The Commonwealth Innovation Index is based on the World Intellectual Property Organisation’s (WIPO) Global Innovation Index (GII) for 2020. It shows that just under a third of Commonwealth countries improved their ranking on the previous year.
2020 Commonwealth Innovation Index
| Countries | Ranking | ||
| Commonwealth 2020 | Global 2020 | Global change from 2019 | |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| Singapore | 2 | 8 | 0 |
| Canada | 3 | 17 | 0 |
| Australia | 4 | 23 | -1 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 26 | -1 |
| Malta | 6 | 27 | 0 |
| Cyprus | 7 | 29 | -1 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 33 | 2 |
| India | 9 | 48 | 4 |
| Mauritius | 10 | 52 | 30 |
| South Africa | 11 | 60 | 3 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 12 | 71 | 0 |
| Jamaica | 13 | 72 | 9 |
| Kenya | 14 | 86 | -9 |
| Tanzania | 15 | 88 | 9 |
| Botswana | 16 | 89 | 4 |
| Rwanda | 17 | 91 | 3 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 18 | 98 | -7 |
| Sri Lanka | 19 | 101 | -12 |
| Namibia | 20 | 104 | -3 |
| Pakistan | 21 | 107 | -2 |
| Ghana | 22 | 108 | -2 |
| Malawi | 23 | 111 | 7 |
| Uganda | 24 | 114 | -12 |
| Bangladesh | 25 | 116 | 0 |
| Nigeria | 26 | 117 | -3 |
| Cameroon | 27 | 119 | -4 |
| Zambia | 28 | 122 | 2 |
| Mozambique | 29 | 124 | -5 |
Source: World Intellectual Property Organisation
Please note, due to data gaps in the GII only 29 Commonwealth countries can be shown.
