46.250	High income	Europe
11	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	55.263	57.453	64.8380	53.059	57.51	56.003	55.8501	53.074	56.817	49.330	Upper middle income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
12	FranceFRAWestern Europe	54.957	60.888	77.0251	57.282	58.98	57.977	53.1777	49.025	45.517	52.533	High income	Europe
13	JapanJPNEastern Asia	53.574	61.386	75.8303	52.710	61.29	59.003	58.1021	45.762	52.612	38.911	High income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
14	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	51.761	65.325	82.5334	57.395	63.70	76.307	46.6854	38.197	23.153	53.241	High income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
15	CanadaCANNorthern America	50.761	62.498	80.4093	57.723	56.96	65.055	52.3433	39.025	39.329	38.721	High income	Northern America
16	IsraelISRWestern Asia	50.228	57.252	64.9780	48.085	52.19	60.243	60.7603	43.205	55.805	30.604	High income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
17	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	50.190	59.640	82.8394	58.789	62.70	41.047	52.8276	40.740	43.491	37.989	High income	Europe
18	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	50.185	60.702	82.1612	42.677	61.59	68.755	48.3311	39.668	41.181	38.155	High income	Europe
19	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	49.805	57.488	84.6280	44.835	53.38	42.947	61.6533	42.123	33.978	50.268	High income	Europe
20	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	49.452	55.853	80.4116	46.366	57.77	39.965	54.7502	43.051	39.708	46.395	High income	Europe
21	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	49.153	52.910	71.8288	38.579	57.20	42.918	54.0190	45.396	34.660	56.132	High income	Europe
22	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	48.839	60.761	87.1332	53.597	66.53	44.582	51.9577	36.918	39.245	34.591	High income	Europe
23	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	48.544	55.840	79.2286	48.891	60.14	35.825	55.1202	41.248	46.954	35.541	High income	Europe
24	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	47.165	57.144	83.3358	54.907	57.94	45.694	43.8410	37.186	35.958	38.414	High income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
25	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	47.138	59.284	77.1722	61.683	58.79	50.152	48.6284	34.991	32.155	37.826	High income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
26	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	46.877	55.254	71.4907	56.153	53.72	38.233	56.6785	38.499	44.354	32.645	High income	Europe
27	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	46.174	51.289	67.5214	39.280	57.17	43.541	48.9342	41.059	41.901	40.217	High income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
28	ItalyITASouthern Europe	46.065	48.880	58.9522	46.849	57.41	41.885	39.3065	43.249	45.210	41.288	High income	Europe
29	SpainESPSouthern Europe	44.623	51.804	66.7591	47.704	59.75	43.356	41.4476	37.442	38.100	36.783	High income	Europe
30	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	42.838	48.370	64.4690	43.294	58.25	29.592	46.2412	37.307	44.680	29.935	High income	Europe
31	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	42.131	59.417	83.4541	55.840	63.20	46.373	48.2156	24.845	23.258	26.432	High income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
32	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	42.109	48.542	62.4812	49.357	53.42	38.823	38.6266	35.677	33.253	38.102	High income	Europe
33	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	40.558	50.199	67.3950	47.740	57.64	32.059	46.1625	30.918	38.494	23.341	High income	Europe
34	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	39.830	46.858	62.0014	41.314	54.26	32.448	44.2661	32.802	39.699	25.905	High income	Europe
35	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	39.530	42.198	55.9163	30.544	54.71	33.449	36.3662	36.862	35.411	38.312	Upper middle income	Europe
36	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	38.724	47.996	68.8056	41.039	48.56	45.308	36.2644	29.452	31.460	27.444	Upper middle income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
37	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	38.139	41.801	46.8244	38.880	49.24	41.571	32.4926	34.478	27.430	41.526	Upper middle income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
