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KEI and KI Indexes (KAM 2012)

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Rank		Country (click on the name to see basic scorecard)		KEI		KI		Economic Incentive Regime		Innovation		Education		ICT


1		Sweden	9.43		9.38		9.58		9.74		8.92		9.49
2	+6	Finland	9.33		9.22		9.65		9.66		8.77		9.22
3		Denmark	9.16		9.00		9.63		9.49		8.63		8.88
4	-2	Netherlands	9.11		9.22		8.79		9.46		8.75		9.45
5	+2	Norway	9.11		8.99		9.47		9.01		9.43		8.53
6	+3	New Zealand	8.97		8.93		9.09		8.66		9.81		8.30
7	+3	Canada	8.92		8.72		9.52		9.32		8.61		8.23
8	+7	Germany	8.90		8.83		9.10		9.11		8.20		9.17
9	-3	Australia	8.88		8.98		8.56		8.92		9.71		8.32
10	-5	Switzerland	8.87		8.65		9.54		9.86		6.90		9.20
11		Ireland	8.86		8.73		9.26		9.11		8.87		8.21
12	-8	United States	8.77		8.89		8.41		9.46		8.70		8.51
13	+3	Taiwan, China	8.77		9.10		7.77		9.38		8.87		9.06
14	-2	United Kingdom	8.76		8.61		9.20		9.12		7.27		9.45
15	-1	Belgium	8.71		8.68		8.79		9.06		8.57		8.42
16	+3	Iceland	8.62		8.54		8.86		8.00		8.91		8.72
17	-4	Austria	8.61		8.39		9.26		8.87		7.33		8.97
18	+7	Hong Kong, China	8.52		8.17		9.57		9.10		6.38		9.04
19	+7	Estonia	8.40		8.26		8.81		7.75		8.60		8.44
20	+2	Luxembourg	8.37		8.01		9.45		8.94		5.61		9.47
21	+2	Spain	8.35		8.26		8.63		8.23		8.82		7.73
22	-5	Japan	8.28		8.53		7.55		9.08		8.43		8.07
23	-3	Singapore	8.26		7.79		9.66		9.49		5.09		8.78
24	-3	France	8.21		8.36		7.76		8.66		8.26		8.16
25	-7	Israel	8.14		8.07		8.33		9.39		7.47		7.36
26	+7	Czech Republic	8.14		8.00		8.53		7.90		8.15		7.96
27	+2	Hungary	8.02		7.93		8.28		8.15		8.42		7.23
28		Slovenia	8.01		7.91		8.31		8.50		7.42		7.80
29	-5	Korea, Rep.	7.97		8.65		5.93		8.80		9.09		8.05
30	-3	Italy	7.89		7.94		7.76		8.01		7.58		8.21
31	+8	Malta	7.88		7.53		8.94		7.94		6.86		7.80
32	+2	Lithuania	7.80		7.68		8.15		6.82		8.64		7.59
33	+7	Slovak Republic	7.64		7.46		8.17		7.30		7.42		7.68
34	-4	Portugal	7.61		7.34		8.42		7.62		6.99		7.41
35	-3	Cyprus	7.56		7.50		7.71		7.71		7.23		7.57
36	-5	Greece	7.51		7.74		6.80		7.83		8.96		6.43
37		Latvia	7.41		7.15		8.21		6.56		7.73		7.16
38	-3	Poland	7.41		7.20		8.01		7.16		7.76		6.70
39	+4	Croatia	7.29		7.27		7.35		7.66		6.15		8.00
40	-2	Chile	7.21		6.61		9.01		6.93		6.83		6.05
41	-5	Barbados	7.18		7.92		4.96		7.62		7.27		8.87
42	+6	United Arab Emirates	6.94		7.09		6.50		6.60		5.80		8.88
43	-2	Bahrain	6.90		6.98		6.69		4.61		6.78		9.54
44	+9	Romania	6.82		6.63		7.39		6.14		7.55		6.19
45	+6	Bulgaria	6.80		6.61		7.35		6.94		6.25		6.66
46	-4	Uruguay	6.39		6.32		6.60		5.94		5.99		7.02
47	+18	Oman	6.14		5.87		6.96		5.88		5.23		6.49
48	-3	Malaysia	6.10		6.25		5.67		6.91		5.22		6.61
49		Serbia	6.02		6.61		4.23		6.47		5.98		7.39
50	+26	Saudi Arabia	5.96		6.05		5.68		4.14		5.65		8.37
51	-4	Costa Rica	5.93		5.65		6.76		6.19		5.43		5.34
