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30/09/22 05:54 AM IST

India breaks into Top 40 on Global Innovation Index

In News 
  • India, for the first time, made it to the top 40 countries at the Global Innovation Index (GII), led by improvement in information and communication technologies (ICT) services exports, venture capital recipients’ value, and finance for startups.
Major Findings 
  • India’s six-notch jump to the 40th spot in the 132-nation GII in 2022 from 46th rank in 2021 made it to the top most innovative lower middle-income economy in the world, overtaking Vietnam.
  • The GII reveals the most innovative economies in the world, ranking the innovation performance of 132 economies.
  • Türkiye and India enter the top 40 for the first time, placed 37th and 40th, respectively.
  • India continues to lead the world in the ICT services exports indicator with the first rank while holding top rankings in other indicators, including Venture capital recipients’ value (6th), Finance for startups and scaleups (8th), Graduates in science and engineering (11th), Labor productivity growth (12th) and Domestic industry diversification (14th).
  • For the twelfth consecutive year, Switzerland ranks first in the GII followed by the US.
  • In Central and Southern Asia, India ranked highest among three in the “most innovation economies” followed by Iran and Uzbekistan.
About GII 
  • The GII is launched by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a specialized agency of the United Nations.
  • The GII aims to capture the multi-dimensional facets of innovation ranking and rich analysis referencing around 132 economies.
  • It is published in partnership with the Portulans Institute and other corporate partners:
  • The Brazilian National Confederation of Industry (CNI), Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Ecopetrol (Colombia) and the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM).
  • The index ranks world economies according to their innovation capabilities and consists of roughly 80 indicators grouped into innovation inputs and outputs.
Source- Economic Times 

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