I recently checked out the Global Innovation Index 2012 results to learn more about the rankings and to disentangle some of the measures. The Index ranks China overall at #34 (out of 141) while the United States comes in at #10. Switzerland comes in at #1 (!), while Sudan comes in last place. The seven fundamental measures of the Index include:
- Institutions
- Human capital and research
- Infrastructure
- Market sophistication
- Business sophistication
- Knowledge and technology outputs
- Creative outputs
The website has an array of data analysis tools that allow users to compare the metrics of country indexes. I have always had a weakness for radar diagrams.
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