The Global Innovation Index 2012

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THE GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX 2012 1: The GII Conceptual Framework
Table 2b: Human capital and research pillar
Human capital and research Education Tertiary education Research and development (R&D)
country/Economy Score (0–100) rank Score rank Score rank Score rank
Iceland 68.3 1 73.3 6 54.8 13 76.7 4
Singapore 68.3 2 58.2 44 83.3 1 63.3 9
finland 68.2 3 69.8 10 55.5 12 79.3 3
Israel 66.5 4 61.8 29 43.2 43 94.3 1
Denmark 62.9 5 75.0 4 43.9 38 69.7 5
Sweden 62.8 6 69.2 11 50.2 18 68.9 7
Ireland 59.9 7 75.7 1 54.5 14 49.6 23
Korea, rep. 59.0 8 58.2 45 55.9 11 63.0 10
Austria 58.9 9 64.5 18 57.3 7 54.9 14
Switzerland 57.9 10 58.1 47 47.9 27 67.7 8
New Zealand 57.6 11 73.7 5 49.1 20 50.1 22
Luxembourg 56.5 12 53.5 62 70.6 3 45.3 28
Norway 56.1 13 63.8 21 47.0 28 57.6 13
Qatar 55.7 14 40.6 105 45.9 32 80.5 2
portugal 55.6 15 66.6 12 48.0 26 52.2 19
Germany 55.4 16 63.6 23 41.8 45 60.7 11
france 55.1 17 63.0 26 49.2 19 53.0 18
Bahrain 54.7 18 54.6 57 74.1 2 35.4 34
Japan 54.6 19 56.6 52 37.6 56 69.6 6
Belgium 54.5 20 71.7 7 41.2 48 50.7 21
united Kingdom 53.8 21 62.8 27 45.3 33 53.2 17
united States of America 53.4 22 61.3 31 38.8 54 60.1 12
united Arab Emirates 53.3 23 49.3 77 56.9 8 53.8 15
Australia 53.3 24 59.4 39 46.8 29 53.6 16
canada 53.2 25 64.7 17 43.4 40 51.4 20
Hong Kong (china) 51.5 26 53.5 63 66.9 4 34.3 36
Slovenia 51.5 27 66.4 14 41.2 47 46.9 25
Estonia 50.0 28 63.7 22 40.8 49 45.6 27
Montenegro 49.3 29 56.0 53 63.2 5 28.8 45
cyprus 49.3 30 64.5 19 59.0 6 24.3 61
czech republic 49.1 31 57.8 49 46.3 30 43.3 29
fiji 48.9 32 53.8 61 44.0 37 n/a n/a
Spain 48.7 33 60.7 34 44.6 35 40.7 30
Netherlands 48.4 34 63.6 24 33.7 66 48.0 24
uzbekistan 48.4 35 75.4 2 21.4 99 n/a n/a
Oman 48.1 36 49.3 75 49.0 21 45.9 26
Lithuania 46.3 37 60.3 37 43.3 42 35.3 35
Hungary 46.0 38 63.5 25 34.1 62 40.4 31
Greece 45.6 39 58.5 41 56.6 9 21.7 71
Saudi Arabia 44.8 40 65.5 15 49.0 22 19.8 77
Italy 44.7 41 61.9 28 40.2 52 32.0 40
Malaysia 44.5 42 49.6 74 56.0 10 28.0 48
russian federation 43.8 43 55.2 55 44.3 36 31.8 41
Serbia 43.1 44 60.7 35 43.4 41 25.4 56
Belarus 42.7 45 60.5 36 52.2 16 15.2 104
Slovakia 42.6 46 52.8 66 49.0 23 26.0 53
Malta 42.3 47 66.6 13 35.3 58 25.1 58
ukraine 42.2 48 56.6 51 44.8 34 25.1 57
Jordan 42.0 49 60.9 32 45.9 31 19.3 83
Latvia 42.0 50 65.3 16 32.7 70 27.9 49
croatia 41.9 51 57.8 48 37.7 55 30.0 42
Bosnia and Herzegovina 41.6 52 70.3 9 40.3 51 14.3 108
poland 40.5 53 61.4 30 31.5 73 28.7 46
Iran, Islamic rep. 40.3 54 45.5 90 48.8 24 26.6 52
Moldova, rep. 39.9 55 71.7 8 32.4 71 15.7 100
Bulgaria 39.9 56 54.3 58 43.6 39 21.8 70
Lebanon 39.4 57 40.8 104 53.9 15 23.6 62
Argentina 39.1 58 59.7 38 31.9 72 25.8 54
Namibia 38.1 59 52.8 65 22.1 96 39.3 32
Tunisia 38.0 60 59.0 40 21.8 97 33.3 38
Kuwait 37.6 61 55.4 54 42.5 44 15.0 105
Botswana 37.5 62 64.2 20 28.8 79 19.4 82
Trinidad and Tobago 37.1 63 48.3 81 48.5 25 14.6 107
Morocco 36.7 64 48.7 78 41.8 46 19.5 79
Macedonia, fyr 36.6 65 53.1 64 39.7 53 17.0 92
Brunei Darussalam 36.2 66 43.5 98 50.2 17 14.9 106
romania 36.1 67 51.6 70 37.0 57 19.6 78
Jamaica 34.5 68 54.7 56 25.6 88 23.2 64
venezuela, Bolivarian rep. 34.4 69 60.7 33 26.5 86 16.0 99
Mauritius 34.1 70 42.6 101 35.2 60 24.7 60
Zimbabwe 33.5 71 38.2 112 28.7 80 33.6 37