38	PolandPOLEastern Europe	37.546	44.281	56.2607	42.517	51.91	33.494	37.2286	30.810	31.796	29.824	High income	Europe
39	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	37.348	48.146	72.0188	37.485	50.85	42.921	37.4563	26.551	27.337	25.765	High income	Europe
40	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	36.568	44.075	60.1178	38.326	40.72	50.346	30.8613	29.061	33.820	24.302	Lower middle income	Central and Southern Asia
41	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	36.534	44.745	68.6514	36.624	48.12	32.789	37.5445	28.324	29.405	27.242	High income	Europe
42	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	35.603	42.671	52.5894	36.862	56.19	35.068	32.6413	28.535	29.030	28.041	High income	Europe
43	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	34.860	42.158	52.5244	29.793	47.72	45.259	35.4866	27.562	29.955	25.168	Upper middle income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
44	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	34.543	42.966	55.1908	45.399	50.42	33.094	30.7279	26.120	28.265	23.974	High income	Europe
45	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	34.444	44.347	74.6499	30.710	42.70	52.103	21.5697	24.540	15.925	33.155	Upper middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
46	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	34.301	41.117	55.4593	33.109	52.46	31.219	33.3412	27.484	36.120	18.848	High income	Europe
47	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	34.266	42.567	48.7384	46.986	44.33	37.400	35.3784	25.965	26.624	25.307	Upper middle income	Europe
48	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	34.249	40.060	60.5947	27.239	42.51	38.361	31.5921	28.438	26.042	30.834	Lower middle income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
49	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	34.109	40.491	54.0810	29.019	54.78	33.225	31.3531	27.728	34.767	20.688	Upper middle income	Europe
50	ChileCHLSouth America	33.999	43.668	66.5119	33.946	50.28	37.744	29.8656	24.329	25.069	23.590	High income	Latin America and the Caribbean
51	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	33.358	46.458	60.6451	45.626	47.98	47.011	31.0256	20.257	20.996	19.517	High income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
52	QatarQATWestern Asia	32.922	45.773	74.1417	34.470	57.08	37.735	25.4408	20.071	19.701	20.440	High income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
53	IranIRNSouthern Asia	32.887	36.540	31.0928	34.972	41.14	56.843	18.6527	29.233	26.707	31.759	Lower middle income	Central and Southern Asia
54	BrazilBRASouth America	32.537	40.393	46.6949	36.174	43.93	37.222	37.9386	24.681	24.847	24.515	Upper middle income	Latin America and the Caribbean
55	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	32.276	40.887	60.3495	35.451	53.61	27.479	27.5423	23.664	30.277	17.051	Upper middle income	Europe
56	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	31.110	35.294	47.2804	31.844	38.26	34.306	24.7772	26.926	26.814	27.037	Upper middle income	Europe
57	UkraineUKREastern Europe	31.019	35.685	47.3944	36.588	38.67	23.429	32.3414	26.353	32.894	19.812	Lower middle income	Europe
58	MexicoMEXCentral America	31.002	37.498	48.2045	33.615	44.16	36.287	25.2244	24.505	24.302	24.709	Upper middle income	Latin America and the Caribbean
59	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	30.683	35.679	48.6554	24.971	38.68	29.216	36.8703	25.687	30.836	20.538	Lower middle income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
60	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	30.340	41.565	58.3104	32.183	51.09	36.707	29.5329	19.115	19.389	18.841	Upper middle income	Europe
61	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	29.820	37.527	51.9250	26.940	40.74	40.399	27.6289	22.114	24.700	19.529	Upper middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
62	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	29.244	38.245	51.0147	34.909	53.96	30.674	20.6656	20.242	20.121	20.364	High income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
63	ColombiaCOLSouth America	29.219	39.230	54.5896	27.449	46.03	32.456	35.6250	19.208	20.505	17.912	Upper middle income	Latin America and the Caribbean
64	UruguayURYSouth America	29.212	40.474	69.4397	29.120	46.00	29.223	28.5907	17.950	22.445	13.456	High income	Latin America and the Caribbean
