Knowledge Economic Index
KEI and KI indexes by country
Columns: Country | KEI | KI | Economic Incentive Regime | Innovation | Education | ICT | 2008 Rank
Denmark | 9.58 | 9.55 | 9.66 | 9.57 | 9.80 | 9.28 | 1 | Sweden | 9.52 | 9.63 | 9.18 | 9.79 | 9.40 | 9.69 | 2 | Finland | 9.37 | 9.33 | 9.47 | 9.66 | 9.78 | 8.56 | 3 | Netherlands | 9.32 | 9.36 | 9.18 | 9.48 | 9.26 | 9.36 | 4 | Norway | 9.27 | 9.27 | 9.25 | 9.06 | 9.60 | 9.16 | 5 | Canada | 9.21 | 9.14 | 9.42 | 9.43 | 9.26 | 8.74 | 6 | Switzerland | 9.15 | 9.03 | 9.50 | 9.89 | 7.69 | 9.52 | 7 | United Kingdom | 9.09 | 9.03 | 9.28 | 9.18 | 8.54 | 9.38 | 8 | United States | 9.08 | 9.05 | 9.16 | 9.45 | 8.77 | 8.93 | 9 | Australia | 9.05 | 9.17 | 8.66 | 8.72 | 9.64 | 9.16 | 10 | Ireland | 8.92 | 8.82 | 9.23 | 9.04 | 9.08 | 8.33 | 11 | Austria | 8.89 | 8.76 | 9.30 | 8.90 | 8.53 | 8.85 | 12 | Iceland | 8.88 | 8.87 | 8.92 | 7.98 | 9.44 | 9.18 | 13 | Germany | 8.87 | 8.83 | 8.99 | 9.00 | 8.46 | 9.04 | 14 | New Zealand | 8.87 | 9.00 | 8.48 | 8.65 | 9.79 | 8.56 | 15 | Belgium | 8.73 | 8.70 | 8.82 | 8.96 | 9.14 | 8.02 | 16 | Taiwan ,Rep of China | 8.69 | 8.80 | 8.35 | 9.24 | 7.91 | 9.26 | 17 | Luxembourg | 8.65 | 8.40 | 9.42 | 8.91 | 6.66 | 9.62 | 18 | Japan | 8.56 | 8.84 | 7.71 | 9.15 | 8.71 | 8.66 | 19 | France | 8.47 | 8.69 | 7.82 | 8.61 | 9.08 | 8.38 | 20 | Estonia | 8.34 | 8.22 | 8.68 | 7.49 | 8.27 | 8.90 | 21 | Slovenia | 8.25 | 8.29 | 8.11 | 8.31 | 8.24 | 8.33 | 22 | Spain | 8.24 | 8.13 | 8.58 | 8.14 | 8.21 | 8.04 | 23 | Singapore | 8.24 | 7.75 | 9.71 | 9.56 | 5.19 | 8.50 | 24 | Israel | 8.22 | 8.24 | 8.16 | 9.34 | 6.72 | 8.64 | 25 | Hong Kong, China | 8.20 | 7.73 | 9.60 | 8.64 | 5.30 | 9.26 | 26 | Italy | 7.86 | 8.19 | 6.84 | 8.04 | 7.86 | 8.68 | 27 | Hungary | 7.85 | 7.67 | 8.39 | 8.14 | 7.62 | 7.25 | 28 | Czech Republic | 7.83 | 7.70 | 8.23 | 7.60 | 8.11 | 7.39 | 29 | Lithuania | 7.68 | 7.60 | 7.94 | 6.59 | 8.36 | 7.84 | 30 | South Korea | 7.68 | 8.38 | 5.57 | 8.47 | 7.97 | 8.71 | 31 | Latvia | 7.64 | 7.51 | 8.04 | 6.40 | 8.41 | 7.73 | 32 | Cyprus | 7.55 | 7.47 | 7.77 | 7.65 | 6.45 | 8.32 | 33 | Portugal | 7.52 | 