
Six out of the top 10 most innovative countries in the world are European, but China has knocked Germany from the top 10 to enter the ranking for the first time, according to a United Nations report published on Tuesday.
Switzerland took the top spot, a position it has held since 2011. Sweden and the United States ranked second and third, respectively, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s Global Innovation Index (GII) survey of 139 economies, which ranked countries based on 78 indicators.