Africa: global innovation index by country 2020

In 2020, South Africa scored 32.67 out of 100 in the Global Innovation Index (GII), ranking first in Africa and 60th globally. Tunisia and Morocco followed in the continent with a score of 31.21 and 28.97, ranking 65th and 75th in the world, respectively. Moreover, Guinea, with a score of 17.32 index points, ranked last in Africa and 130th out of 131 countries worldwide.

Global Innovation Index (GII) score in Africa in 2020, by country

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Release date

September 2020

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Region

Africa

Survey time period

2020

Special properties

100 = best possible score

Supplementary notes

For 2020, the GII provides detailed innovation metrics for a total of 131 economies, which represent 93.5% of the world’s population and 97.4% of the world’s GDP.

The overall GII score is the average of the Input and Output Sub-Index scores.
More information on the methodology can be found here.

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