65	PeruPERSouth America	29.065	41.509	58.0091	36.777	40.46	40.211	32.0822	16.621	13.719	19.523	Upper middle income	Latin America and the Caribbean
66	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	28.839	39.938	50.3458	28.440	49.21	42.599	29.1003	17.740	24.547	10.933	Upper middle income	Europe
67	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	28.800	33.195	51.1137	26.029	36.34	30.559	21.9377	24.404	21.975	26.834	Lower middle income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
68	Costa RicaCRICentral America	28.669	38.190	64.2734	28.274	43.44	25.927	29.0316	19.147	23.139	15.155	Upper middle income	Latin America and the Caribbean
69	ArgentinaARGSouth America	28.623	35.634	47.5621	30.481	44.04	24.909	31.1813	21.612	19.033	24.191	Upper middle income	Latin America and the Caribbean
70	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	28.517	38.673	48.0750	30.688	47.55	45.534	21.5194	18.362	22.295	14.428	Upper middle income	Europe
71	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	27.999	34.690	54.0641	31.201	35.57	23.874	28.7365	21.308	14.728	27.888	Lower middle income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
72	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	27.954	41.645	71.9498	28.138	55.77	30.392	21.9785	14.263	19.371	9.156	High income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
73	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	27.888	32.954	48.3852	37.431	37.23	23.869	17.8551	22.821	25.297	20.346	Lower middle income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
74	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	27.885	39.558	70.7401	30.020	38.64	30.823	27.5690	16.212	19.056	13.368	Upper middle income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
75	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	27.851	36.930	55.1287	22.391	43.36	41.696	22.0758	18.771	18.950	18.593	Lower middle income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
76	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	27.735	32.991	59.4905	25.977	32.63	19.914	26.9478	22.479	14.061	30.897	Upper middle income	Latin America and the Caribbean
77	BelarusBLREastern Europe	27.526	33.698	32.1605	42.552	43.38	24.607	25.7858	21.354	31.439	11.268	Upper middle income	Europe
78	JordanJORWestern Asia	27.356	37.170	63.4916	28.317	31.88	36.911	25.2455	17.542	19.037	16.047	Upper middle income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
79	OmanOMNWestern Asia	26.788	39.517	59.0474	38.903	46.91	31.165	21.5554	14.058	12.725	15.392	High income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
80	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	26.592	34.305	59.7291	21.967	39.86	26.520	23.4530	18.878	19.551	18.204	Upper middle income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
81	PanamaPANCentral America	25.689	34.063	55.1850	20.788	48.60	25.744	19.9985	17.315	14.551	20.079	Upper middle income	Latin America and the Caribbean
82	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	25.306	37.809	57.3362	30.832	41.67	33.921	25.2844	12.804	17.932	7.676	Lower middle income	Central and Southern Asia
83	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	24.710	38.386	60.5263	32.656	46.22	25.629	26.9025	11.033	17.811	4.255	Upper middle income	Central and Southern Asia
84	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	24.441	35.260	51.4330	22.673	46.32	25.432	30.4400	13.623	12.616	14.629	Upper middle income	Europe
85	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	24.234	28.549	40.7803	13.411	41.75	20.978	25.8258	19.919	20.964	18.874	Lower middle income	Central and Southern Asia
86	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	23.877	36.520	65.0030	35.563	36.46	19.625	25.9549	11.233	14.457	8.009	Upper middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
87	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	22.995	26.483	41.2179	16.010	27.58	23.609	24.0008	19.507	19.695	19.319	Lower middle income	Central and Southern Asia
88	KenyaKENEastern Africa	22.748	28.102	51.8227	14.003	30.33	19.685	24.6735	17.393	19.156	15.630	Lower middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
89	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	22.704	29.242	43.8492	20.248	35.49	26.185	20.4387	16.165	18.225	14.105	Lower middle income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
