The Global Innovation Index 2012

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GMAT mean score
Weighted mean score at the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) by residency and by citizenship (weighted by
the total numbers of test takers) a | 2011
rank country/Economy value Score (0–100) percent rank
1 Argentina ........................603.57..........100.00.......... 1.00 l
2 New Zealand.....................600.87............98.96..........0.99 l
3 Singapore........................596.31 ............97.20..........0.99
4 Uruguay ..........................595.16 ............96.76.......... 0.98 l
5 China ............................595.01............96.70.......... 0.97 l
6 Australia .........................590.50............94.96..........0.96 l
7 United Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586.10 ............93.27..........0.96
8 Bulgaria ..........................585.55............93.05.......... 0.95 l
9 Hungary .........................583.80............92.38..........0.94 l
10 Korea, Rep. ....................... 583.10 ............92.11..........0.94
11 Latvia ............................581.36 ............91.44.......... 0.93 l
12 India .............................580.58............91.14.......... 0.92 l
13 Spain.............................578.77............90.45.......... 0.91 l
14 Czech Republic .................. 578.13 ............90.20.......... 0.91 l
15 Malta.............................578.00............90.15..........0.90
16 Romania ......................... 576.16 ............89.44..........0.89 l
17 Slovakia ..........................575.86............89.32..........0.88 l
18 Belgium.......................... 574.95 ............88.97..........0.88
19 Hong Kong (China)...............574.00 ............88.61..........0.87
20 Austria ...........................573.00........... 88.22..........0.86
21 Slovenia..........................567.00 ............85.91..........0.86
22 Mauritius.........................566.79............85.83..........0.85
23 Germany .........................565.49............85.33..........0.84
24 Brazil .............................563.85............84.70..........0.83 l
25 France ...........................562.50............84.18..........0.83
26 Russian Federation...............562.21........... 84.06..........0.82
27 Italy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .561.11 ............83.64.......... 0.81
28 Switzerland ......................560.99............83.59.......... 0.81
29 Estonia ...........................560.88............83.55..........0.80
30 Lithuania.........................560.00............83.21.......... 0.79
31 Luxembourg .....................559.30............82.94.......... 0.78
32 Belarus ...........................558.83............82.76.......... 0.78
33 Canada........................... 557.62............82.30..........0.77
34 Chile .............................556.61............81.91.......... 0.76
35 Ireland ...........................554.60............81.13.......... 0.76
36 Peru. .............................550.48............79.54.......... 0.75 l
37 Poland ...........................549.61 ............79.21...........0.74
38 Denmark.........................549.46............79.15.......... 0.73
39 Turkey............................ 547.45 ............78.38.......... 0.73 l
40 Japan ............................546.34............77.95.......... 0.72
41 Malaysia..........................545.93............77.79.......... 0.71
42 Iceland ...........................545.91............77.78.......... 0.71
43 Tunisia ...........................544.60............77.28.......... 0.70
44 Azerbaijan .......................543.54............76.87..........0.69 l
45 Ukraine ..........................543.52............76.87..........0.68
46 Moldova, Rep.....................542.94............76.64..........0.68
47 Netherlands...................... 542.13 ............76.33.......... 0.67
48 Portugal .........................536.61............74.20..........0.66
49 Madagascar......................533.00............72.81..........0.65 l
50 Kyrgyzstan .......................532.35............72.56..........0.65
51 Cyprus ...........................532.21............72.51..........0.64
52 Philippines ........................531.61 ............72.28..........0.63
53 United States of America.........529.36............71.41..........0.63
54 Greece ........................... 527.53 ............70.70..........0.62
55 Brunei Darussalam ...............526.00............70.11.......... 0.61
56 Georgia ..........................525.72............70.01..........0.60
57 Costa Rica........................524.00............69.34..........0.60
58 Viet Nam ......................... 521.32 ............68.31.......... 0.59
59 Paraguay......................... 519.00............67.42..........0.58
60 Iran, Islamic Rep. ................. 518.70 ............67.30..........0.58
61 Morocco ..........................517.27 ............66.75..........0.57
62 Serbia ............................ 515.82 ............66.19..........0.56
63 Algeria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .514.41 ............65.65.......... 0.55
64 Uzbekistan .......................513.86 ............65.44.......... 0.55
65 Indonesia .........................513.47 ............65.29..........0.54
66 Sweden ...........................513.01 ............65.11.......... 0.53
67 Norway .......................... 512.39 ............64.87.......... 0.53
68 Colombia ........................508.98............63.56.......... 0.52
69 Guatemala ....................... 507.98............63.17.......... 0.51
70 Finland............................507.78............63.09..........0.50
