Iceland is ranked 13th in the GII
overall, up six positions from 19th
in 2014. This Nordic country ranks
23th in the Input Sub-Index and 6th
in the Output Sub-Index. While the
main leverage on the output side
comes from its consistent 1st place
in Creative outputs, where Iceland
shows strengths in all sub-pillars and
most indicators, it also shows great
progress in the Knowledge and technology
outputs sub-pillar (with an
improvement of 12 places to reach
24th). This advance is linked to a
substantial improvement in FDI
netoutf lows. In addition, notable
developments have been made in
the percentage of graduates in science
and engineering (18 places), its
performance in the e-participation