90	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	22.702	32.691	51.9479	17.504	43.27	27.209	23.5243	12.713	12.992	12.435	Upper middle income	Latin America and the Caribbean
91	ParaguayPRYSouth America	22.652	30.773	42.6875	19.230	41.10	27.722	23.1203	14.531	11.009	18.054	Upper middle income	Latin America and the Caribbean
92	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	22.151	41.203	74.5274	35.178	45.47	23.459	27.3800	3.099	4.176	2.021	High income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
93	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	21.452	35.261	62.9246	23.772	36.30	28.371	24.9425	7.643	8.559	6.728	Upper middle income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
94	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	21.076	33.735	43.2337	31.491	37.07	37.182	19.7023	8.416	13.039	3.794	Lower middle income	Central and Southern Asia
95	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	20.782	27.794	46.8653	18.466	34.33	16.228	23.0792	13.770	11.277	16.263	Lower middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
96	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	20.556	33.814	61.7380	29.217	30.34	28.163	19.6104	7.298	9.500	5.096	Upper middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
97	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	20.491	31.416	50.3678	19.995	30.89	38.235	17.5937	9.566	11.865	7.268	Lower middle income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
98	EcuadorECUSouth America	20.293	29.726	39.4377	20.233	42.40	23.312	23.2428	10.859	11.321	10.397	Upper middle income	Latin America and the Caribbean
99	SenegalSENWestern Africa	19.905	30.918	58.1097	18.248	30.43	31.239	16.5659	8.892	12.449	5.335	Lower middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
100	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	19.884	28.647	45.2543	17.629	33.61	23.642	23.1040	11.122	10.269	11.974	Lower middle income	Latin America and the Caribbean
101	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	19.790	30.122	56.1939	23.144	36.53	14.234	20.5109	9.457	14.462	4.452	High income	Latin America and the Caribbean
102	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	19.674	26.481	44.1476	10.842	35.48	25.421	16.5216	12.867	12.710	13.025	Lower middle income	Central and Southern Asia
103	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	19.427	28.737	54.1652	10.882	30.68	28.912	19.0389	10.118	9.357	10.878	Lower middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
104	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	18.768	27.845	48.6438	25.164	24.80	25.064	15.5520	9.690	14.916	4.465	Lower middle income	Central and Southern Asia
105	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	18.731	31.617	68.8492	17.645	34.61	17.948	19.0388	5.845	9.772	1.919	Low income	Sub-Saharan Africa
106	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	18.617	22.948	40.7688	18.024	18.18	20.612	17.1571	14.286	9.312	19.261	Low income	Sub-Saharan Africa
107	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	18.096	23.904	33.2666	21.643	23.63	18.506	22.4774	12.287	12.252	12.323	Lower middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
108	NicaraguaNICCentral America	18.092	28.784	37.9088	16.929	28.22	37.191	23.6712	7.400	7.273	7.528	Lower middle income	Latin America and the Caribbean
109	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	17.834	27.141	54.5843	11.779	32.80	14.786	21.7588	8.526	11.042	6.011	Lower middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
110	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	17.799	24.500	39.1550	12.915	25.95	21.669	22.8142	11.099	13.706	8.492	Upper middle income	Latin America and the Caribbean
111	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	17.645	27.654	41.3305	11.523	28.89	34.245	22.2849	7.635	7.589	7.682	Lower middle income	Central and Southern Asia
112	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	17.445	28.798	46.6945	16.355	26.11	34.798	20.0366	6.093	7.213	4.972	Lower middle income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
113	HondurasHNDCentral America	17.272	27.491	37.6949	20.564	31.36	22.955	24.8819	7.053	10.083	4.022	Lower middle income	Latin America and the Caribbean
