Ranking and Score: Malaysia and other Selected Countries in Global Innovation Index (GII), 2016-2021
| COUNTRY / ECONOMY | INCOME | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | | RANK | SCORE (0-100) | RANK | SCORE (0-100) | RANK | SCORE (0-100) | RANK | SCORE (0-100) | RANK | SCORE (0-100) | RANK | SCORE (0-100) | | Switzerland | HI | 1 | 65.50 | 1 | 66.08 | 1 | 67.24 | 1 | 68.40 | 1 | 67.69 | 1 | 66.28 | | Sweden | HI | 2 | 63.10 | 2 | 62.47 | 2 | 63.65 | 3 | 63.08 | 2 | 63.82 | 2 | 63.57 | | USA | HI | 3 | 61.30 | 3 | 60.56 | 3 | 61.73 | 6 | 59.81 | 4 | 61.40 | 4 | 61.40 | | United Kingdom | HI | 4 | 59.80 | 4 | 59.78 | 5 | 61.30 | 4 | 60.13 | 5 | 60.89 | 3 | 61.93 | | Republic of Korea | HI | 5 | 59.30 | 10 | 56.11 | 11 | 56.55 | 12 | 56.63 | 11 | 57.70 | 11 | 57.15 | | Netherlands | HI | 6 | 58.60 | 5 | 58.76 | 4 | 61.44 | 2 | 63.32 | 3 | 63.36 | 9 | 58.29 | | Finland | HI | 7 | 58.40 | 7 | 57.02 | 6 | 59.83 | 7 | 59.63 | 8 | 58.49 | 5 | 59.90 | | Singapore | HI | 8 | 57.80 | 8 | 56.61 | 8 | 58.37 | 5 | 59.83 | 7 | 58.69 | 6 | 59.16 | | Denmark | HI | 9 | 57.30 | 6 | 57.53 | 7 | 58.44 | 8 | 58.39 | 6 | 58.70 | 8 | 58.45 | | Germany | HI | 10 | 57.30 | 9 | 56.55 | 9 | 58.19 | 9 | 58.03 | 9 | 58.39 | 10 | 57.94 | | France | HI | 11 | 55.00 | 12 | 53.66 | 16 | 54.25 | 16 | 54.36 | 15 | 54.18 | 18 | 54.04 | | China | UM | 12 | 54.80 | 14 | 53.28 | 14 | 54.82 | 17 | 53.06 | 22 | 52.54 | 25 | 50.57 | | Japan | HI | 13 | 54.50 | 16 | 52.70 | 15 | 54.68 | 13 | 54.95 | 14 | 54.72 | 16 | 54.52 | | Hong Kong, China | HI | 14 | 53.70 | 11 | 54.24 | 13 | 55.54 | 14 | 54.62 | 16 | 53.88 | 14 | 55.69 | | Israel | HI | 15 | 53.40 | 13 | 53.55 | 10 | 57.43 | 11 | 56.79 | 17 | 53.88 | 21 | 52.28 | | Malaysia | UM | 36 | 41.90 | 33 | 42.42 | 35 | 42.68 | 35 | 43.16 | 37 | 42.72 | 35 | 43.36 | | Thailand | UM | 43 | 37.20 | 44 | 36.68 | 43 | 38.63 | 44 | 38.00 | 51 | 37.57 | 52 | 36.51 | | Vietnam | LM | 44 | 37.00 | 42 | 37.12 | 42 | 38.84 | 45 | 37.94 | 47 | 38.34 | 59 | 35.37 | | Philippines | LM | 51 | 35.30 | 50 | 35.19 | 54 | 36.18 | 73 | 31.56 | 73 | 32.48 | 74 | 31.83 |
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Notes: HI - high income, UM-upper middle, LM-lower middle :
Number of participating countries: 132 countries (2021); 131 countries (2020); 129 countries (2019); 126 countries (2018); 127 countries (2017); 128 countries (2016);
Source: Global Innovation Index | Tracking Innovation through the COVID-19 Crisis
Summary
The table above shows the achievement of several countries in the Global Innovation Index for 2016-2021. Malaysia is categorised as an Upper Middle (UM) income country based on its gross national income (GNI) per capita. In 2021, Malaysia ranked 36th, drop 1 position from previous year.
