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TheInternational Innovation Index is a global index measuring the level ofinnovation of a country, produced jointly in 2009 byThe Boston Consulting Group (BCG), theNational Association of Manufacturers (NAM), and The Manufacturing Institute (MI), the NAM's nonpartisan research affiliate. NAM describes it as the "largest and most comprehensive global index of its kind".^[1]

The International Innovation Index is part of a large research study that looked at both the business outcomes of innovation and government's ability to encourage and support innovation throughpublic policy. The study comprised a survey of more than 1,000 senior executives from NAM member companies across all industries; in-depth interviews with 30 of the executives; and a comparison of the "innovation friendliness" of 110 countries and all 50 U.S. states. The findings are published in the report, "The Innovation Imperative in Manufacturing: How the United States Can Restore Its Edge."^[2]

The report discusses not only country performance but also what companies are doing and should be doing to spur innovation. It looks at new policy indicators for innovation, including tax incentives and policies forimmigration,education andintellectual property.

The index was published in March 2009.^[3] To rank the countries, the study measured both innovation inputs and outputs. Innovation inputs included government andfiscal policy,education policy and the innovation environment. Outputs includedpatents,technology transfer, and otherR&D results; business performance, such aslabor productivity and total shareholder returns; and the impact of innovation on business migration andeconomic growth. The following is a list of the twenty largest countries (as measured byGDP) by the International Innovation Index:

Top 20 countries in the world by GDP in 2009

Rank	Country	Overall	Innovation inputs	Innovation performance
1	South Korea	2.26	2.74	1.92
2	United States	1.80	1.28	2.16
3	Japan	1.79	1.16	2.25
4	Sweden	1.64	1.25	1.88
5	Netherlands	1.55	1.40	1.55
6	Canada	1.42	1.39	1.32
7	United Kingdom	1.42	1.33	1.37
8	Germany	1.12	1.05	1.09
9	France	1.12	1.17	0.96
10	Australia	1.02	0.89	1.05
11	Spain	0.93	0.83	0.95
12	Belgium	0.86	0.85	0.79
13	China	0.73	0.07	1.32
14	Italy	0.21	0.16	0.24
15	India	0.06	0.14	-0.02
16	Russia	-0.09	-0.02	-0.16
17	Mexico	-0.16	0.11	-0.42
18	Turkey	-0.21	0.15	-0.55
19	Indonesia	-0.57	-0.63	-0.46
20	Brazil	-0.59	-0.62	-0.51