52	+4	Trinidad and Tobago	5.91		5.93		5.84		6.36		4.84		6.59
53		Aruba	5.89		4.97		8.63		3.52		5.96		5.44
54	-5	Qatar	5.84		5.50		6.87		6.42		3.41		6.65
55	+9	Russian Federation	5.78		6.96		2.23		6.93		6.79		7.16
56	-2	Ukraine	5.73		6.33		3.95		5.76		8.26		4.96
57	+16	Macedonia, FYR	5.65		5.63		5.73		4.99		5.15		6.74
58	-3	Jamaica	5.65		6.18		4.08		5.68		5.58		7.27
59	+11	Belarus	5.59		6.62		2.50		5.70		7.37		6.79
60	-1	Brazil	5.58		6.05		4.17		6.31		5.61		6.24
61		Dominica	5.56		5.50		5.73		4.38		4.87		7.25
62	+1	Mauritius	5.52		4.62		8.22		4.41		4.33		5.11
63	-19	Argentina	5.43		6.54		2.09		6.90		6.36		6.38
64	-18	Kuwait	5.33		5.15		5.86		5.22		3.70		6.53
65	-15	Panama	5.30		5.32		5.26		5.13		5.16		5.67
66	-6	Thailand	5.21		5.25		5.12		5.95		4.23		5.55
67	-15	South Africa	5.21		5.11		5.49		6.89		4.87		3.58
68	+7	Georgia	5.19		4.49		7.28		5.15		4.61		3.72
69	-7	Turkey	5.16		4.81		6.19		5.83		4.11		4.50
70		Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.12		4.97		5.55		4.38		5.77		4.77
71	-13	Armenia	5.08		4.84		5.80		4.21		6.96		3.35
72	-11	Mexico	5.07		5.13		4.88		5.59		5.16		4.65
73	+5	Kazakhstan	5.04		5.40		3.96		3.97		6.91		5.32
74	-8	Peru	5.01		4.85		5.48		4.11		5.25		5.18
75	-18	Jordan	4.95		4.71		5.65		4.05		5.55		4.54
76	+3	Colombia	4.94		5.18		4.25		4.68		5.28		5.57
77	-8	Moldova	4.92		5.08		4.44		4.16		5.79		5.28
78	+3	Guyana	4.67		5.35		2.62		4.77		5.43		5.84
79	+15	Azerbaijan	4.56		4.96		3.36		4.01		5.95		4.93
80	+9	Tunisia	4.56		4.80		3.81		4.97		4.55		4.89
81	-13	Lebanon	4.56		4.65		4.28		4.86		5.51		3.58
82	+14	Albania	4.53		4.48		4.69		3.37		4.81		5.26
83	+3	Mongolia	4.42		4.45		4.30		2.91		5.83		4.63
84	+7	China	4.37		4.57		3.79		5.99		3.93		3.79
85	-18	Botswana	4.31		3.81		5.82		4.26		3.92		3.23
86	-14	Venezuela, RB	4.20		5.47		0.42		5.33		5.36		5.71
87	-4	Cuba	4.19		5.10		1.44		5.05		7.93		2.34
88	-4	El Salvador	4.17		3.88		5.05		3.10		3.53		5.00
89	-9	Namibia	4.10		3.38		6.26		3.72		2.71		3.71
90	-5	Dominican Republic	4.05		4.08		3.96		3.56		3.89		4.79
91	+2	Paraguay	3.95		4.07		3.58		4.07		4.26		3.90
92	-15	Philippines	3.94		3.81		4.32		3.77		4.64		3.03
93	-19	Fiji	3.94		4.60		1.96		4.65		5.27		3.87
94	+1	Iran, Islamic Rep.	3.91		4.97		0.73		5.02		4.61		5.28
95	-13	Kyrgyz Rep.	3.82		4.57		1.58		3.12		5.32		5.27
96	+14	Algeria	3.79		4.28		2.33		3.54		5.27		4.04
97	-9	Egypt, Arab Rep.	3.78		3.54		4.50		4.11		3.37		3.12
98	-8	Ecuador	3.72		4.38		1.74		3.95		4.47		4.72
99	+1	Guatemala	3.70		3.55		4.16		3.61		2.26		4.79
100	-29	Bolivia	3.68		4.20		2.11		3.31		5.49		3.80
101	-14	Sri Lanka	3.63		3.49		4.04		3.06		4.61		2.80
102	-10	Morocco	3.61		3.25		4.66		3.67		2.07		4.02
103	-5	Cape Verde	3.59		3.35		4.30		1.76		3.49		4.79
104	+9	Vietnam	3.40		3.60		2.80		2.75		2.99		5.05
105	-4	Uzbekistan	3.14		3.88		0.92		3.13		5.65		2.87
