The Global Innovation Index 2012

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THE GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX 2012 I: Country/Economy Profiles
Dominican Republic
Key indicators
population (millions) .................................................................................. 10.1
GDp per capita, ppp$ ............................................................................. 9,289.2
GDp (uS$ billions) ....................................................................................... 54.4
Score (0–100)
or value (hard data) rank
Global Innovation Index 2012 (out of 141)......................... 30.9 86
Innovation Output Sub-Index ........................................................................................... 27.3 77
Innovation Input Sub-Index .............................................................................................. 34.6 93
Innovation Efficiency Index ................................................................................................. 0.8 46 l
Global Innovation Index 2011 (out of 125) .............................................................................. n/a
GII 2012 rank among GII 2011 economies (125) ...................................................................... n/a
1 Institutions ....................................................43.6 104
1.1 Political environment ............................................................53.7 78
1.1.1 Political stability*....................................................................................65.9 67
1.1.2 Government effectiveness* ............................................................24.5 106
1.1.3 Press freedom* ........................................................................................70.8 74
1.2 Regulatory environment .......................................................50.2 117
1.2.1 Regulatory quality* ..............................................................................46.6 85
1.2.2 Rule of law* ...............................................................................................26.3 112
1.2.3 Cost of redundancy dismissal, salary weeks ........................26.2 113
1.3 Business environment ...........................................................26.8 115
1.3.1 Ease of starting a business* ............................................................19.4 113
1.3.2 Ease of resolving insolvency* ...........................................................5.7 132
1.3.3 Ease of paying taxes* ..........................................................................55.3 63
2 Human capital & research ..........................23.7 114
2.1 Education ..................................................................................25.8 130
2.1.1 Current expenditure on education, % GNI ..............................1.9 126
2.1.2 Public expenditure/pupil, % GDP/cap ........................................6.5 115
2.1.3 School life expectancy, years .........................................................12.3 81
2.1.4 PISA scales in reading, maths, & science ..................................n/a n/a
2.1.5 Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary ......................................................28.2 116
2.2 Tertiary education ..................................................................17.6 112
2.2.1 Tertiary enrolment, % gross ............................................................34.0 69
2.2.2 Graduates in science & engineering, % ....................................n/a n/a
2.2.3 Tertiary inbound mobility, % ............................................................n/a n/a
2.2.4 Gross tertiary outbound enrolment, % ......................................0.3 113
2.3 Research & development (R&D) ..........................................27.5 50 l
2.3.1 Researchers, headcounts/mn pop. ..............................................n/a n/a
2.3.2 Gross expenditure on R&D, % GDP ..............................................n/a n/a
2.3.3 Quality of scientific research institutions† ............................27.5 118
3 Infrastructure................................................35.6 61
3.1 Information & communication technologies (ICT) ........37.0 60
3.1.1 ICT access* .................................................................................................31.2 99
3.1.2 ICT use* .......................................................................................................15.9 71
3.1.3 Government’s online service* .......................................................53.6 55
3.1.4 E-participation*.......................................................................................47.4 34 l
3.2 General infrastructure ...........................................................24.7 125
3.2.1 Electricity output, kWh/cap ..................................................... 1,544.2 83
3.2.2 Electricity consumption, kWh/cap ...................................... 1,318.7 85
3.2.3 Quality of trade & transport infrastructure* .........................33.5 90
3.2.4 Gross capital formation, % GDP ...................................................16.5 122
3.3 Ecological sustainability .......................................................45.1 26 l
3.3.1 GDP/unit of energy use, 2000 PPP$/kg oil eq ....................13.0 3 l
3.3.2 Environmental performance*........................................................52.4 69
3.3.3 ISO 14001 environmental certificates/bn PPP$ GDP ........0.4 88
4 Market sophistication .................................36.6 79
4.1 Credit .........................................................................................19.3 92
4.1.1 Ease of getting credit* .......................................................................38.7 72
4.1.2 Domestic credit to private sector, % GDP .............................22.7 112
