The Global Innovation Index 2012

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THE GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX 2012 1: The GII Conceptual Framework
Table 2a: Institutions pillar
Institutions Political environment Regulatory environment Business environment
country/Economy Score (0–100) rank Score rank Score rank Score rank
Denmark 95.3 1 94.9 2 99.4 1 91.6 5
canada 95.0 2 91.7 9 95.5 11 97.8 2
New Zealand 93.9 3 93.4 8 98.6 2 89.7 7
Ireland 93.0 4 86.9 15 97.0 8 95.2 4
Norway 93.0 5 94.8 3 96.4 10 87.7 9
finland 92.8 6 99.5 1 97.5 6 81.5 14
Hong Kong (china) 92.6 7 85.2 17 97.2 7 95.4 3
Singapore 92.5 8 81.5 24 97.5 5 98.5 1
united Kingdom 90.4 9 83.0 21 97.7 3 90.6 6
Australia 90.0 10 88.1 12 93.5 14 88.4 8
Netherlands 88.7 11 91.2 10 97.6 4 77.4 20
Sweden 88.6 12 94.1 6 92.3 16 79.6 16
Switzerland 88.0 13 94.4 5 95.0 12 74.6 24
Iceland 87.9 14 90.1 11 89.8 19 83.9 10
cyprus 86.3 15 83.6 20 91.5 17 83.9 11
Belgium 86.2 16 87.3 14 92.4 15 78.8 18
united States of America 85.1 17 78.5 29 94.4 13 82.5 13
Malta 84.4 18 81.4 25 87.4 21 n/a n/a
Luxembourg 83.8 19 94.6 4 84.1 26 72.6 26
france 82.7 20 82.6 22 89.7 20 76.0 22
Austria 82.3 21 93.6 7 96.4 9 56.8 56
Estonia 79.9 22 84.3 18 86.8 23 68.5 32
Japan 79.0 23 86.0 16 89.8 18 61.1 40
Mauritius 78.8 24 73.6 38 83.2 28 79.6 17
Slovenia 78.0 25 80.1 27 83.0 29 70.9 29
Germany 76.7 26 87.3 13 82.2 33 60.4 42
Korea, rep. 73.8 27 74.9 36 68.0 66 78.6 19
Brunei Darussalam 73.5 28 71.6 41 87.2 22 61.6 39
chile 73.1 29 75.2 34 84.4 25 59.7 44
Latvia 72.8 30 73.1 39 84.8 24 60.6 41
Botswana 72.3 31 75.6 33 68.7 64 72.6 26
Hungary 72.3 32 76.1 32 81.4 34 59.4 46
Oman 71.9 33 64.8 50 82.5 32 68.3 33
portugal 70.6 34 79.9 28 61.4 84 70.7 30
Qatar 70.2 35 72.9 40 69.0 63 68.8 31
Italy 70.2 36 70.4 44 82.8 30 57.5 55
Lithuania 70.0 37 77.3 31 69.7 58 63.0 38
Slovakia 69.8 38 82.2 23 70.5 53 56.8 57
South Africa 69.7 39 66.6 46 76.7 41 65.9 34
united Arab Emirates 69.6 40 69.8 45 79.9 36 59.2 47
croatia 69.2 41 71.5 42 72.6 44 63.5 35
Macedonia, fyr 68.8 42 54.0 77 69.8 57 82.7 12
Spain 68.5 43 71.5 43 81.1 35 53.0 62
czech republic 68.2 44 84.3 19 75.5 43 44.8 82
poland 68.1 45 80.9 26 83.5 27 40.0 95
Bulgaria 67.2 46 63.1 56 78.2 38 60.4 43
Israel 67.2 47 58.4 64 69.1 62 74.1 25
Bahrain 66.7 48 40.8 115 82.7 31 76.4 21
Tunisia 66.3 49 55.4 72 71.5 47 72.1 28
Namibia 65.6 50 73.9 37 75.6 42 47.2 74
Georgia 65.2 51 55.0 74 77.1 40 63.5 37
Kazakhstan 64.5 52 50.3 83 68.0 65 75.0 23
Saudi Arabia 63.8 53 45.2 103 65.5 74 80.8 15
Jamaica 63.8 54 65.5 47 67.5 68 58.4 53
Malaysia 63.5 55 64.7 52 66.2 70 59.7 44
romania 62.1 56 64.2 55 79.1 37 43.1 87
Jordan 61.7 57 52.3 81 77.9 39 55.1 60
Armenia 61.5 58 59.3 63 70.5 52 54.6 61
Greece 60.7 59 64.7 51 71.7 46 45.8 79
Kuwait 60.2 60 64.5 53 59.7 93 56.3 58
uruguay 60.1 61 78.4 30 69.5 60 32.4 103
Montenegro 58.5 62 62.5 57 54.4 104 58.7 52
Mongolia 58.2 63 57.2 67 69.6 59 47.9 71
rwanda 57.6 64 46.9 90 66.8 69 59.2 47
Lesotho 57.0 65 62.4 58 62.0 82 46.7 77
Trinidad and Tobago 56.8 66 65.1 48 64.1 79 41.2 93
costa rica 56.6 67 75.0 35 70.8 49 23.9 122
panama 56.5 68 57.6 65 65.7 73 46.2 78
Belize 56.3 69 47.2 88 69.1 61 52.5 63
peru 56.2 70 46.2 98 70.3 55 52.0 65
Serbia 56.0 71 55.7 71 72.2 45 40.2 94