The Global Innovation Index 2012

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THE GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX 2012 1: The GII Conceptual Framework
Table 2e: Business sophistication pillar
Business sophistication Knowledge workers Innovation linkages Knowledge absorption
country/Economy Score (0–100) rank Score rank Score rank Score rank
Singapore 76.9 1 91.8 1 54.4 13 84.5 1
Ireland 69.8 2 77.0 13 49.4 25 82.8 2
Hong Kong (china) 66.9 3 71.4 21 54.2 14 75.0 4
Malta 65.2 4 69.6 26 44.3 39 81.5 3
Luxembourg 64.6 5 83.8 3 53.3 16 56.8 9
Switzerland 63.5 6 85.8 2 54.5 12 50.3 17
finland 60.7 7 78.3 9 51.0 22 52.9 14
Qatar 60.3 8 48.6 61 67.8 3 64.6 5
united States of America 59.9 9 79.3 6 58.5 8 41.7 46
Sweden 58.6 10 77.6 12 50.0 23 48.2 21
Malaysia 58.2 11 68.4 28 42.4 45 63.7 6
Netherlands 58.0 12 75.2 16 48.6 27 50.1 18
Belgium 57.7 13 80.0 5 46.4 30 46.6 24
canada 57.4 14 76.6 14 51.4 20 44.3 34
united Kingdom 57.3 15 75.0 17 51.4 21 45.5 29
united Arab Emirates 55.6 16 63.1 35 68.7 2 34.8 71
Denmark 55.2 17 78.0 10 45.5 35 42.2 41
Iceland 55.1 18 77.6 11 47.4 28 40.2 53
Israel 54.8 19 83.2 4 35.8 66 45.4 30
Australia 54.0 20 79.0 7 45.3 36 37.8 61
Japan 53.6 21 78.6 8 36.9 62 45.5 28
czech republic 53.0 22 73.4 18 33.6 78 52.0 15
Guyana 52.1 23 50.8 54 48.8 26 56.6 10
Germany 51.7 24 69.8 25 39.2 55 46.1 26
Korea, rep. 51.7 25 64.9 31 32.2 88 57.9 7
france 51.3 26 75.5 15 36.7 63 41.6 47
New Zealand 50.9 27 72.3 19 38.1 56 42.2 42
china 50.9 28 69.1 27 34.4 73 49.1 20
Austria 50.9 29 72.1 20 43.7 42 36.7 62
Estonia 49.5 30 70.0 23 33.1 84 45.3 31
Norway 49.3 31 70.8 22 40.6 53 36.4 63
Thailand 48.6 32 55.8 41 32.3 87 57.9 8
Lebanon 48.3 33 64.8 33 41.9 47 38.2 59
Slovenia 47.9 34 67.4 29 28.8 104 47.4 22
Italy 47.8 35 69.9 24 32.1 90 41.4 48
Saudi Arabia 47.5 36 40.1 89 61.4 6 41.0 50
cyprus 47.2 37 52.5 49 53.5 15 35.6 66
Hungary 46.9 38 54.7 45 31.1 95 54.7 12
Lao pDr 46.8 39 23.1 129 76.7 1 40.4 52
Bahrain 45.3 40 41.8 79 65.9 5 28.1 103
Spain 45.0 41 63.4 34 31.6 91 39.9 54
Brazil 44.4 42 52.6 48 38.0 57 42.6 38
russian federation 44.3 43 64.8 32 25.8 118 42.3 40
costa rica 44.2 44 49.2 56 41.3 50 42.1 43
Bosnia and Herzegovina 44.2 45 65.0 30 43.1 43 24.4 127
Swaziland 44.0 46 46.1 66 34.8 71 51.1 16
Oman 43.8 47 29.3 116 66.0 4 36.2 64
venezuela, Bolivarian rep. 43.4 48 55.7 42 40.0 54 34.4 73
Iran, Islamic rep. 43.3 49 35.3 103 41.5 49 53.0 13
Zimbabwe 43.0 50 52.8 47 46.0 33 30.3 92
ukraine 42.3 51 49.2 55 33.1 85 44.7 33
poland 42.3 52 57.3 39 23.6 126 45.9 27
Latvia 42.2 53 62.1 36 33.3 83 31.3 91
Guatemala 42.1 54 45.7 68 54.6 11 25.9 121
South Africa 41.9 55 48.7 60 35.7 67 41.2 49
viet Nam 41.5 56 34.6 106 43.8 41 46.2 25
chile 41.5 57 61.4 37 31.1 96 32.0 88
Mauritius 40.9 58 43.7 71 46.1 31 33.1 78
peru 40.6 59 53.7 46 35.9 65 32.2 84
Argentina 40.6 60 52.5 50 25.6 122 43.6 36
panama 40.5 61 23.4 127 60.0 7 38.2 60
Kazakhstan 40.2 62 45.0 69 33.4 82 42.3 39
Slovakia 39.7 63 54.8 44 29.7 101 34.7 72
croatia 39.4 64 48.0 63 28.2 107 41.9 44
portugal 39.3 65 52.5 51 30.0 100 35.5 67
Kenya 39.1 66 38.3 95 47.1 29 32.0 87
Botswana 39.1 67 41.1 83 44.1 40 32.1 85
colombia 39.0 68 49.0 59 28.4 106 39.5 55
Mongolia 38.9 69 42.8 76 41.7 48 32.3 83
Jamaica 38.9 70 40.9 86 42.9 44 32.8 80
Namibia 38.8 71 38.3 94 45.6 34 32.4 82