Re: US Student Visa
or innovation..
Global Innovation Index GII 2007 by The World Business/INSEAD 07-024
The World’s Top Innovators
Globalisation has pushed innovation to the top of the agenda, but which countries respond best to the new challenges?
Now INSEAD and World Business magazine have developed the Global Innovation Index (GII) to measure which nations and regions respond best to the challenge of innovation and the shock of the new.
2007 Ranking The World’s Top Innovators
Rank Country Score*
1 US 5.80
2 Germany 4.89
3 UK 4.81
4 Japan 4.48
5 France 4.32
6 Switzerland 4.16
7 Singapore 4.10
8 Canada 4.06
9 Netherlands 3.99
10 Hong Kong 3.97
11 Denmark 3.95
12 Sweden 3.90
13 Finland 3.85
14 UAE 3.81
15 Belgium 3.77
16 Luxembourg 3.72
17 Australia 3.71
18 Israel 3.68
19 South Korea 3.67
20 Iceland 3.66
21 Ireland 3.66
22 Austria 3.64
23 India 3.57
24 Italy 3.48
25 Norway 3.48
26 Malaysia 3.47
27 Spain 3.38
28 New Zealand 3.35
29 China 3.21
30 Kuwait 3.14
31 Estonia 3.12
32 Czech Republic 3.10
33 Chile 3.03
34 Thailand 3.01
35 Slovak Republic 2.97
36 Hungary 2.88
37 Mexico 2.88
38 South Africa 2.87
39 Portugal 2.86
40 Brazil 2.84
41 Tunisia 2.84
42 Malta 2.82
43 Slovenia 2.81
44 Barbados 2.79
45 Turkey 2.75
46 Cyprus 2.73
47 Lithuania 2.71
48 Indonesia 2.71
49 Greece 2.69
50 Latvia 2.67
51 Costa Rica 2.66
52 Jamaica 2.63
53 Jordan 2.61
54 Russian Federation 2.60
55 Croatia 2.59
56 Poland 2.53
57 Colombia 2.50
58 El Salvador 2.49
59 Panama 2.47
60 Mauritius 2.46
61 Kazakhstan 2.45
62 Romania 2.44
63 Argentina 2.41
64 Azerbaijan 2.40
65 Vietnam 2.38
66 Philippines 2.38
67 Uruguay 2.37
68 Guatemala 2.36
69 Peru 2.35
70 Dominican Republic 2.29
71 Sri Lanka 2.27
72 Nigeria 2.27
73 Pakistan 2.24
74 Egypt 2.24
75 Ukraine 2.24
76 Morocco 2.23
77 Venezuela 2.22
78 Kenya 2.22
79 Namibia 2.21
80 Tanzania 2.14
81 Bulgaria 2.12
82 Moldova 2.11
83 Algeria 2.11
84 Burkina Faso 2.10
85 Mongolia 2.08
86 Armenia 2.07
87 Macedonia 2.06
88 Uganda 2.05
89 Bosnia & Herzegovina 2.05
90 Ecuador 2.03
91 Honduras 2.02
92 Nicaragua 2.01
93 Georgia 2.00
94 Tajikistan 1.95
95 Cambodia 1.94
96 Cameroon 1.92
97 Guyana 1.84
98 Bangladesh 1.82
99 Nepal 1.79
100 Albania 1.78
101 Kyrgyzstan 1.76
102 Bolivia 1.72
103 Mozambique 1.72
104 Ethiopia 1.71
105 Lesotho 1.68
106 Paraguay 1.66
107 Angola 1.53
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