Global Innovation Index 2019

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Global Innovation Index 2019 is the most comprehensive ranking I know related to Innovation. It is common effort by Cornell University, INSEAD and WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)

Link to the report:

https://www.wipo.int/publications/en/details.jsp?id=4434

Start reading on page xvii the Executive Summary

The main messages of the Global Innovation Index 2019 can be
summarized in seven key findings. (Every finding is described in a few paragraphs)
1: Amid economic slowdown, innovation is blossoming around the world; but new obstacles pose risks to global innovation

2: Shifts in the global innovation landscape are materializing;some middle-income economies are on the rise

3: Innovation inputs and outputs are still concentrated in very few economies; a global innovation divide persists

4: Some economies get more return on their innovation investments than others

5: Shifting focus from innovation quantity to innovation quality remains a priority

6: Most top science and technology clusters are in the U.S., China, and Germany

7: Creating healthy lives through medical innovation requires more investment in innovation and increased diffusion efforts (Medical innovation is this year special focus area apart from usual report)