The Global Innovation Index 2014

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
PUNCHING ABOVE ITS WEIGHT

In 2014, five new countries join Kenya, Uganda

and Senegal as “innovation learners”. They all show
rising levels of innovation, particularly in the areas of
human capital and research and market sophistication:

GAMBIA BURKINA FASO RWANDA MALAWI MOZAMBIQUE

SENEGAL UGANDA KENYA

Sub-Saharan Africa now accounts

for almost 50% of countries with
the status of “innovation learner”–
more than any other region:
SHARE OF INNOVATION LEARNERS PER REGIONS
South East Asia Sub-Saharan Africa
and Oceania

26%

INNOVATION LEARNERS
42%
Countries performing over 10%
higher than expected for their level
16 %
Northern of gross domestic product.
Africa and
Western Asia Of the 7 new innovation learners this year, 5 are from
11 %5%
Sub-Saharan Africa.
Central and
Europe Southern Asia

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