{"id":31343,"date":"2013-02-08T14:01:35","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T12:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=31343"},"modified":"2013-02-08T14:03:02","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T12:03:02","slug":"sa-second-most-innovative-country-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/31343\/sa-second-most-innovative-country-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"SA second most innovative country in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bloomberg has published a list of the 50 most innovative countries in the world with South Africa edging its way on, in last place, behind Tunisia in Africa.<\/p>\n

To compile the list, Bloomberg Rankings examined more than 200 countries and sovereign regions, ranking the countries on a scale of 0 to 100% on seven factors, all accounting for a specific percentage of the final score.<\/p>\n

These factors included research and development intensity (20%); productivity (20%); high-tech density (20%); researcher concentration (20%); manufacturing capability (10%); tertiary education levels (5%); and patent activity (5%).<\/p>\n

The United states took the top spot, ranking first for its number of publicly-listed high tech companies (in such fields as aerospace and defense, biotechnology, hardware, software, semiconductors, Internet software & services and renewable energy).<\/p>\n

South Korea (ranked 2nd) had top position in terms of patent activity (patent filings per million population and per $1 million R&D spent), while Finland (4th) took top spot for having the most R&D researchers per one million people.<\/p>\n

Luxembourg (16th) was the most productive country listed, measured as GDP per employed person, per hour worked.<\/p>\n

Canada (17th) had the highest tertiary efficiency out of all countries researched. This factor looks at the enrollment and graduation figures of tertiary institutions – as well as the ratios that go into the labour force.<\/p>\n

Israel (32nd) ranked top in R&D intensity, measured as investment in R&D as a percentage of the total GDP.<\/p>\n

South Africa (50th) and Tunisia (40th) were the only African countries ranked on the list.<\/p>\n

South Africa’s highest-ranked factors were in research and development intensity and high-tech density (35th overall), but put up a poor showing in tertiary efficiency (95th).<\/p>\n

The 50 most innovative countries in the world<\/h3>\n
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Rank<\/strong><\/td>\nCountry<\/strong><\/td>\nTop Factor
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n		Rank
\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1<\/td>\nUnited States<\/td>\nHigh-tech density<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>\nSouth Korea<\/td>\nPatent activity<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>\nGermany<\/td>\nHigh-tech density<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nFinland<\/td>\nResearcher concentration<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>\nSweden<\/td>\nR&D intensity<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nJapan<\/td>\nPatent activity<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>\nSingapore<\/td>\nResearcher concentration<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>\nAustria<\/td>\nProductivity<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>\nDenmark<\/td>\nResearcher concentration<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nFrance<\/td>\nProductivity<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nNetherlands<\/td>\nProductivity<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nIreland<\/td>\nManufacturing capability<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>\nNorway<\/td>\nProductivity<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nRussia<\/td>\nTertiary efficiency, High-tech density<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nBelgium<\/td>\nProductivity<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nLuxembourg<\/td>\nProductivity<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nCanada<\/td>\nTertiary efficiency<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nUnited Kingdom<\/td>\nPatent activity<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nSlovenia<\/td>\nPatent activity<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nIceland<\/td>\nResearcher concentration<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21<\/td>\nSwitzerland<\/td>\nR&D intensity<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\nAustralia<\/td>\nProductivity<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
23<\/td>\nCzech Republic<\/td>\nManufacturing capability<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
24<\/td>\nItaly<\/td>\nProductivity<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25<\/td>\nPortugal<\/td>\nResearcher concentration<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\nHungary<\/td>\nManufacturing capability<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27<\/td>\nSpain<\/td>\nTertiary efficiency<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28<\/td>\nNew Zealand<\/td>\nTertiary efficiency<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\nChina<\/td>\nPatent activity<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30<\/td>\nPoland<\/td>\nPatent activity<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>\nEstonia<\/td>\nResearcher concentration<\/td>\n23<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
32<\/td>\nIsrael<\/td>\nR&D intensity<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33<\/td>\nLithuania<\/td>\nTertiary efficiency<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>\nSlovakia<\/td>\nManufacturing capability<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
35<\/td>\nCroatia<\/td>\nPatent activity<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\nHong Kong<\/td>\nProductivity<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\nTurkey<\/td>\nR&D intensity, Productivity<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
38<\/td>\nMalaysia<\/td>\nManufacturing capability<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
39<\/td>\nMalta<\/td>\nProductivity<\/td>\n26<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/td>\nTunisia<\/td>\nManufacturing capability<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
41<\/td>\nGreece<\/td>\nTertiary efficiency<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/td>\nUkraine<\/td>\nTertiary efficiency<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
43<\/td>\nBulgaria<\/td>\nManufacturing capability<\/td>\n33<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
44<\/td>\nLatvia<\/td>\nPatent activity<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
45<\/td>\nArgentina<\/td>\nManufacturing capability<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
46<\/td>\nRomania<\/td>\nManufacturing capability<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
47<\/td>\nIran<\/td>\nTertiary efficiency<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>\nMacedonia<\/td>\nHigh-tech density, Manufacturing capability<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
49<\/td>\nBelarus<\/td>\nManufacturing capability<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
50<\/td>\nSouth Africa<\/td>\nR&D intensity, High-tech density<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

You can see the full list on Bloomberg<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n

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