4.1.3 Microfinance gross loans, % GDP ..................................................1.1 34 l
4.2 Investment ................................................................................29.1 57
4.2.1 Ease of protecting investors* .........................................................58.2 48
4.2.2 Market capitalization, % GDP...........................................................n/a n/a
4.2.3 Total value of stocks traded, % GDP ............................................n/a n/a
4.2.4 Venture capital deals/tr PPP$ GDP ................................................0.0 65
4.3 Trade & competition ..............................................................61.3 80
4.3.1 Applied tariff rate, weighted mean, % ........................................6.1 92
4.3.2 Non-agricultural mkt access weighted tariff, % ....................0.4 53 l
4.3.3 Imports of goods & services, % GDP ........................................34.0 94
4.3.4 Exports of goods & services, % GDP .........................................22.3 117
4.3.5 Intensity of local competition† ....................................................66.8 58
5 Business sophistication ..............................33.6 101
5.1 Knowledge workers ................................................................43.4 73
5.1.1 Knowledge-intensive employment, % ....................................15.8 84
5.1.2 Firms offering formal training, % firms ....................................53.3 21 l
5.1.3 R&D performed by business, % ......................................................n/a n/a
5.1.4 R&D financed by business, % ..........................................................n/a n/a
5.1.5 GMAT mean score ..............................................................................431.1 114
5.1.6 GMAT test takers/mn pop. 20–34 ...............................................42.5 89
5.2 Innovation linkages ...............................................................33.8 75
5.2.1 University/industry research collaboration† ........................38.0 87
5.2.2 State of cluster development† .....................................................44.5 55 l
5.2.3 R&D financed by abroad, % ..............................................................n/a n/a
5.2.4 JV–strategic alliance deals/tr PPP$ GDP ....................................6.4 100
5.2.5 PCT patent filings with foreign inventor, % ............................n/a n/a
5.3 Knowledge absorption ..........................................................23.6 131
5.3.1 Royalty & license fees payments/th GDP ..................................1.2 67
5.3.2 High-tech imports less re-imports, % .........................................6.2 89
5.3.3 Computer & comm. service imports, % ..................................13.0 117
5.3.4 FDI net inflows, % GDP .........................................................................3.1 56 l
6 Knowledge & technology outputs ...........17.2 125
6.1 Knowledge creation ...............................................................14.8 98
6.1.1 Domestic resident patent ap/bn PPP$ GDP ...........................0.4 88
6.1.2 PCT resident patent ap/bn PPP$ GDP ........................................0.1 81
6.1.3 Domestic res utility model ap/bn PPP$ GDP ........................n/a n/a
6.1.4 Scientific & technical articles/bn PPP$ GDP ............................0.1 139
6.2 Knowledge impact .................................................................31.1 77
6.2.1 Growth rate of PPP$ GDP/worker, % ...........................................3.4 43 l
6.2.2 New businesses/th pop. 15–64 .......................................................2.1 44
6.2.3 Computer software spending, % GDP .......................................n/a n/a
6.2.4 ISO 9001 quality certificates/bn PPP$ GDP .............................1.4 104
6.3 Knowledge diffusion ................................................................ 5.7 133
6.3.1 Royalty & license fees receipts/th GDP......................................n/a n/a
6.3.2 High-tech exports less re-exports, %...........................................2.1 61
6.3.3 Computer & comm. service exports, % .....................................6.5 127
6.3.4 FDI net outflows, % GDP ....................................................................n/a n/a
7 Creative outputs ..........................................37.3 40 l
7.1 Creative intangibles ...............................................................52.2 20 l
7.1.1 Domestic res trademark reg/bn PPP$ GDP ............................n/a n/a
7.1.2 Madrid resident trademark reg/bn PPP$ GDP ......................n/a n/a
7.1.3 ICT & business model creation† ..................................................56.7 51 l
7.1.4 ICT & organizational model creation† .....................................47.7 70
7.2 Creative goods & services .....................................................25.5 57 l
7.2.1 Recreation & culture consumption, % ........................................2.2 80
7.2.2 National feature films/mn pop. 15–69........................................1.0 67
7.2.3 Paid-for dailies, circulation/th pop. 15–69 .............................38.8 91
7.2.4 Creative goods exports, % ..................................................................4.0 18 l
7.2.5 Creative services exports, % .............................................................n/a n/a
7.3 Online creativity ......................................................................19.5 76
7.3.1 Generic top-level domains (TLDs)/th pop. 15–69 ...............2.3 78
7.3.2 Country-code TLDs/th pop. 15–69 ............................................18.6 79
7.3.3 Wikipedia monthly edits/mn pop. 15–69 ...........................779.0 73
7.3.4 Video uploads on YouTube/pop. 15–69 .................................53.0 72