2019 Commonwealth Innovation Index
The Commonwealth Innovation Index is based on the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s (WIPO) Global Innovation Index (GII) for 2019. It shows that approximately 35% of Commonwealth countries improved their ranking on the previous year.
| Countries | Ranking | ||
| Commonwealth
(/29 countries) |
Global (/129 countries) |
Global Change
(from 2018) |
|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 5 | -1 |
| Singapore | 2 | 8 | -3 |
| Canada | 3 | 17 | 1 |
| Australia | 4 | 22 | -2 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 25 | -3 |
| Malta | 6 | 27 | -1 |
| Cyprus | 7 | 28 | 1 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 35 | 0 |
| India | 9 | 52 | 5 |
| South Africa | 10 | 63 | -5 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 11 | 71 | -4 |
| Kenya | 12 | 77 | 1 |
| Jamaica | 13 | 81 | 0 |
| Mauritius | 14 | 82 | -7 |
| Sri Lanka | 15 | 89 | -1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 16 | 91 | 5 |
| Botswana | 17 | 93 | -2 |
| Rwanda | 18 | 94 | 5 |
| Tanzania | 19 | 97 | -5 |
| Namibia | 20 | 101 | -8 |
| Uganda | 21 | 102 | 1 |
| Pakistan | 22 | 105 | 4 |
| Ghana | 23 | 106 | 1 |
| Nigeria | 24 | 114 | 4 |
| Cameroon | 25 | 115 | -4 |
| Bangladesh | 26 | 116 | 0 |
| Malawi | 27 | 118 | -4 |
| Mozambique | 28 | 119 | -4 |
| Zambia | 29 | 124 | -4 |
Source: World Intellectual Property Organisation
Please note, due to data gaps in the GII only 29 Commonwealth countries can be shown.
