Sustainable_Competitiveness_Index_2013

Competitiveness World Map
Sustainable Innovation
Asian countries top innovation rankings
The indicators used for assessing innovation capability and sustainability competitiveness are
composed of data points relating to education, innovation capabilities, business environment,
economic development, and infrastructure. Countries with a high score in this ranking are more
likely than others to develop successful economies through research and know-ledge driven
industries, i.e. the high-value added industries, and therefore achieve higher growth rates. All
indicators used to assess the innovation capability and sustainable competitiveness have been
scored against size of the population or against GDP in order to gain a full picture of the
competitiveness, independent of the size of a country.
The innovation and competitiveness ranking is dominated by Asian nations and OECD countries
from the Northern hemisphere. The innovation and competitiveness ranking is topped by Asian
countries (Singapore, South Korea, Japan, China), with all other top-ten places (Germany,
Denmark, Norway, Switzerland, Finland, Sweden, in order of ranking) and top twenty spots going
to European countries expect for Israel (12) and Canada (19). The USA is ranked 22th, the UK 31st,
followed by Brazil (35th) as the highest ranked country of the Southern hemisphere. The only other
nations from outside Europe or North-East Asia in the top 50 are New Zealand, Australia, Russia,
Costa Rica, Oman, Uzbekistan, Thailand and Bahrain. Other than Oman, Uzbekistan and
Thailand, there is no representation from Africa, Central Asia or South-East Asia within the leading
50 nations in terms of innovation capability and sustainable competitiveness.
The Sustainable Innovation World map: dark colour indicates high, light colour limited sustainable innovation & competitiveness
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