2015 results: The world’s top innovators
The following section describes and
analyses the prominent features of
the GII 2015 results for the global
leaders in each index and the best
performers in light of their income
level. A short discussion of the rankings
at the regional level follows.
Tables 1 through 3 present the
rankings of all economies included
in the GII 2015 for the GII and the
Input and Output Sub-Indices.
The top 10 in the Global Innovation Index
The top 10 economies in the GII
2015 edition are discussed in detail
below.
Switzerland maintains its number
1 position in the GII since 2011,
as well as its number 1 position in
the Output Sub-Index and in the
Knowledge and technology outputs
pillar since 2012. It achieves
a spot among the top 25 in all pillars
and sub-pillars with only four
exceptions: sub-pillars Business
environment (where it ranks 28th),
Education (28th), Information and
communication technologies (41st),
and General infrastructure (26th).
A knowledge-based economy of
8.1 million people with one of the
highest GDP per capita in the world
(PPP$47,863), its high Innovation
Eff iciency Ratio (2nd highest of
all economies in the sample, and