Innovation Indices

The 417 page Global Innovation Index report from INSEAD, the World Intellectual Property Organization and Cornell University states - whodathunkit - that "innovation is alive and well".

The Report offers metrics for innovation by country and discusses regional hubs. It's a rather eclectic compilation that features indices such as

• YouTube video uploads
• Feature Films
• Royalties and License Fee Receipts
• Daily Newspaper Circulation
• Venture Capital Deals
• Expenditure on Education
• Press Freedom
• Scientific and Technical Publications
• Wikipedia edits [!]

The top ten countries (with Australia at 19) are:

• Switzerland 
• Sweden 
• United Kingdom 
• Netherlands 
• United States of America 
• Finland
• Hong Kong SAR (China) 
• Singapore
• Denmark
• Ireland

Among 'make of it what you will' metrics are -

• Iceland is number 1 for 'Number of national feature films produced per million population 15–69 years old'
• China is 1 for 'Creative goods exports (% of total goods exports)', followed by Slovakia
• Iceland is 1 for 'Wikipedia monthly page edits per adult (per population 15–69)'
• Cyprus is 1 for 'Domestic credit to private sector (% of GDP)' 
• Togo is 4 for 'venture capital per investment location: Number of deals (per trillion PPP$ GDP)'

The top 25 for 'university/industry research collaboration' are -

• 1 Switzerland
• 2 United Kingdom 
• 3 United States of America
• 4 Finland
• 5 Singapore
• 6 Belgium
• 7 Sweden 
• 8 Israel  
• 9 Qatar 
• 10 Netherlands 
• 11 Germany
• 12 Australia  
• 13 Ireland 
• 14 Canada 
• 15 Japan 
• 16 Luxembourg 
• 17 Malaysia  
• 18 Norway 
• 19 Iceland 
• 20 Denmark 
• 21 Austria 
• 22 New Zealand
• 23 Hong Kong (China)
• 24 S Korea
• 25 United Arab Emirates

No ranking by number of Eurovision winners, number of drug-free footballers and other desiderata.