Rank Country Overall Innovation Inputs Innovation Performance 1 Singapore 2.33 2.74 1.92 2 South Korea 2.26 1.75 2.55 3 Switzerland 2.23 1.51 2.74 4 Iceland 1.50 2.14 2.00 5 Ireland 1.88 1.59 1.99 7 Finland 1.87 1.76 1.81 8 United States 1.80 1.28 2.16 9 Japan 1.79 1.16 2.25 10 Sweden 1.64 1.25 1.88 11 Denmark 1.60 1.55 1.50 12 Netherlands 1.55 1.40 1.55 13 Luxembourg 1.54 0.94 2.00 14 Canada 1.42 1.39 1.32 15 United Kingdom 1.42 1.33 1.37 16 Israel 0.36 1.26 1.35 17 Austria 0.15 1.38 0.81 18 Norway 1.14 1.48 0.70 19 Germany 1.12 1.05 1.09 20 France 1.12 1.17 0.96 21 Malaysia 1.12 1.01 1.12 22 Australia 1.02 0.89 1.05 23 Estonia 0.94 1.50 0.29 24 Spain 0.93 0.83 0.95 25 Belgium 0.86 0.85 0.79 26 New Zealand 0.77 0.79 0.69 27 China 0.73 0.07 1.32 28 Cyprus 0.63 0.64 0.56 29 Portugal 0.60 0.92 0.22 30 Qatar 0.52 0.86 0.13 31 Hungary 0.51 0.80 0.18 32 Czech Republic 0.41 0.88 -0.10 33 Slovenia 0.37 0.47 0.24 34 South Africa 0.33 0.15 0.47 35 Slovakia 0.27 0.78 -0.26 36 Bahrain 0.21 0.72 -0.31 37 Chile 0.21 0.36 0.04 38 Italy 0.21 0.16 0.24 39 Malta 0.20 -0.21 0.59 40 Lithuania 0.16 0.71 -0.40 41 Tunisia 0.14 0.57 -0.30 42 Greece 0.12 0.01 0.23 43 Latvia 0.12 0.38 -0.14 44 Thailand 0.12 -0.12 0.35 45 Mauritius 0.06 0.48 -0.36 46 India 0.06 0.14 -0.02 47 Kuwait 0.06 0.46 -0.35 48 Croatia -0.03 0.21 -0.26 49 Russia -0.09 -0.02 -0.16 50 Saudi Arabia -0.12 0.57 -0.79 51 Trinidad and Tobago -0.12 -0.42 0.20 52 Poland -0.12 0.22 -0.44 53 Bulgaria -0.13 0.23 -0.48 54 Philippines -0.15 -0.76 0.48 55 Oman -0.15 0.27 -0.56 56 Jordan -0.15 -0.04 -0.26 57 Mexico -0.16 0.11 -0.42 58 Turkey -0.21 0.15 -0.55 59 Lesotho -0.22 -1.01 0.59 60 Kazakhstan -0.23 -0.51 0.07 61 Romania -0.29 0.22 -0.77 62 Costa Rica -0.39 -0.57 -0.18 63 Panama -0.43 -0.48 -0.34 64 Ukraine -0.45 -0.13 -0.73 65 Egypt -0.47 -0.46 -0.43 66 Botswana -0.47 -0.50 -0.40 67 Albania -0.49 -0.58 -0.34 68 Azerbaijan -0.54 -0.48 -0.54 69 Sri Lanka -0.56 -0.61 -0.46 70 Morocco -0.57 -0.55 -0.54 71 Indonesia -0.57 -0.63 -0.46 72 Brazil -0.59 -0.62 -0.51 73 Vietnam -0.65 -1.09 -0.16 74 Armenia -0.66 -0.95 -0.30 75 Colombia -0.66 -0.75 -0.52 76 North Macedonia -0.68 -0.13 -1.17 77 Ethiopia -0.72 -0.48 -0.88 78 Georgia -0.75 -1.16 -0.27 79 Jamaica -0.75 -0.72 -0.72 80 Kyrgyzstan -0.77 -0.59 -0.88 81 El Salvador -0.78 -0.54 -0.95 82 Honduras -0.79 -0.64 -0.85 83 Moldova -0.80 -0.24 -1.28 84 Pakistan -0.82 -1.04 -0.51 85 Algeria -0.83 -0.87 -0.70 86 Mongolia -0.89 -0.63 -1.07 87 Paraguay -0.90 -0.71 -1.01 88 Nigeria -0.95 -0.91 -0.90 89 Uruguay -0.95 -0.76 -1.06 90 Uganda -0.96 -1.05 -0.78 91 Argentina -0.97 -1.25 -0.59 92 Burkina Faso -0.97 -0.96 -0.90 93 Guatemala -0.99 -1.04 -0.86 94 Tajikistan -0.99 -0.94 -0.96 95 Kenya -1.01 -0.91 -1.02 96 Bolivia -1.02 -1.08 -0.87 97 Syria -1.03 -0.99 -0.98 98 Nepal -1.05 -1.23 -0.77 99 Senegal -1.06 -1.11 -0.91 100 Peru -1.06 -1.18 -0.85 101 Namibia -1.07 -1.12 -0.92 102 Ecuador -1.11 -1.21 -0.91 103 Madagascar -1.16 -1.15 -1.06 104 Nicaragua -1.18 -1.22 -1.02 105 Zambia -1.28 -1.40 -1.03 106 Benin -1.28 -1.55 -0.89 107 Cameroon -1.32 -1.77 -0.74 108 Venezuela -1.37 -1.50 -1.10 109 Burundi -1.54 -1.82 -1.22 110 Zimbabwe -1.63 -1.63 -1.48