24.01.2019
South Korea retained the global crown in the 2019 Bloomberg Innovation Index, though improvements by Germany in research and education brought Europe’s largest economy to near-parity in the annual ranking.
The U.S. moved up to eighth place, a year after cracks in education scores pushed it out of the top 10 for the first time.
The annual Bloomberg Innovation Index, in its seventh year, analyzes dozens of criteria using seven metrics, including research and development spending, manufacturing capability and concentration of high-tech public companies.
- For a summary table, click HERE
- For patent activity, click HERE
- For research personnel concentration, click HERE
- For tertiary education, click HERE
- For technology company density, click HERE
- For productivity, click HERE
- For manufacturing value added, click HERE
- For research and development expenditures, click HERE
