The Global Innovation Index (GII) is a ranking of world economies based on innovation capabilities. Consisting of roughly 80 indicators, grouped into innovation inputs and outputs, the GII aims to capture the multi-dimensional facets of innovation. The following table shows the rankings of North Macedonia over the past three years, noting that data availability and the GII model influence year-on-year comparisons of the GII ranks. The confidence interval for North Macedonia’s ranking in the GII 2019 is between 58 and 65.
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North Macedonia’s Rankings, 2017 - 2019
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GII Innovation Inputs Innovation Outputs
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2019 59 52 63
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2018 84 71 93
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2017 61 53 63
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North Macedonia performs better in Innovation Inputs than Outputs. This year North Macedonia ranks 52nd in Innovation Inputs, better than 2018 and compared to2017. As for Innovation Outputs, North Macedonia ranks 63rd. This position is better than 2018 and thesame as 2017. North Macedonia ranks 12th among the 34 upper middle-income economies. North Macedonia ranks 36th among the 39 economies in Europe.