Table 3. Top 25 innovative countries according to different indexes.
Countries’ nomenclature according to the original studies. Non-high income economies (IDCs) are shown in italics.
| # | Bloomberg Innovation Index (2017) [40] |
Global Innovation Index (2017) [41] |
This study Index PCT/GNI per capita |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | Switzerland | China |
| 2 | Sweden | Sweden | Japan |
| 3 | Germany | Netherlands | USA |
| 4 | Switzerland | USA | India |
| 5 | Finland | UK | Republic of Korea |
| 6 | Singapore | Denmark | Germany |
| 7 | Japan | Singapore | France |
| 8 | Denmark | Finland | United Kingdom |
| 9 | U.S. | Germany | Netherlands |
| 10 | Israel | Ireland | Italy |
| 11 | France | Republic of Korea | Russian Federation |
| 12 | Austria | Luxembourg | Turkey |
| 13 | Belgium | Iceland | Sweden |
| 14 | Norway | Japan | Canada |
| 15 | Netherlands | France | Brazil |
| 16 | Ireland | Hong Kong (China) | Spain |
| 17 | UK | Israel | South Africa |
| 18 | Australia | Canada | Switzerland |
| 19 | New Zealand | Norway | Ukraine |
| 20 | Canada | Austria | Israel |
| 21 | China | New Zealand | Finland |
| 22 | Poland | China | Mexico |
| 23 | Malaysia | Australia | Austria |
| 24 | Italy | Czech Republic | Malaysia |
| 25 | Iceland | Estonia | Australia |