The table details the total performance scores and rankings of the 40 countries analysed in the Global Cleantech Innovation Index 2017. For more details refer to the Methodology page.
| 2017 Rank ▲ |
2014 Rank |
Country |
2017 Score |
Inputs to Innovation |
Outputs of Innovation |
General Innovation Drivers |
Cleantech-Specific Innovation Drivers |
Evidence of Emerging Cleantech Innovation |
Evidence of Commercialized Cleantech Innovation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Denmark | 4.07 | 3.80 | 4.34 | 3.04 | 4.55 | 3.49 | 5.19 |
| 2 | 2 | Finland | 3.96 | 3.25 | 4.66 | 2.80 | 3.69 | 6.19 | 3.13 |
| 3 | 4 | Sweden | 3.86 | 3.36 | 4.35 | 3.69 | 3.03 | 4.73 | 3.98 |
| 4 | 7 | Canada | 3.76 | 3.30 | 4.23 | 3.29 | 3.30 | 5.13 | 3.33 |
| 5 | 3 | United States | 3.59 | 3.30 | 3.88 | 3.43 | 3.18 | 5.46 | 2.31 |
| 6 | 1 | Israel | 3.56 | 2.94 | 4.19 | 2.70 | 3.18 | 5.96 | 2.41 |
| 7 | 6 | United Kingdom | 3.37 | 2.97 | 3.77 | 2.92 | 3.02 | 4.97 | 2.58 |
| 8 | 9 | Germany | 3.33 | 2.47 | 4.18 | 2.31 | 2.64 | 4.58 | 3.78 |
| 9 | 14 | Norway | 2.90 | 3.23 | 2.58 | 2.63 | 3.82 | 2.21 | 2.95 |
| 10 | 8 | Switzerland | 2.89 | 3.04 | 2.74 | 3.14 | 2.94 | 2.68 | 2.79 |
| 11 | 13 | Korea Republic | 2.86 | 2.19 | 3.54 | 2.35 | 2.03 | 3.55 | 3.53 |
| 12 | 12 | Japan | 2.75 | 2.51 | 3.00 | 2.49 | 2.52 | 3.50 | 2.49 |
| 13 | 15 | France | 2.75 | 2.30 | 3.20 | 1.93 | 2.67 | 4.64 | 1.75 |
| 14 | 20 | Singapore | 2.71 | 2.04 | 3.39 | 2.78 | 1.30 | 2.43 | 4.34 |
| 15 | 11 | Netherlands | 2.71 | 2.71 | 2.70 | 3.07 | 2.35 | 2.58 | 2.82 |
| 16 | 10 | Ireland | 2.64 | 2.63 | 2.64 | 2.92 | 2.35 | 3.41 | 1.87 |
| 17 | 16 | Austria | 2.52 | 2.56 | 2.49 | 2.39 | 2.73 | 1.81 | 3.17 |
| 18 | 19 | China | 2.31 | 2.44 | 2.18 | 2.20 | 2.68 | 2.25 | 2.11 |
| 19 | 17 | Belgium | 2.26 | 2.29 | 2.23 | 2.12 | 2.45 | 1.94 | 2.53 |
| 20 | 22 | Australia | 2.04 | 2.77 | 1.31 | 2.86 | 2.68 | 1.51 | 1.11 |
| 21 | 28 | Slovenia | 1.78 | 1.64 | 1.93 | 1.53 | 1.75 | 1.43 | 2.43 |
| 22 | 18 | New Zealand | 1.74 | 1.87 | 1.61 | 2.59 | 1.15 | 0.70 | 2.52 |
| 23 | 23 | Hungary | 1.65 | 2.07 | 1.22 | 1.54 | 2.61 | 0.78 | 1.65 |
| 24 | 37 | Poland | 1.63 | 1.92 | 1.33 | 1.62 | 2.22 | 0.99 | 1.68 |
| 25 | 26 | Spain | 1.59 | 1.48 | 1.70 | 1.56 | 1.39 | 1.28 | 2.12 |
| 26 | 27 | Italy | 1.47 | 1.84 | 1.11 | 1.45 | 2.23 | 0.68 | 1.54 |
| 27 | 24 | