Economic/Production & Innovation/Innovation & Commercialisation

Intellectual Property & Intangible Assets

The capacity to create, protect and monetise intangibles: examination-grade intellectual-property machinery, intangible investment across the economy and the receipts that flow when the world pays to use what the nation invented.
factbase.org/cap/TRDS9SJR2R
World mean
6.1
of 20 · median 5.0
Range
0–20
middle half 2.0–9.0
Panel SD
±0.29
round 1 ±0.99 — the honest estimate
Leader
20
United States

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.

Band spread across 197 nations

Frontier 5
Advanced 14
Established 10
Transitional 25
Foundational 29
Nascent 60
Inception 54

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.

#NationRegionScoreBandPanel SD
1 🇺🇸United States Americas 20 Frontier ±0.00
2 🇯🇵Japan Asia Pacific 19 Frontier ±0.00
3 🇩🇪Germany Europe 18 Frontier ±0.00
4 🇰🇷South Korea Asia Pacific 18 Frontier ±0.00
5 🇨🇭Switzerland Europe 18 Frontier ±0.00
6 🇨🇳China Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
7 🇫🇷France Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
8 🇮🇱Israel Middle East 17 Advanced ±0.00
9 🇳🇱Netherlands Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
10 🇸🇬Singapore Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.00
11 🇸🇪Sweden Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
12 🇹🇼Taiwan Asia Pacific 17 Advanced ±0.50
13 🇬🇧United Kingdom Europe 17 Advanced ±0.00
14 🇫🇮Finland Europe 16 Advanced ±0.00
15 🇦🇹Austria Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
16 🇧🇪Belgium Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
17 🇨🇦Canada Americas 15 Advanced ±0.00
18 🇩🇰Denmark Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
19 🇮🇪Ireland Europe 15 Advanced ±0.00
20 🇦🇺Australia Asia Pacific 14 Established ±0.00
21 🇮🇹Italy Europe 14 Established ±0.43
22 🇳🇴Norway Europe 14 Established ±0.00
23 🇱🇺Luxembourg Europe 13 Established ±0.00
24 🇪🇸Spain Europe 13 Established ±0.00
25 🇪🇪Estonia Europe 12 Established ±0.50
26 🇮🇳India Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
27 🇱🇮Liechtenstein Europe 12 Established ±0.43
28 🇲🇾Malaysia Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.43
29 🇳🇿New Zealand Asia Pacific 12 Established ±0.00
30 🇧🇷Brazil Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
31 🇨🇿Czechia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
32 🇭🇺Hungary Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
33 🇲🇽Mexico Americas 11 Transitional ±0.43
34 🇵🇱Poland Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
35 🇵🇹Portugal Europe 11 Transitional ±0.43
36 🇷🇺Russia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.87
37 🇸🇮Slovenia Europe 11 Transitional ±0.00
38 🇿🇦South Africa Africa 11 Transitional ±0.50
39 🇹🇷Türkiye Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.43
40 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates Middle East 11 Transitional ±0.43
41 🇮🇸Iceland Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
42 🇱🇻Latvia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.87
43 🇱🇹Lithuania Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
44 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia Middle East 10 Transitional ±0.87
45 🇸🇰Slovakia Europe 10 Transitional ±0.43
46 🇹🇭Thailand Asia Pacific 10 Transitional ±0.43
47 🇦🇷Argentina Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
48 🇨🇱Chile Americas 9 Transitional ±0.43
49 🇬🇷Greece Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
50 🇮🇩Indonesia Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
51 🇲🇹Malta Europe 9 Transitional ±0.83
52 🇷🇴Romania Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
53 🇷🇸Serbia Europe 9 Transitional ±0.43
54 🇻🇳Vietnam Asia Pacific 9 Transitional ±0.43
55 🇧🇬Bulgaria Europe 8 Foundational ±0.50
56 🇨🇴Colombia Americas 8 Foundational ±0.43
57 🇭🇷Croatia Europe 8 Foundational ±0.43
58 🇨🇾Cyprus Middle East 8 Foundational ±0.43
59 🇪🇬Egypt Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
60 🇲🇦Morocco Africa 8 Foundational ±0.43
61 🇵🇭Philippines Asia Pacific 8 Foundational ±0.50
62 🇺🇦Ukraine Europe 8 Foundational ±0.50
63 🇨🇷Costa Rica Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
64 🇮🇷Iran Asia Pacific 7 Foundational ±0.87
65 🇲🇺Mauritius Africa 7 Foundational ±0.71
66 🇲🇨Monaco Europe 7 Foundational ±0.71
67 🇵🇪Peru Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
68 🇶🇦Qatar Middle East 7 Foundational ±0.43
69 🇹🇳Tunisia Africa 7 Foundational ±0.71
70 🇺🇾Uruguay Americas 7 Foundational ±0.43
71 🇦🇲Armenia Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.50
72 🇧🇭Bahrain Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.43
73 🇧🇾Belarus Europe 6 Foundational ±0.83
74 🇩🇴Dominican Republic Americas 6 Foundational ±0.50
75 🇬🇪Georgia Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.43
76 🇯🇴Jordan Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.43
77 🇰🇿Kazakhstan Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.43
78 🇰🇪Kenya Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
79 🇲🇩Moldova Europe 6 Foundational ±1.09
80 🇳🇬Nigeria Africa 6 Foundational ±0.00
81 🇴🇲Oman Middle East 6 Foundational ±0.43
82 🇵🇦Panama Americas 6 Foundational ±0.43
83 🇱🇰Sri Lanka Asia Pacific 6 Foundational ±0.71
84 🇩🇿Algeria Africa 5 Nascent ±0.43
85 🇦🇿Azerbaijan Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
86 🇧🇩Bangladesh Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.00
87 🇧🇦Bosnia & Herzegovina Europe 5 Nascent ±0.50
88 🇪🇨Ecuador Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
89 🇸🇻El Salvador Americas 5 Nascent ±0.43
90 🇬🇭Ghana Africa 5 Nascent ±0.00
91 🇬🇹Guatemala Americas 5 Nascent ±0.50
92 🇯🇲Jamaica Americas 5 Nascent ±0.50
93 🇰🇼Kuwait Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.43
94 🇱🇧Lebanon Middle East 5 Nascent ±0.50
95 🇲🇪Montenegro Europe 5 Nascent ±0.43
96 🇲🇰North Macedonia Europe 5 Nascent ±0.83
97 🇵🇰Pakistan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.71
98 🇹🇹Trinidad & Tobago Americas 5 Nascent ±0.71
99 🇺🇿Uzbekistan Asia Pacific 5 Nascent ±0.43
100 🇦🇱Albania Europe 4 Nascent ±0.00
101 🇦🇩Andorra Europe 4 Nascent ±0.43
102 🇧🇸Bahamas Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
103 🇧🇧Barbados Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
104 🇧🇼Botswana Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
105 🇧🇳Brunei Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.00
106 🇨🇺Cuba Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
107 🇪🇹Ethiopia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
108 🇭🇳Honduras Americas 4 Nascent ±0.00
109 🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
110 🇲🇳Mongolia Asia Pacific 4 Nascent ±0.43
111 🇳🇦Namibia Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
112 🇵🇾Paraguay Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
113 🇷🇼Rwanda Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
114 🇸🇳Senegal Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
115 🇹🇿Tanzania Africa 4 Nascent ±0.00
116 🇺🇬Uganda Africa 4 Nascent ±0.43
117 🇻🇪Venezuela Americas 4 Nascent ±0.43
118 🇦🇴Angola Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
119 🇦🇬Antigua & Barbuda Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
120 🇧🇿Belize Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
121 🇧🇴Bolivia Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
122 🇨🇻Cabo Verde Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
123 🇰🇭Cambodia Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
124 🇨🇲Cameroon Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
125 🇨🇮Côte d'Ivoire Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
126 🇩🇲Dominica Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
127 🇸🇿Eswatini Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
128 🇫🇯Fiji Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
129 🇬🇦Gabon Africa 3 Nascent ±0.50
130 🇬🇩Grenada Americas 3 Nascent ±0.43
131 🇬🇾Guyana Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
132 🇽🇰Kosovo Europe 3 Nascent ±0.43
133 🇲🇬Madagascar Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
134 🇲🇿Mozambique Africa 3 Nascent ±0.00
