Global innovation index infographic

1. GAMBIA BURKINA FASO RWANDA MOZAMBIQUEMALAWI
KENYAUGANDASENEGAL
The Global Innovation Index 2014
www.globalinnovationindex.org
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
PUNCHING ABOVE ITS WEIGHT
Countries performing over10%
higherthan expected fortheirlevel
ofgross domestic product.
Of the 7 new innovation learners this year, 5 are from
Sub-Saharan Africa.
42%
26%
16 %
11 % 5%
Sub-Saharan AfricaSouth East Asia
and Oceania
Northern
Africa and
Western Asia
Europe
Central and
Southern Asia
SHARE OF INNOVATION LEARNERS PER REGIONS
In 2014, five new countries join Kenya, Uganda
and Senegal as “innovation learners”. They all show
rising levels of innovation, particularly in the areas of
human capitaland research and market sophistication:
Sub-Saharan Africa now accounts
for almost 50% of countries with
the status of “innovation learner”–
more than any other region:
INNOVATION LEARNERS