Global Competetiveness Report

Country Rankings
Sustainable Innovation & Competitiveness
Sustainable Innovation
Country Rank Score
Dominica 89 37.1
Moldova 90 37.1
Indonesia 91 37.0
Angola 92 36.3
Botswana 93 36.2
Hungary 94 36.1
Seychelles 95 35.7
Turkmenistan 96 35.4
Vietnam 97 35.4
Albania 98 35.2
Ghana 99 34.6
Macedonia 100 34.6
Dominican Republic 101 34.6
Egypt 102 34.0
Burma 103 33.9
Afghanistan 104 33.6
Equatorial Guinea 105 33.5
Nepal 106 33.4
Qatar 107 33.4
Laos 108 33.3
Morocco 109 32.8
Panama 110 32.5
Timor-Leste 111 32.4
Namibia 112 32.3
Zambia 113 32.1
Thailand 114 32.0
Azerbaijan 115 31.6
Republic of Congo 116 31.5
Bahamas 117 31.4
Gabon 118 31.4
Mexico 119 31.2
Philippines 120 31.2
Jamaica 121 31.2
Pakistan 122 30.5
United Arab Emirates 123 30.3
El Salvador 124 30.2
Belize 125 30.1
Swaziland 126 29.9
Nigeria 127 29.6
Cambodia 128 29.6
North Korea 129 29.2
Ethiopia 130 28.7
Tanzania 131 28.5
Rwanda 132 28.4
In order to achieve sustainable development
through innovation and competitiveness,
countries have a number of tools at their
disposal. However, there is no one-size-fits all
solution. Policies have to be designed
intelligently and specific to the circumstances
and characteristics of a country:
• Increasing budget allocation for
education, and raise incentives for school
attendance. However, increasing financial
allocation alone is never sufficient without
careful and localised planning
• Formulate policies and incentives to
increase allocation for R&D in areas key to
the countries characteristic. In many Asian
countries, formulating strategic industrial
development priorities on the national
level (not in the private industry) has shown
to be highly effective
• Protective measurements: development of
protective measurements for key national
industries areas (including agriculture) to
allow the national industries to reach
international competitiveness before
competing on global markets
• Increase allocation for the development of
modern and intelligent infrastructure
(which has the positive side-effect of
creating employment in countries with
high unemployment) to kick-start the
economy. However, developing prestige
projects that often turn into white
elephants and investment ruins is a waste
of time & money
• Eradicating corruption on all levels.
• Cutting unnecessary bureaucratic and
administrative obstacles for businesses.
• Regulating and attaching conditions to
the flow of international capital
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The Global Sustainable Competitiveness Index