7.22 | 8.44 | 7.43 | 6.83 | 7.39 | 34 | Greece | 7.38 | 7.48 | 7.08 | 7.63 | 8.20 | 6.62 | 35 | Poland | 7.38 | 7.37 | 7.39 | 6.92 | 7.94 | 7.25 | 36 | Slovakia | 7.33 | 7.12 | 7.99 | 6.86 | 6.98 | 7.51 | 37 | Barbados | 7.25 | 7.78 | 5.66 | 7.51 | 8.40 | 7.44 | 38 | Croatia | 7.19 | 7.19 | 7.16 | 7.54 | 6.44 | 7.61 | 39 | Chile | 6.92 | 6.53 | 8.11 | 6.81 | 6.31 | 6.46 | 40 | Bulgaria | 6.80 | 6.73 | 7.01 | 6.43 | 7.42 | 6.33 | 41 | United Arab Emirates | 6.66 | 6.57 | 6.95 | 6.74 | 4.78 | 8.18 | 42 | Romania | 6.37 | 6.20 | 6.87 | 5.66 | 6.30 | 6.63 | 43 | Uruguay | 6.35 | 6.31 | 6.49 | 5.26 | 7.18 | 6.48 | 44 | Qatar | 6.15 | 6.20 | 5.99 | 5.77 | 5.29 | 7.56 | 45 | Dominica | 6.07 | 5.61 | 7.46 | 3.76 | 6.24 | 6.82 | 46 | Costa Rica | 6.06 | 5.85 | 6.70 | 6.24 | 5.01 | 6.30 | 47 | Malaysia | 6.06 | 6.02 | 6.18 | 6.83 | 4.14 | 7.08 | 48 | Russian Federation | 5.40 | 6.69 | 1.55 | 6.89 | 7.09 | 6.08 | 49 | Bahrain | 6.02 | 5.75 | 6.84 | 4.20 | 5.82 | 7.22 | 50 | Kuwait | 6.01 | 5.68 | 7.01 | 5.05 | 4.87 | 7.13 | 51 | Ukraine | 5.80 | 6.38 | 4.06 | 5.77 | 7.91 | 5.45 | 52 | Argentina | 5.49 | 6.44 | 2.63 | 6.85 | 6.49 | 5.98 | 53 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.64 | 5.54 | 5.95 | 6.02 | 4.34 | 6.27 | 54 | Brazil | 5.57 | 6.00 | 4.30 | 6.07 | 5.84 | 6.08 | 55 | Turkey | 5.61 | 5.14 | 7.02 | 5.67 | 4.38 | 5.38 | 56 | South Africa | 5.55 | 5.47 | 5.81 | 6.92 | 4.51 | 4.98 | 57 | Jordan | 5.53 | 5.46 | 5.77 | 5.66 | 5.49 | 5.21 | 58 | Armenia | 5.51 | 5.44 | 5.71 | 6.17 | 6.32 | 3.84 | 59 | Mexico | 5.45 | 5.48 | 5.38 | 5.82 | 4.85 | 5.77 | 60 | Thailand | 5.44 | 5.41 | 5.51 | 5.98 | 5.27 | 5.00 | 61 | Oman | 5.37 | 4.72 | 7.32 | 4.95 | 4.30 | 4.90 | 62 | Macedonia | 5.33 | 5.23 | 5.61 | 4.76 | 4.87 | 6.06 | 63 | Mauritius | 5.18 | 4.58 | 6.95 | 3.70 | 4.09 | 5.96 | 64 | Saudi Arabia | 5.15 | 5.07 | 5.39 | 4.04 | 4.87 | 6.29 | 65 | Jamaica | 5.04 | 5.40 | 3.99 | 5.36 | 4.10 | 6.74 | 66 | Moldova | 5.04 | 5.32 | 4.19 | 4.39 | 6.40 | 5.17 | 67 | Kazakhstan | 5.01 | 5.08 | 4.82 | 3.77 | 7.21 | 4.25 | 68 | Belarus | 4.93 | 6.39 | 0.55 | 5.54 | 8.00 | 