71 Pakistan..........................507.64 ............63.04..........0.50 l
72 Mexico ...........................505.09............62.06.......... 0.49
rank country/Economy value Score (0–100) percent rank
73 El Salvador .......................504.96............62.01..........0.48
74 Thailand .........................503.81............61.57.......... 0.47
75 United Arab Emirates ............ 502.10 ............60.91.......... 0.47
76 Venezuela, Bolivarian Rep. .......499.85........... 60.04..........0.46
77 Bangladesh ......................499.61............59.95.......... 0.45
78 Sri Lanka ..........................495.12 ............58.22.......... 0.45
79 Albania...........................492.57............57.24..........0.44
80 Zimbabwe .......................489.90............56.21.......... 0.43
81 Qatar.............................485.23............54.41.......... 0.42
82 Bosnia and Herzegovina .........484.90............54.28.......... 0.42
83 Lebanon .........................484.73............54.22...........0.41
84 Israel .............................484.51 ............54.13..........0.40
85 Croatia ...........................484.30............54.05..........0.40
86 Lesotho ..........................483.00............53.55..........0.39
87 Trinidad and Tobago .............481.04 ............52.80..........0.38
88 Kazakhstan....................... 476.76............51.14.......... 0.37
89 Bolivia, Plurinational St. .......... 475.92............50.82.......... 0.37
90 Honduras ........................473.61 ............49.93..........0.36
91 Macedonia, FYR ..................473.59............49.92.......... 0.35
92 South Africa......................472.02............49.32.......... 0.35
93 Mongolia ........................ 471.94 ............49.29..........0.34
94 Armenia.......................... 471.81 ............49.24.......... 0.33
95 Nepal ............................ 471.73 ............49.21.......... 0.32
96 Egypt ............................470.54............48.75.......... 0.32
97 Ecuador ..........................470.31 ........... 48.66.......... 0.31
98 Nicaragua........................ 467.52 ............47.58..........0.30
99 Senegal ...........................467.15 ............47.44..........0.29
100 Panama ..........................465.25............46.71..........0.29
101 Guyana ..........................465.23............46.70..........0.28
102 Benin ............................464.00........... 46.23..........0.27
103 Syrian Arab Rep................... 457.28 ............43.64..........0.27
104 Côte d’Ivoire ..................... 457.25............43.63..........0.26
105 Jamaica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454.91............42.73..........0.25
106 Botswana ........................452.55............41.82.......... 0.24
107 Fiji................................448.00............40.07.......... 0.24
108 Cameroon ....................... 445.12 ............38.95..........0.23
109 Ghana............................ 437.88 ............36.17..........0.22
110 Burkina Faso .....................435.87............35.39..........0.22
111 Jordan ...........................435.02............35.06.......... 0.21
112 Nigeria ...........................434.82............34.99..........0.20
113 Ethiopia .......................... 431.78 ............33.82...........0.19
114 Dominican Republic ............. 431.09 ............33.55...........0.19
115 Kenya .............................427.32 ............32.10...........0.18
116 Togo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424.00............30.82...........0.17
117 Sudan............................423.50............30.63...........0.17
118 Belize ............................420.27............29.38...........0.16
119 Malawi ...........................420.00............29.28...........0.15
120 Swaziland ........................ 416.87 ............28.07...........0.14
121 Namibia.......................... 416.24 ............27.83...........0.14
122 Bahrain........................... 415.80 ............27.66...........0.13
123 Burundi .......................... 410.57 ............25.64...........0.12
124 Zambia ..........................409.91............25.39...........0.12
125 Oman ............................406.59............24.11...........0.11
126 Mali . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405.00............23.50...........0.10
127 Cambodia........................404.09............23.15..........0.09
128 Lao PDR..........................404.00............23.11..........0.09
129 Angola ...........................403.93............23.09..........0.08
130 Mozambique.....................398.20............20.88.......... 0.07
131 Gambia .......................... 397.00 ............20.42..........0.06
132 Gabon ...........................395.00............19.65..........0.06
133 Tanzania, United Rep. ............392.60............18.72..........0.05
134 Kuwait ...........................391.44 ............18.28..........0.04
135 Tajikistan .........................383.90............15.37..........0.04
136 Rwanda ..........................382.65............14.89.......... 0.03
137 Uganda ...........................381.17 ............14.32.......... 0.02
138 Yemen ...........................367.00 .............8.86.......... 0.01
139 Saudi Arabia .....................349.46.............2.10.......... 0.01
140 Niger.............................344.00.............0.00..........0.00
n/a Montenegro ........................ n/a..............n/a...........n/a
SOURCE: Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC)
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