114	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	16.881	25.312	43.4891	17.349	27.99	11.415	26.3151	8.450	6.791	10.110	Lower middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
115	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	16.696	26.673	47.2134	26.131	31.14	12.078	16.8040	6.720	7.699	5.740	Lower middle income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
116	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	16.351	23.424	38.0501	18.412	21.45	25.122	14.0909	9.278	11.975	6.580	Lower middle income	South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania
117	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	16.308	22.577	43.9671	8.837	23.91	19.415	16.7626	10.039	15.253	4.826	Low income	Sub-Saharan Africa
118	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	15.800	24.462	37.5161	14.799	26.70	22.012	21.2868	7.139	8.574	5.703	Lower middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
119	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	15.663	24.712	57.4968	10.388	28.70	10.968	16.0106	6.615	10.993	2.236	Low income	Sub-Saharan Africa
120	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	15.294	25.162	46.2875	18.055	27.28	17.512	16.6821	5.426	9.552	1.299	Low income	Sub-Saharan Africa
121	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	15.108	22.999	46.4634	15.178	27.60	4.427	21.3217	7.218	12.361	2.075	Lower middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
122	TogoTGOWestern Africa	15.055	24.742	44.9719	14.916	26.50	22.884	14.4400	5.369	5.353	5.385	Low income	Sub-Saharan Africa
123	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	15.025	23.362	32.3339	15.838	35.67	16.184	16.7862	6.688	7.302	6.073	Low income	Sub-Saharan Africa
124	BeninBENWestern Africa	14.638	27.593	57.2450	15.565	28.68	17.606	18.8681	1.683	3.044	0.321	Lower middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
125	NigerNERWestern Africa	14.626	23.988	52.0470	9.529	20.82	17.827	19.7188	5.265	10.197	0.333	Low income	Sub-Saharan Africa
126	MaliMLIWestern Africa	14.235	21.904	43.1394	10.651	23.75	12.753	19.2222	6.567	10.798	2.336	Low income	Sub-Saharan Africa
127	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	13.921	21.086	41.9429	10.907	24.40	14.946	13.2366	6.755	2.425	11.085	Lower middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
128	YemenYEMWestern Asia	13.762	19.197	17.4694	11.280	25.32	26.184	15.7261	8.328	6.242	10.414	Low income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
129	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	12.389	23.671	51.6500	16.132	22.65	8.767	19.1529	1.107	1.621	0.593	Lower middle income	Sub-Saharan Africa
130	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	12.334	22.183	45.2782	20.733	20.66	7.384	16.8569	2.486	3.809	1.162	Low income	Sub-Saharan Africa
131	IraqIRQWestern Asia	11.910	20.577	36.7196	21.244	23.89	10.821	10.2049	3.243	5.514	0.972	Upper middle income	Northern Africa and Western Asia
132	GuineaGINWestern Africa	11.575	19.986	47.7871	5.997	19.86	6.907	19.3804	3.164	2.127	4.202	Low income	Sub-Saharan Africa

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

#1Switzerland64.621
#2United States61.777
#3Sweden61.558
#4United Kingdom59.728
#5Netherlands58.035

Lowest

#132Guinea11.575
#131Iraq11.910
#130Burundi12.334
#129Mauritania12.389
#128Yemen13.762

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 28.820. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Innovation Inputs
HighestSingapore70.588
LowestYemen19.197
Middle country: 38.217
Institutions
HighestSingapore95.9172
LowestYemen17.4694
Middle country: 56.0551
Human Capital and Research
HighestSouth Korea66.424
LowestGuinea5.997
Middle country: 30.699
Infrastructure
HighestSweden67.01
LowestMadagascar18.18
Middle country: 43.41
Market Sophistication
HighestUnited States80.775
LowestCameroon4.427
Middle country: 32.452
Business Sophistication
HighestSweden69.8126
LowestIraq10.2049
Middle country: 27.1639
Innovation Outputs
HighestSwitzerland61.711
LowestMauritania1.107
Middle country: 20.157
Knowledge and Technology Outputs
HighestSwitzerland67.122
LowestMauritania1.621
Middle country: 20.734
Creative Outputs
HighestSwitzerland56.299
LowestBenin0.321
Middle country: 19.418

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