5.63 | 69 | Lebanon | 4.86 | 4.91 | 4.70 | 4.69 | 4.76 | 5.27 | 70 | Tunisia | 4.73 | 4.56 | 5.26 | 4.58 | 4.10 | 5.00 | 71 | Panama | 4.69 | 4.45 | 5.39 | 5.45 | 4.86 | 3.04 | 72 | Georgia | 4.69 | 5.07 | 3.54 | 5.38 | 5.97 | 3.85 | 73 | Peru | 4.64 | 4.86 | 3.98 | 3.88 | 5.57 | 5.12 | 74 | Mongolia | 4.50 | 4.28 | 5.18 | 2.06 | 6.31 | 4.46 | 75 | Colombia | 4.42 | 4.62 | 3.83 | 4.26 | 4.79 | 4.80 | 76 | China | 4.35 | 4.46 | 4.01 | 5.12 | 4.11 | 4.16 | 77 | Guyana | 4.31 | 4.97 | 2.33 | 4.47 | 5.80 | 4.64 | 78 | Philippines | 4.25 | 4.02 | 4.95 | 3.63 | 4.76 | 3.66 | 79 | Venezuela | 4.23 | 5.47 | 0.51 | 5.73 | 5.27 | 5.41 | 80 | Namibia | 4.19 | 3.20 | 7.14 | 3.30 | 2.57 | 3.74 | 81 | Sri Lanka | 4.16 | 4.07 | 4.44 | 4.44 | 4.91 | 2.85 | 82 | Albania | 4.04 | 4.08 | 3.91 | 3.10 | 4.94 | 4.20 | 83 | Egypt | 4.03 | 4.19 | 3.57 | 4.55 | 4.35 | 3.66 | 84 | Botswana | 3.96 | 3.50 | 5.34 | 4.34 | 2.58 | 3.59 | 85 | Dominican Republic | 3.92 | 3.81 | 4.24 | 2.91 | 4.11 | 4.42 | 86 | El Salvador | 3.91 | 3.65 | 4.70 | 3.19 | 3.26 | 4.50 | 87 | Azerbaijan | 3.81 | 3.93 | 3.42 | 3.05 | 5.03 | 3.73 | 88 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.74 | 3.90 | 3.25 | 2.70 | 6.25 | 2.75 | 89 | Paraguay | 3.62 | 3.87 | 2.87 | 3.47 | 4.20 | 3.93 | 90 | Ecuador | 3.46 | 4.08 | 1.58 | 3.55 | 3.77 | 4.93 | 91 | Morocco | 3.45 | 3.33 | 3.80 | 3.67 | 2.00 | 4.32 | 92 | Bolivia | 3.42 | 3.63 | 2.78 | 3.05 | 4.76 | 3.09 | 93 | Iran | 3.39 | 4.13 | 1.18 | 3.02 | 3.89 | 5.48 | 94 | Uzbekistan | 3.28 | 4.03 | 1.03 | 3.51 | 6.17 | 2.40 | 95 | Algeria | 3.25 | 3.50 | 2.53 | 3.48 | 3.64 | 3.37 | 96 | Cape Verde | 3.24 | 3.05 | 3.81 | 2.25 | 2.96 | 3.96 | 97 | Indonesia | 3.23 | 3.19 | 3.36 | 3.32 | 3.42 | 2.82 | 98 | Honduras | 3.21 | 3.18 | 3.30 | 3.30 | 3.17 | 3.06 | 99 | India | 3.12 | 2.94 | 3.67 | 3.97 | 2.26 | 2.59 | 100 | Guatemala | 3.11 | 2.88 | 3.78 | 2.47 | 2.21 | 3.97 | 101 | Vietnam | 3.02 | 3.08 | 2.85 | 2.83 | 3.32 | 3.08 | 102 | Swaziland | 2.93 | 3.05 | 2.56 | 4.55 | 1.73 | 2.88 | 103 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.90 | 3.34 | 1.55 | 3.44 | 2.91 | 3.68 | 104 | Nicaragua | 2.87 | 2.64 | 3.57 | 1.99 | 2.93 | 3.02 | 105 | Kenya | 2.82 | 2.65 | 3.31 | 3.87 | 1.49 | 2.60 | 106 | Tajikistan | 2.79 | 2.93 | 2.37 | 2.33 | 5.34 | 1.10 | 107 | Senegal | 2.63 | 2.15 | 4.07 | 2.77 | 0.92 | 2.75 | 108 | Zimbabwe | 2.51 | 3.25 | 0.29 | 4.09 | 2.38 | 3.29 | 109 | Ghana | 2.50 | 2.00 | 3.97 | 2.08 | 1.80 | 2.13 | 110 | Uganda | 2.46 | 1.93 | 4.04 | 2.72 | 1.16 | 1.92 | 111 | Madagascar | 2.37 | 1.51 | 4.93 | 2.54 | 0.76 | 1.25 | 112 | Mauritania | 2.35 | 1.83 | 3.89 | 1.75 | 0.94 | 2.80 | 113 | Tanzania | 2.28 | 1.72 | 3.98 | 2.39 | 1.05 | 1.70 | 114 | Pakistan | 2.24 | 2.18 | 2.43 | 2.75 | 1.07 | 2.72 | 115 | Lesotho | 2.15 | 1.99 | 2.65 | 2.70 | 1.73 | 1.53 | 116 | Benin | 2.10 | 1.80 | 3.00 | 2.33 | 1.14 | 1.93 | 117 | Nigeria | 2.04 | 2.33 | 1.16 | 2.72 | 1.87 | 2.41 | 118 | Yemen | 1.80 | 1.83 | 1.72 | 1.68 | 1.83 | 1.99 | 119 | Mali | 1.78 | 1.18 | 3.58 | 1.69 | 0.66 | 1.19 | 120 | Mozambique | 1.71 | 1.20 | 3.24 | 1.86 | 0.33 | 1.41 | 121 | Angola | 1.70 | 1.67 | 1.76 | 2.44 | 0.88 | 1.70 | 122 | Cameroon | 1.69 | 1.85 | 1.20 | 2.49 | 1.36 | 1.70 | 123 | Burkina Faso | 1.64 | 1.11 | 3.24 | 2.15 | 0.26 | 0.93 | 124 | Nepal | 1.61 | 1.46 | 2.06 | 2.04 | 1.50 | 0.84 | 125 | Malawi | 1.55 | 1.17 | 2.71 | 2.11 | 0.87 | 0.53 | 126 | Laos | 1.53 | 1.68 | 1.08 | 1.43 | 2.01 | 1.59 | 127 | Bangladesh | 1.49 | 1.63 | 1.10 | 1.71 | 1.52 | 1.66 | 128 | Myanmar | 1.48 | 1.52 | 1.35 | 1.17 | 2.58 | 0.82 | 129 | Rwanda | 1.34 | 0.85 | 2.80 | 1.47 | 0.35 | 0.74 | 130 | Ethiopia | 1.18 | 0.93 | 1.95 | 1.57 | 0.73 | 0.48 | 131 | Djibouti | 1.15 | 1.14 | 1.19 | 1.29 | 0.49 | 1.63 | 132 | Eritrea | 1.07 | 1.20 | 0.68 | 1.56 | 0.81 | 1.22 | 133 | Sierra Leone | 0.91 | 0.92 | 0.87 | 1.70 | 0.67 | 0.39 | 134 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | n/a | n/a | 4.24 | 3.29 | n/a | 5.33 | 135 | Serbia and Montenegro | n/a | n/a | 3.46 | 4.85 | n/a | 5.59 | 136 | Haiti | n/a | n/a | 1.29 | 1.15 | n/a | 1.57 | 137 | Côte d'Ivoire | n/a | n/a | 0.57 | 2.52 | n/a | 2.30 | 138 | Sudan | n/a | n/a | 0.61 | 1.97 | n/a | 3.84 | 139