Business Innovation Capability — National Capability Index

Indicators

The measures seeded for this capability in the framework. They are candidate indicators: no cell in the index has a source document attached to it yet.

innovation-active firm share
business R&D expenditure to GDP
new-to-market product sales share

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 6

Advanced 15

Established 14

Transitional 21

Foundational 31

Nascent 54

Inception 56

All 197 nations

Best first. The score is the mean of the four adjudicators' round-3 integers, rounded to the nearest integer; ±SD is their spread on that cell. Where the spread is three points or more, read the number as a band rather than a value.

#	Nation	Region	Score	Band	Panel SD
1	🇺🇸United States	Americas	20	Frontier	±0.00
2	🇰🇷South Korea	Asia Pacific	19	Frontier	±0.50
3	🇨🇭Switzerland	Europe	19	Frontier	±0.50
4	🇩🇪Germany	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.43
5	🇯🇵Japan	Asia Pacific	18	Frontier	±0.50
6	🇸🇪Sweden	Europe	18	Frontier	±0.00
7	🇨🇳China	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.50
8	🇩🇰Denmark	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
9	🇫🇮Finland	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.00
10	🇮🇱Israel	Middle East	17	Advanced	±0.43
11	🇳🇱Netherlands	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.50
12	🇸🇬Singapore	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.43
13	🇹🇼Taiwan	Asia Pacific	17	Advanced	±0.00
14	🇬🇧United Kingdom	Europe	17	Advanced	±0.43
15	🇦🇹Austria	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.00
16	🇧🇪Belgium	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
17	🇫🇷France	Europe	16	Advanced	±0.43
18	🇦🇺Australia	Asia Pacific	15	Advanced	±0.43
19	🇨🇦Canada	Americas	15	Advanced	±0.43
20	🇮🇪Ireland	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.00
21	🇳🇴Norway	Europe	15	Advanced	±0.43
22	🇮🇹Italy	Europe	14	Established	±0.50
23	🇳🇿New Zealand	Asia Pacific	14	Established	±0.50
24	🇨🇿Czechia	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
25	🇪🇪Estonia	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
26	🇮🇸Iceland	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
27	🇱🇮Liechtenstein	Europe	13	Established	±0.87
28	🇱🇺Luxembourg	Europe	13	Established	±0.43
29	🇸🇮Slovenia	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
30	🇪🇸Spain	Europe	13	Established	±0.00
31	🇭🇺Hungary	Europe	12	Established	±0.00
32	🇲🇾Malaysia	Asia Pacific	12	Established	±0.00
33	🇵🇱Poland	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
34	🇵🇹Portugal	Europe	12	Established	±0.43
35	🇹🇷Türkiye	Middle East	12	Established	±0.00
36	🇧🇷Brazil	Americas	11	Transitional	±0.50
37	🇮🇳India	Asia Pacific	11	Transitional	±0.43
38	🇱🇹Lithuania	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.00
39	🇸🇰Slovakia	Europe	11	Transitional	±0.43
40	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	Middle East	11	Transitional	±0.43
41	🇨🇱Chile	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.50
42	🇭🇷Croatia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.87
43	🇬🇷Greece	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
44	🇱🇻Latvia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
45	🇲🇹Malta	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.00
46	🇲🇽Mexico	Americas	10	Transitional	±0.00
47	🇷🇺Russia	Europe	10	Transitional	±0.43
48	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	Middle East	10	Transitional	±0.50
49	🇿🇦South Africa	Africa	10	Transitional	±0.43
50	🇹🇭Thailand	Asia Pacific	10	Transitional	±0.00
51	🇦🇷Argentina	Americas	9	Transitional	±0.43
52	🇨🇾Cyprus	Middle East	9	Transitional	±0.87
53	🇮🇩Indonesia	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.50
54	🇷🇴Romania	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.43
55	🇷🇸Serbia	Europe	9	Transitional	±0.00
56	🇻🇳Vietnam	Asia Pacific	9	Transitional	±0.00
57	🇧🇬Bulgaria	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.00
58	🇨🇴Colombia	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.50
59	🇨🇷Costa Rica	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.50
60	🇲🇺Mauritius	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
61	🇲🇦Morocco	Africa	8	Foundational	±0.43
62	🇵🇭Philippines	Asia Pacific	8	Foundational	±0.71
63	🇺🇦Ukraine	Europe	8	Foundational	±0.50
64	🇺🇾Uruguay	Americas	8	Foundational	±0.50
65	🇪🇬Egypt	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
66	🇮🇷Iran	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.50
67	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	Asia Pacific	7	Foundational	±0.50
68	🇰🇪Kenya	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.43
69	🇳🇬Nigeria	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.00
70	🇶🇦Qatar	Middle East	7	Foundational	±0.43
71	🇹🇳Tunisia	Africa	7	Foundational	±0.71
72	🇦🇲Armenia	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.00
73	🇧🇭Bahrain	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.50
74	🇧🇾Belarus	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
75	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.43
76	🇬🇪Georgia	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.43
77	🇬🇭Ghana	Africa	6	Foundational	±0.50
78	🇯🇴Jordan	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.43
79	🇲🇩Moldova	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.50
80	🇲🇨Monaco	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
81	🇲🇪Montenegro	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
82	🇲🇰North Macedonia	Europe	6	Foundational	±0.43
83	🇴🇲Oman	Middle East	6	Foundational	±0.43
84	🇵🇰Pakistan	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.71
85	🇵🇦Panama	Americas	6	Foundational	±0.71
86	🇵🇪Peru	Americas	6	Foundational	±1.09
87	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	Asia Pacific	6	Foundational	±0.43
88	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.50
89	🇧🇩Bangladesh	Asia Pacific	5	Nascent	±0.43
90	🇪🇨Ecuador	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
91	🇪🇹Ethiopia	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.50
92	🇬🇹Guatemala	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
93	🇯🇲Jamaica	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.43
94	🇰🇼Kuwait	Middle East	5	Nascent	±0.43
95	🇵🇾Paraguay	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.87
96	🇷🇼Rwanda	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.00
97	🇸🇳Senegal	Africa	5	Nascent	±0.43
98	🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago	Americas	5	Nascent	±0.71
99	🇦🇱Albania	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.00