106	-4	Tajikistan	3.13		3.33		2.55		2.18		4.66		3.14
107	-10	Swaziland	3.13		2.99		3.55		4.36		2.27		2.34
108	-3	Indonesia	3.11		2.99		3.47		3.24		3.20		2.52
109	-10	Honduras	3.08		3.00		3.34		2.63		3.13		3.24
110	-6	India	3.06		2.89		3.57		4.50		2.26		1.90
111	-3	Kenya	2.88		2.91		2.78		3.72		2.10		2.91
112	-1	Syrian Arab Republic	2.77		3.01		2.04		3.07		2.40		3.55
113	-7	Ghana	2.72		2.28		4.05		2.24		2.68		1.93
114	-11	Senegal	2.70		2.28		3.97		2.83		1.32		2.68
115	-8	Nicaragua	2.61		2.18		3.93		1.67		2.98		1.88
116	-4	Zambia	2.56		2.03		4.15		2.09		2.08		1.93
117	+5	Pakistan	2.45		2.63		1.93		2.84		1.44		3.60
118	+2	Uganda	2.37		1.84		3.97		2.54		1.09		1.88
119	+5	Nigeria	2.20		2.51		1.26		2.56		1.62		3.35
120	-6	Zimbabwe	2.17		2.85		0.12		3.99		1.99		2.59
121	-12	Lesotho	1.95		1.69		2.72		1.82		1.71		1.54
122	+6	Yemen, Rep.	1.92		1.58		2.91		1.96		1.62		1.17
123	-6	Malawi	1.92		1.45		3.33		2.65		0.54		1.15
124	+9	Burkina Faso	1.91		1.06		4.46		2.14		0.28		0.76
125	-10	Benin	1.88		1.79		2.15		2.80		1.10		1.47
126	-7	Mali	1.86		1.31		3.49		1.82		1.05		1.05
127	+14	Rwanda	1.83		1.14		3.89		1.73		0.77		0.92
128	-2	Tanzania	1.79		1.36		3.07		1.98		0.83		1.26
129	-2	Madagascar	1.77		1.43		2.79		2.37		0.84		1.10
130	+5	Mozambique	1.76		0.99		4.05		1.76		0.17		1.05
131	-2	Lao PDR	1.75		1.84		1.45		1.69		2.01		1.84
132	-16	Cambodia	1.71		1.52		2.28		2.13		1.70		0.74
133	-15	Cameroon	1.69		1.85		1.21		2.61		1.39		1.56
134	-11	Mauritania	1.65		1.52		2.05		1.68		0.71		2.18
135	-10	Nepal	1.58		1.66		1.33		2.23		1.73		1.01
136	-15	Cote d'Ivoire	1.54		1.54		1.53		1.62		0.91		2.09
137	-3	Bangladesh	1.49		1.48		1.51		1.69		1.75		1.01
138	+1	Sudan	1.48		1.82		0.48		1.44		0.84		3.16
139	-3	Djibouti	1.34		1.17		1.85		1.44		0.73		1.33
140	-2	Ethiopia	1.27		1.17		1.56		1.85		1.05		0.62
141	-9	Guinea	1.22		1.44		0.53		1.32		1.75		1.26
142	-11	Eritrea	1.14		1.21		0.93		1.89		0.69		1.05
143	-1	Angola	1.08		0.95		1.48		1.17		0.32		1.38
144	-4	Sierra Leone	0.97		0.84		1.38		1.63		0.57		0.32
145	-8	Myanmar	0.96		1.22		0.17		1.30		1.88		0.48
		Haiti	n/a		n/a		1.85		1.66		n/a		2.36
Regions
1		North America	8.80		8.70		9.11		9.45		8.13		8.51
2		Europe and Central Asia	7.47		7.64		6.95		8.28		7.13		7.50
3	+1	East Asia and the Pacific	5.32		5.17		5.75		7.43		3.94		4.14
4	+1	Latin America	5.15		5.31		4.66		5.80		5.11		5.02
5	-2	World	5.12		5.01		5.45		7.72		3.72		3.58
6		Middle East and N. Africa	4.74		4.51		5.41		6.14		3.48		3.92
7	+1	South Asia	2.84		2.77		3.05		4.23		2.17		1.90
8	-1	Africa	2.55		2.43		2.91		3.95		1.44		1.90
Income Groups
1		High Income	8.60		8.67		8.39		9.16		8.46		8.37
2		Upper Middle Income	5.10		5.07		5.18		6.21		4.72		4.28
3		Lower Middle Income	3.42		3.45		3.32		4.90		2.84		2.62
4		Low Income	1.58		1.58		1.61		2.13		1.54		1.05

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