For the 14th consecutive year, the Global Innovation Index named Switzerland the world’s most innovative country.
In the ongoing fight for world domination, neither the USA nor China are the leaders in innovation. Switzerland is.
The World Intellectual Property Organization has just released The Global Innovation Index 2024, which captures the innovation performance of 133 countries and tracks the most recent global innovation trends.
The Global Innovation Index (GII) assesses each economy based on seven pillars: Knowledge & Tech Outputs, Human Capital & Research, Business Sophistication, Market Sophistication, Creative Outputs, Infrastructure, and Institutions.
These pillars encompass a total of 78 indicators, such as patent applications, researchers per million population, knowledge-intensive employment, and more.
Here are the key findings from the GII 2024.
Most innovative countries in 2024 – highlights
▸ Switzerland ranks 1st in the GII for the 14th consecutive year. It ranks 1st in Knowledge and technology outputs and Creative outputs. It also ranks in the top 5 of all the other GII pillars.
▸ The United States scores best in the world in nine of the 78 GII 2024 innovation indicators. It ranks 1st in the quality of its universities and the impact of its scientific publications.
▸ China is not the leader in the South East Asia, East Asia, and Oceania region. It ranks 3rd, after Singapore and South Korea.
▸ Singapore is the 4th most innovative country in the world, with the greatest number of GII indicators ranking 1st in the world for the first time, overtaking the United States.
▸ In the global ranking, Sweden and the United States maintain their respective 2nd and 3rd positions for the second consecutive year. The USA jumped to the second place in 2022, going back to the 3rd the next year.
Most innovative countries in 2024 – visuals
The Visual Capitalist prepared a handy infographic putting the GII 2024 results on a world map, letting you quickly spot the most innovative economies worldwide (the more yellow, the more innovative the country is).
Plus, you can also find here a chat with the top 20 most innovative countries in the world. When you visit the Visual Capitalist blog post, you will be able to search for your country, and find its 2024 rank. The search field is just above the table.
The GII 2024 comes with a set of rankings and visuals showing how the countries stack up according to different criteria.
Here, you can see the map showing the top 3 most innovative countries by region.
Most innovative countries in 2024 – Top 20 table
For your convenience, I’m also showing the table below:
| Rank | Name | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland | 67.5 |
| 2 | Sweden | 64.5 |
| 3 | U.S. | 62.4 |
| 4 | Singapore | 61.2 |
| 5 | UK | 61 |
| 6 | South Korea | 60.9 |
| 7 | Finland | 59.4 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 58.8 |
| 9 | Germany | 58.1 |
| 10 | Denmark | 57.1 |
| 11 | China | 56.3 |
| 12 | France | 55.4 |
| 13 | Japan | 54.1 |
| 14 | Canada | 52.9 |
| 15 | Israel | 52.7 |
| 16 | Estonia | 52.3 |
| 17 | Austria | 50.3 |
| 18 | Hong Kong | 50.1 |
| 19 | Ireland | 50 |
| 20 | Luxembourg | 49.1 |
Via: The World’s Most Innovative Countries in 2024 – Visual Capitalist
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