THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

36th The United Arab Emirates ranks 36th among the 129 economies featured in the GII 2019.

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 the United Arab Emirates 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 the United Arab Emirates' ranking in the GII 2019 is between 36 and 41.

The United Arab Emirates' Rankings, 2017 - 2019

GII

2019

36

2018

38

2017

35

Innovation Inputs 24 24 23

Innovation Outputs 58 54 56

? The United Arab Emirates performs better in Innovation Inputs than Outputs. ? This year the United Arab Emirates ranks 24th in Innovation Inputs, same as last year and worse

compared to 2017. ? As for Innovation Outputs, the United Arab Emirates ranks 58th. This position is worse than last

year and compared to 2017.

34th The United Arab Emirates ranks 34th among the 50 high-income economies.

3rd

The United Arab Emirates ranks 3rd among the 19 economies in Northern Africa and Western Asia.

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The United Arab Emirates is moving closer to the top 35. It achieves the third spot in its region Northern Africa and Western Asia - for the fourth consecutive year. The United Arab Emirates' improvement this year is the result of multiple factors, which are to a great extent related to its relative performance and less so to new GII data or methods (page 9). Four of the seven GII areas improve this year. The most notable gains are found in indicators such as Ease of starting a business, Global R&D companies, National feature films, and Creative goods' exports, as well as several indicators that measure the quality of its infrastructures. The United Arab Emirates ranks in the top 10 in a number of indicators, including Tertiary inbound mobility, R&D financed by business, and Research talent (pages 6 and 7). The economy also presents areas for further improvement, such as indicators Knowledge-intensive employment, Patents by origin, Scientific and technical articles, and High-technology exports (pages 6 and 7).

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EXPECTED VS. OBSERVED INNOVATION PERFORMANCE

The bubble chart below shows the relationship between income levels (GDP per capita) and innovation performance (GII score). The trend line gives an indication of the expected innovation performance according to income level. Economies appearing above the trend line are performing better than expected and those below are considered Innovation under-performers relative to GDP. Relative to GDP, the United Arab Emirates performs below its expected level of development. GII scores and GDP per capita in PPP US$ (bubbles sized by population)

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EFFECTIVELY TRANSLATING INNOVATION INVESTMENTS INTO INNOVATION OUTPUTS

The chart below shows the relationship between innovation inputs and innovation outputs, indicating which economies best translate innovation inputs into innovation outputs. Economies appearing above the line are effectively translating their costly innovation investments into more and higher-quality outputs. In contrast, those below the line are not effectively translating innovation inputs into outputs. The United Arab Emirates produces less innovation outputs relative to its level of innovation investments.

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BENCHMARKING THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES TO OTHER HIGH-INCOME ECONOMIES AND THE NORTHERN AFRICA AND WESTERN ASIA REGION

The United Arab Emirates' scores in the seven GII pillars

High-income economies The United Arab Emirates has high scores in 2 out of the 7 GII pillars: Human capital & research and Infrastructure, which are above the average of the high-income group. Northern Africa and Western Asia Region Compared to other economies in the Northern Africa and Western Asia region, the United Arab Emirates performs above average in all of the 7 GII pillars. Top ranks are found in areas such as Tertiary education, Information & communication technologies (ICTs), General infrastructure, and Creative goods & services, where the country ranks in the top 15 worldwide.

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