Denmark is ranked 10th, down
two positions from 8th place in
2014. This fall is similar to that of
Finland, and—except for Sweden—
there has been a noticeable decrease
in the GII innovation performance
of the Nordic European countries
since 2011. Despite this decline, the
country performs strongly in both
the Input Sub-Index (at 8th place)
and the Output Sub-Index (12th). It
achieves a leading position (within
the top 25) in all pillars and in 14
out of 21 sub-pillars, with strengths
in its government effectiveness,
regulatory quality, rule of law,
school life expectancy, number of
researchers, ICT use, and number
of scientific and technical publications.
Denmark’s several steep
drops in 2015 are mainly in the
Infrastructure pillar in areas such as
the government’s online index and
e-participation index, GDP per
unit of energy use, and the number
of ISO 14001 certificates.