The Global Innovation Index 2012

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THE GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX 2012 1: The GII Conceptual Framework
Table 2f: Knowledge and technology outputs pillar
Knowledge and
technology outputs Knowledge creation Knowledge impact Knowledge diffusion
country/Economy Score (0–100) rank Score rank Score rank Score rank
Switzerland 72.0 1 99.7 1 57.2 7 59.0 11
Sweden 67.9 2 84.6 2 49.1 21 70.0 5
Singapore 64.9 3 49.3 25 67.9 3 77.5 1
finland 62.9 4 71.1 8 46.5 27 71.0 4
china 61.8 5 76.1 4 60.4 6 48.9 23
Ireland 60.9 6 54.2 20 51.9 16 76.6 2
Netherlands 59.4 7 66.2 10 50.2 19 61.7 7
united Kingdom 57.6 8 63.2 13 55.3 11 54.3 16
Korea, rep. 57.5 9 81.5 3 40.0 43 50.9 20
Israel 57.2 10 72.9 6 40.8 41 57.8 12
united States of America 56.1 11 66.8 9 45.0 31 56.3 13
Germany 54.9 12 71.1 7 42.0 40 51.5 18
Estonia 53.8 13 55.3 18 70.4 2 35.6 39
Malta 53.1 14 35.8 37 55.4 10 67.9 6
Japan 51.7 15 62.5 14 36.4 57 56.3 14
Denmark 51.5 16 64.4 11 48.7 22 41.5 30
Belgium 50.6 17 57.7 15 43.0 37 51.2 19
Luxembourg 49.8 18 50.3 23 40.0 44 59.2 10
New Zealand 49.2 19 75.7 5 47.6 23 24.3 77
czech republic 48.4 20 46.2 27 61.8 4 37.3 35
Hungary 46.8 21 34.9 40 55.1 12 50.5 22
canada 46.4 22 56.5 16 42.8 38 39.9 32
france 45.5 23 45.5 30 40.4 42 50.7 21
Iceland 45.5 24 64.4 12 55.0 13 17.0 114
cyprus 44.7 25 36.4 36 60.9 5 36.7 36
Norway 42.1 26 55.7 17 37.1 53 33.4 46
Slovenia 41.7 27 49.0 26 47.4 24 28.7 58
Austria 41.4 28 50.8 22 38.9 48 34.4 42
Serbia 40.0 29 33.9 42 51.8 17 34.5 41
ukraine 39.2 30 53.8 21 33.9 66 29.9 55
Moldova, rep. 38.9 31 54.7 19 34.9 62 27.0 67
russian federation 38.4 32 45.5 29 39.9 45 29.9 56
Spain 38.4 33 39.4 32 46.5 26 29.3 57
Hong Kong (china) 38.4 34 5.7 119 55.9 8 53.5 17
Italy 38.2 35 36.9 35 43.9 34 33.9 45
Malaysia 38.0 36 22.8 65 42.5 39 48.7 24
Latvia 37.8 37 35.8 38 53.1 15 24.5 75
paraguay 36.5 38 1.5 138 47.2 25 60.8 8
Slovakia 36.5 39 31.1 50 50.9 18 27.5 64
Swaziland 35.9 40 32.8 45 30.1 80 44.9 27
Bulgaria 35.7 41 27.3 59 55.5 9 24.2 79
Lithuania 35.3 42 31.6 46 53.6 14 20.9 103
Australia 34.9 43 43.7 31 37.8 50 23.3 83
Belarus 34.5 44 45.5 28 36.6 56 21.3 98
croatia 34.0 45 35.1 39 44.9 33 22.1 91
romania 34.0 46 21.4 71 36.7 55 43.9 28
India 34.0 47 28.9 54 33.8 67 39.2 33
Lebanon 33.9 48 15.2 95 45.5 29 40.9 31
portugal 33.8 49 33.0 44 45.2 30 23.2 85
Thailand 33.5 50 22.0 68 43.2 36 35.5 40
poland 32.9 51 31.1 49 36.0 59 31.7 48
Gabon 32.3 52 18.0 87 23.2 107 55.6 15
Kuwait 32.0 53 5.1 122 18.4 125 72.5 3
Armenia 31.7 54 37.1 34 31.8 75 26.1 69
Brazil 30.5 55 22.7 67 34.9 63 34.1 44
costa rica 30.5 56 12.2 106 37.2 52 42.1 29
Georgia 29.5 57 33.3 43 38.7 49 16.5 118
viet Nam 29.4 58 14.2 101 39.7 46 34.3 43
philippines 28.9 59 14.0 102 26.7 94 46.1 26
Macedonia, fyr 28.8 60 21.4 70 34.7 64 30.2 53
South Africa 28.2 61 30.6 51 35.2 61 18.9 106
chile 27.9 62 23.9 63 37.6 51 22.2 90
Turkey 27.8 63 31.6 47 30.1 81 21.8 92
Belize 27.5 64 27.9 57 22.2 111 32.5 47
Bahrain 27.4 65 19.3 79 39.7 47 23.3 84
Sri Lanka 27.1 66 20.4 75 30.0 82 30.7 52
Oman 26.8 67 22.8 66 32.0 74 25.8 70
Tajikistan 26.7 68 30.5 52 21.2 114 28.3 61
Tunisia 26.7 69 27.8 58 28.5 89 23.8 82
Zimbabwe 26.2 70 34.1 41 43.7 35 0.8 137
Montenegro 26.0 71 26.1 60 46.4 28 5.5 134