The Global Innovation Index 2012

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THE GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX 2012 I: Country/Economy Profiles
Mexico
Key indicators
population (millions) ................................................................................ 109.7
GDp per capita, ppp$ ........................................................................... 15,121.4
GDp (uS$ billions) .................................................................................. 1,185.2
Score (0–100)
or value (hard data) rank
Global Innovation Index 2012 (out of 141)......................... 32.9 79
Innovation Output Sub-Index ........................................................................................... 25.9 86
Innovation Input Sub-Index .............................................................................................. 39.8 70
Innovation Efficiency Index ................................................................................................. 0.6 101
Global Innovation Index 2011 (out of 125) .............................................................................. 81
GII 2012 rank among GII 2011 economies (125) ...................................................................... 76
1 Institutions ....................................................55.9 72
1.1 Political environment ............................................................45.2 102
1.1.1 Political stability*....................................................................................46.2 107
1.1.2 Government effectiveness* ............................................................45.4 56
1.1.3 Press freedom* ........................................................................................44.1 122
1.2 Regulatory environment .......................................................59.1 96
1.2.1 Regulatory quality* ..............................................................................58.8 62
1.2.2 Rule of law* ...............................................................................................32.9 98
1.2.3 Cost of redundancy dismissal, salary weeks ........................22.0 101
1.3 Business environment ...........................................................63.5 35 l
1.3.1 Ease of starting a business* ............................................................63.3 52
1.3.2 Ease of resolving insolvency* ........................................................84.8 22 l
1.3.3 Ease of paying taxes* ..........................................................................42.4 81
2 Human capital & research ..........................31.8 81
2.1 Education ..................................................................................47.8 82
2.1.1 Current expenditure on education, % GNI ..............................4.8 47
2.1.2 Public expenditure/pupil, % GDP/cap .....................................16.1 85
2.1.3 School life expectancy, years .........................................................13.6 55
2.1.4 PISA scales in reading, maths, & science .............................419.9 49
2.1.5 Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary ......................................................17.6 84
2.2 Tertiary education ..................................................................27.6 83
2.2.1 Tertiary enrolment, % gross ............................................................27.0 77
2.2.2 Graduates in science & engineering, % ..................................25.6 22 l
2.2.3 Tertiary inbound mobility, % .............................................................0.0 90
2.2.4 Gross tertiary outbound enrolment, % ......................................0.3 117
2.3 Research & development (R&D) ..........................................20.0 76
2.3.1 Researchers, headcounts/mn pop. .........................................352.9 77
2.3.2 Gross expenditure on R&D, % GDP ...............................................0.4 69
2.3.3 Quality of scientific research institutions† ............................49.2 51
3 Infrastructure................................................38.4 50
3.1 Information & communication technologies (ICT) ........47.3 44
3.1.1 ICT access* .................................................................................................39.4 76
3.1.2 ICT use* .......................................................................................................18.6 65
3.1.3 Government’s online service* .......................................................73.2 28 l
3.1.4 E-participation*.......................................................................................57.9 25 l
3.2 General infrastructure ...........................................................37.1 64
3.2.1 Electricity output, kWh/cap ..................................................... 2,471.1 66
3.2.2 Electricity consumption, kWh/cap ...................................... 2,077.4 68
3.2.3 Quality of trade & transport infrastructure* .........................48.8 43
3.2.4 Gross capital formation, % GDP ...................................................25.0 43
3.3 Ecological sustainability .......................................................30.9 66
3.3.1 GDP/unit of energy use, 2000 PPP$/kg oil eq .......................7.0 38 l
3.3.2 Environmental performance*........................................................49.1 81
3.3.3 ISO 14001 environmental certificates/bn PPP$ GDP ........0.5 78
4 Market sophistication .................................36.8 76
4.1 Credit .........................................................................................21.9 89
4.1.1 Ease of getting credit* .......................................................................57.7 43
4.1.2 Domestic credit to private sector, % GDP .............................24.6 105
