Estonia is the most innovative economy in emerging Europe, and the 24th most innovative globally and 15th in Europe, as indicated by the 2019 Global Innovation Index.
Every year the Global Innovation Index ranks the innovation performance of nearly 130 economies around the world. The countries are evaluated based on 80 different factors that affect innovations, including factors such as politics, technology, education, infrastructure, creative output, research and entrepreneurship development to name a few.