Rank	Country	Overall	Innovation inputs	Innovation performance
1	Singapore	2.45	2.74	1.92
2	South Korea	2.26	1.75	2.55
3	Switzerland	2.23	1.51	2.74
4	Iceland	2.17	2.00	2.14
5	Ireland	1.88	1.59	1.99
6	Hong Kong	1.88	1.61	1.97
7	Finland	1.87	1.76	1.81
8	United States	1.80	1.28	2.16
9	Japan	1.79	1.16	2.25
10	Sweden	1.64	1.25	1.88
11	Denmark	1.60	1.55	1.50
12	Netherlands	1.55	1.40	1.55
13	Luxembourg	1.54	0.94	2.00
14	Canada	1.42	1.39	1.32
15	United Kingdom	1.42	1.33	1.37
16	Israel	1.36	1.26	1.35
17	Austria	1.15	1.38	0.81
18	Norway	1.14	1.48	0.70
19	Germany	1.12	1.05	1.09
20	France	1.12	1.17	0.96
21	Malaysia	1.12	1.01	1.12
22	Australia	1.02	0.89	1.05
23	Estonia	0.94	1.50	0.29
24	Spain	0.93	0.83	0.95
25	Belgium	0.86	0.85	0.79
26	New Zealand	0.77	0.79	0.69
27	China	0.73	0.07	1.32
28	Cyprus	0.63	0.64	0.56
29	Portugal	0.60	0.92	0.22
30	Qatar	0.52	0.86	0.13
31	Hungary	0.51	0.80	0.18
32	Czech Republic	0.41	0.88	-0.10
33	Slovenia	0.37	0.47	0.24
34	South Africa	0.33	0.15	0.47
35	Bahrain	0.27	0.78	-0.26
36	Slovakia	0.21	0.72	-0.31
37	Chile	0.21	0.36	0.04
38	Italy	0.21	0.16	0.24
39	Malta	0.20	-0.21	0.59
40	Lithuania	0.16	0.71	-0.40
41	Tunisia	0.14	0.57	-0.30
42	Greece	0.12	0.01	0.23
43	Latvia	0.12	0.38	-0.14
44	Thailand	0.12	-0.12	0.35
45	Mauritius	0.06	0.48	-0.36
46	India	0.06	0.14	-0.02
47	Kuwait	0.06	0.46	-0.35
48	Croatia	-0.03	0.21	-0.26
49	Russia	-0.09	-0.02	-0.16
50	Saudi Arabia	-0.12	0.57	-0.79
51	Trinidad and Tobago	-0.12	-0.42	0.20
52	Poland	-0.12	0.22	-0.44
53	Bulgaria	-0.13	0.23	-0.48
54	Philippines	-0.15	-0.76	0.48
55	Oman	-0.15	0.27	-0.56
56	Jordan	-0.15	-0.04	-0.26
57	Mexico	-0.16	0.11	-0.42
58	Turkey	-0.21	0.15	-0.55
59	Lesotho	-0.22	-1.01	0.59
60	Kazakhstan	-0.23	-0.51	0.07
61	Romania	-0.29	0.22	-0.77
62	Costa Rica	-0.39	-0.57	-0.18
63	Panama	-0.43	-0.48	-0.34
64	Ukraine	-0.45	-0.13	-0.73
65	Egypt	-0.47	-0.46	-0.43
66	Botswana	-0.47	-0.50	-0.40
67	Albania	-0.49	-0.58	-0.34
68	Azerbaijan	-0.54	-0.48	-0.54
69	Sri Lanka	-0.56	-0.61	-0.46
70	Morocco	-0.57	-0.55	-0.54
71	Indonesia	-0.57	-0.63	-0.46
72	Brazil	-0.59	-0.62	-0.51
73	Vietnam	-0.65	-1.09	-0.16
74	Colombia	-0.66	-0.95	-0.30
75	Armenia	-0.66	-0.75	-0.52
76	North Macedonia	-0.68	-0.13	-1.17
77	Georgia	-0.72	-0.48	-0.88
78	Ethiopia	-0.75	-1.16	-0.27
79	Jamaica	-0.75	-0.72	-0.72
80	El Salvador	-0.77	-0.59	-0.88
81	Kyrgyzstan	-0.78	-0.54	-0.95
82	Honduras	-0.79	-0.64	-0.85
83	Moldova	-0.80	-0.24	-1.28
84	Pakistan	-0.82	-1.04	-0.51
85	Algeria	-0.83	-0.87	-0.70
86	Paraguay	-0.89	-0.63	-1.07
87	Mongolia	-0.90	-0.71	-1.01
88	Nigeria	-0.95	-0.91	-0.90
89	Uruguay	-0.95	-0.76	-1.06
90	Uganda	-0.96	-1.05	-0.78
91	Burkina Faso	-0.97	-1.25	-0.59
92	Argentina	-0.97	-0.96	-0.90
93	Tajikistan	-0.99	-1.04	-0.86
94	Guatemala	-0.99	-0.94	-0.96
95	Kenya	-1.01	-0.91	-1.02
96	Bolivia	-1.02	-1.08	-0.87
97	Syria	-1.03	-0.99	-0.98
98	Nepal	-1.05	-1.23	-0.77
99	Senegal	-1.06	-1.11	-0.91
100	Peru	-1.06	-1.18	-0.85
101	Namibia	-1.07	-1.12	-0.92
102	Ecuador	-1.11	-1.21	-0.91
103	Madagascar	-1.16	-1.15	-1.06
104	Nicaragua	-1.18	-1.22	-1.02
105	Zambia	-1.28	-1.40	-1.03
106	Benin	-1.28	-1.55	-0.89
107	Cameroon	-1.32	-1.77	-0.74
108	Venezuela	-1.37	-1.50	-1.10
109	Burundi	-1.54	-1.82	-1.12
110	Zimbabwe	-1.63	-1.63	-1.48

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