4.1.3 Microfinance gross loans, % GDP ..................................................0.2 64
4.2 Investment ................................................................................26.7 65
4.2.1 Ease of protecting investors* .........................................................66.9 35
4.2.2 Market capitalization, % GDP.........................................................43.7 48
4.2.3 Total value of stocks traded, % GDP ..........................................10.4 49
4.2.4 Venture capital deals/tr PPP$ GDP ................................................1.8 64
4.3 Trade & competition ..............................................................61.8 76
4.3.1 Applied tariff rate, weighted mean, % ........................................6.1 91
4.3.2 Non-agricultural mkt access weighted tariff, % ....................0.1 23 l
4.3.3 Imports of goods & services, % GDP ........................................31.8 100
4.3.4 Exports of goods & services, % GDP .........................................30.3 86
4.3.5 Intensity of local competition† ....................................................60.3 80
5 Business sophistication ..............................36.1 87
5.1 Knowledge workers ................................................................51.1 53
5.1.1 Knowledge-intensive employment, % ....................................18.4 76
5.1.2 Firms offering formal training, % firms ....................................50.8 29 l
5.1.3 R&D performed by business, % ....................................................47.4 35
5.1.4 R&D financed by business, % ........................................................45.1 33
5.1.5 GMAT mean score ..............................................................................505.1 72
5.1.6 GMAT test takers/mn pop. 20–34 ...............................................68.6 65
5.2 Innovation linkages ...............................................................28.0 110
5.2.1 University/industry research collaboration† ........................50.7 42
5.2.2 State of cluster development† .....................................................48.1 42
5.2.3 R&D financed by abroad, % ...............................................................1.4 78
5.2.4 JV–strategic alliance deals/tr PPP$ GDP ....................................6.8 96
5.2.5 PCT patent filings with foreign inventor, % ..........................19.7 82
5.3 Knowledge absorption ..........................................................29.4 98
5.3.1 Royalty & license fees payments/th GDP ..................................0.5 89
5.3.2 High-tech imports less re-imports, % ......................................19.4 9 l
5.3.3 Computer & comm. service imports, % .....................................3.5 132
5.3.4 FDI net inflows, % GDP .........................................................................1.8 83
6 Knowledge & technology outputs ...........22.3 94
6.1 Knowledge creation ...............................................................16.4 91
6.1.1 Domestic resident patent ap/bn PPP$ GDP ...........................0.6 75
6.1.2 PCT resident patent ap/bn PPP$ GDP ........................................0.1 61
6.1.3 Domestic res utility model ap/bn PPP$ GDP .........................0.3 42
6.1.4 Scientific & technical articles/bn PPP$ GDP ............................2.8 72
6.2 Knowledge impact .................................................................26.1 98
6.2.1 Growth rate of PPP$ GDP/worker, % ...........................................3.2 48
6.2.2 New businesses/th pop. 15–64 .......................................................0.6 76
6.2.3 Computer software spending, % GDP ........................................0.1 51
6.2.4 ISO 9001 quality certificates/bn PPP$ GDP .............................2.9 82
6.3 Knowledge diffusion ..............................................................24.3 76
6.3.1 Royalty & license fees receipts/th GDP.......................................0.1 76
6.3.2 High-tech exports less re-exports, %........................................16.5 15 l
6.3.3 Computer & comm. service exports, % .....................................1.9 134
6.3.4 FDI net outflows, % GDP .....................................................................1.3 34 l
7 Creative outputs ..........................................29.5 79
7.1 Creative intangibles ...............................................................38.8 77
7.1.1 Domestic res trademark reg/bn PPP$ GDP ..........................28.6 53
7.1.2 Madrid resident trademark reg/bn PPP$ GDP ......................n/a n/a
7.1.3 ICT & business model creation† ..................................................57.3 49
7.1.4 ICT & organizational model creation† .....................................45.7 77
7.2 Creative goods & services .....................................................16.3 81
7.2.1 Recreation & culture consumption, % ........................................4.9 55
7.2.2 National feature films/mn pop. 15–69........................................0.9 68
7.2.3 Paid-for dailies, circulation/th pop. 15–69 .............................64.5 74
7.2.4 Creative goods exports, % ..................................................................1.3 60
7.2.5 Creative services exports, % ..............................................................1.0 70
7.3 Online creativity ......................................................................24.1 58
7.3.1 Generic top-level domains (TLDs)/th pop. 15–69 ...............3.5 70
7.3.2 Country-code TLDs/th pop. 15–69 ............................................29.2 57
7.3.3 Wikipedia monthly edits/mn pop. 15–69 ...........................911.9 66
7.3.4 Video uploads on YouTube/pop. 15–69 .................................59.1 59