135 🇲🇲Myanmar Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.50
136 🇳🇵Nepal Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.00
137 🇳🇮Nicaragua Americas 3 Nascent ±0.00
138 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.43
139 🇸🇲San Marino Europe 3 Nascent ±0.00
140 🇸🇨Seychelles Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
141 🇹🇯Tajikistan Asia Pacific 3 Nascent ±0.50
142 🇿🇲Zambia Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
143 🇿🇼Zimbabwe Africa 3 Nascent ±0.43
144 🇧🇯Benin Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
145 🇧🇹Bhutan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
146 🇧🇫Burkina Faso Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
147 🇨🇬Congo Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
148 🇩🇯Djibouti Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
149 🇨🇩DR Congo Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
150 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
151 🇬🇲Gambia Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
152 🇬🇳Guinea Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
153 🇮🇶Iraq Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
154 🇱🇦Laos Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
155 🇱🇸Lesotho Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
156 🇱🇷Liberia Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
157 🇱🇾Libya Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
158 🇲🇼Malawi Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
159 🇲🇻Maldives Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
160 🇲🇱Mali Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
161 🇲🇷Mauritania Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
162 🇳🇪Niger Africa 2 Inception ±0.50
163 🇰🇵North Korea Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.50
164 🇵🇸Palestine Middle East 2 Inception ±0.43
165 🇰🇳Saint Kitts & Nevis Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
166 🇱🇨Saint Lucia Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
167 🇻🇨Saint Vincent & Grenadines Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
168 🇼🇸Samoa Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.00
169 🇸🇱Sierra Leone Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
170 🇸🇩Sudan Africa 2 Inception ±0.00
171 🇸🇷Suriname Americas 2 Inception ±0.00
172 🇹🇬Togo Africa 2 Inception ±0.43
173 🇹🇲Turkmenistan Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
174 🇻🇺Vanuatu Asia Pacific 2 Inception ±0.43
175 🇦🇫Afghanistan Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
176 🇧🇮Burundi Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
177 🇨🇫Central African Rep. Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
178 🇹🇩Chad Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
179 🇰🇲Comoros Africa 1 Inception ±0.43
180 🇪🇷Eritrea Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
181 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
182 🇭🇹Haiti Americas 1 Inception ±0.00
183 🇰🇮Kiribati Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
184 🇲🇭Marshall Islands Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
185 🇫🇲Micronesia Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
186 🇵🇼Palau Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
187 🇸🇹São Tomé & Príncipe Africa 1 Inception ±0.00
188 🇸🇧Solomon Islands Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.00
189 🇸🇾Syria Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
190 🇹🇱Timor-Leste Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
191 🇹🇴Tonga Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.43
192 🇹🇻Tuvalu Asia Pacific 1 Inception ±0.50
193 🇾🇪Yemen Middle East 1 Inception ±0.00
194 🇻🇦Holy See Europe 0 Inception ±0.43
195 🇳🇷Nauru Asia Pacific 0 Inception ±0.43
196 🇸🇴Somalia Africa 0 Inception ±0.00
197 🇸🇸South Sudan Africa 0 Inception ±0.00

Others in Innovation & Commercialisation

CapabilityWorld meanRangeLeader
Business Innovation Capability6.30–20United States
Research Commercialisation & Knowledge Transfer5.80–20United States
Innovation Ecosystems & Clusters6.00–20United States