Global Innovation Index 2012

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GLOBAL

I N NOVAT I ON

I N DEX 2012

THE WORLD'S TOP 5 INNOVATORS

INNOVATION CLIMBERS

Countries which improved their innovation ranking the most

due to changes in performance (as compared to last year).

TOP THREE PERFORMERS PER REGION

NORTH AND CENTL AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA EUROPE AFRICA ASIA AND OCEANIA

57.7

42.7

68.2 64.8 61.8

39.2

63.5

58.7 56.6

37.4 36.5

36.6 35.5

56.9

36.3

GLOBAL INNOVATION

INDEX 2012

Who is leading innovation?

Every year, the Global Innovation

Index ranks the innovation performance

of over 140 countries and economies

around the world. e ranking is based

on 84 indicators and has a maximum

score of 100.

MAURITIUS

SWAZILAND

BRUNEI DARUSSALAM

RWANDA

MONGOLIA

WHO IS INNOVATING MOST EFFICIENTLY?

Countries which transform innovation inputs most eciently

into innovation outputs (ratio between output and input scores).

CHINA

INDIA

REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA

MALTA

SWITZERLAND

• SWITZERLAND

• SWEDEN

• SINGAPORE

• FINLAND

• UNITED KINGDOM

+28

+18

MAURITIUS

+18

+15

+13

ZAMBIA

+13

1.13

1.10

1.08

1.03

1.01

NEW ZEALAND

HONG KONG (CHINA)

SINGAPORE

SOUTH AFRICA

TUNISIA

SWITZERLAND

FINLAND

SWEDEN

COSTA RICA

COLOMBIA

BZIL

CHILE

USA

CANADA

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