100	🇩🇿Algeria	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
101	🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.43
102	🇧🇼Botswana	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
103	🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
104	🇨🇺Cuba	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
105	🇸🇻El Salvador	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
106	🇭🇳Honduras	Americas	4	Nascent	±0.43
107	🇽🇰Kosovo	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.50
108	🇱🇧Lebanon	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.43
109	🇲🇳Mongolia	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
110	🇳🇦Namibia	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
111	🇵🇸Palestine	Middle East	4	Nascent	±0.43
112	🇸🇲San Marino	Europe	4	Nascent	±0.00
113	🇸🇨Seychelles	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.43
114	🇹🇿Tanzania	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
115	🇺🇬Uganda	Africa	4	Nascent	±0.00
116	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	Asia Pacific	4	Nascent	±0.43
117	🇦🇩Andorra	Europe	3	Nascent	±0.43
118	🇦🇴Angola	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
119	🇧🇸Bahamas	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.00
120	🇧🇧Barbados	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
121	🇧🇴Bolivia	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
122	🇧🇳Brunei	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
123	🇨🇻Cabo Verde	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
124	🇰🇭Cambodia	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
125	🇨🇲Cameroon	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
126	🇸🇿Eswatini	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
127	🇫🇯Fiji	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
128	🇬🇩Grenada	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.50
129	🇬🇾Guyana	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.50
130	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
131	🇱🇦Laos	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.50
132	🇲🇬Madagascar	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
133	🇲🇼Malawi	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
134	🇲🇻Maldives	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
135	🇲🇿Mozambique	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
136	🇳🇵Nepal	Asia Pacific	3	Nascent	±0.43
137	🇳🇮Nicaragua	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.43
138	🇸🇷Suriname	Americas	3	Nascent	±0.50
139	🇹🇬Togo	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.50
140	🇿🇲Zambia	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.00
141	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	Africa	3	Nascent	±0.43
142	🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
143	🇧🇿Belize	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
144	🇧🇯Benin	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
145	🇧🇹Bhutan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
146	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
147	🇩🇲Dominica	Americas	2	Inception	±0.71
148	🇬🇦Gabon	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
149	🇬🇲Gambia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
150	🇬🇳Guinea	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
151	🇮🇶Iraq	Middle East	2	Inception	±0.43
152	🇱🇸Lesotho	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
153	🇱🇷Liberia	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
154	🇲🇱Mali	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
155	🇲🇷Mauritania	Africa	2	Inception	±0.43
156	🇲🇲Myanmar	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
157	🇳🇪Niger	Africa	2	Inception	±0.50
158	🇰🇵North Korea	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.50
159	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.43
160	🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
161	🇱🇨Saint Lucia	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
162	🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines	Americas	2	Inception	±0.00
163	🇼🇸Samoa	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.50
164	🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
165	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	Africa	2	Inception	±0.00
166	🇸🇧Solomon Islands	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.50
167	🇹🇯Tajikistan	Asia Pacific	2	Inception	±0.00
168	🇻🇪Venezuela	Americas	2	Inception	±0.43
169	🇦🇫Afghanistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
170	🇧🇮Burundi	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
171	🇨🇫Central African Rep.	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
172	🇹🇩Chad	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
173	🇰🇲Comoros	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
174	🇨🇬Congo	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
175	🇩🇯Djibouti	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
176	🇨🇩DR Congo	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
177	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
178	🇪🇷Eritrea	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
179	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
180	🇭🇹Haiti	Americas	1	Inception	±0.00
181	🇰🇮Kiribati	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
182	🇱🇾Libya	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
183	🇲🇭Marshall Islands	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
184	🇫🇲Micronesia	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
185	🇳🇷Nauru	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
186	🇵🇼Palau	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
187	🇸🇴Somalia	Africa	1	Inception	±0.43
188	🇸🇸South Sudan	Africa	1	Inception	±0.50
189	🇸🇩Sudan	Africa	1	Inception	±0.00
190	🇸🇾Syria	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.00
191	🇹🇱Timor-Leste	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
192	🇹🇴Tonga	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
193	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.43
194	🇹🇻Tuvalu	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.50
195	🇻🇺Vanuatu	Asia Pacific	1	Inception	±0.00
196	🇾🇪Yemen	Middle East	1	Inception	±0.50
197	🇻🇦Holy See	Europe	0	Inception	±0.00

Others in Innovation & Commercialisation

Capability	World mean	Range	Leader
Research Commercialisation & Knowledge Transfer	5.8	0–20	United States
Intellectual Property & Intangible Assets	6.1	0–20	United States
Innovation Ecosystems & Clusters	6.0	0–20	United States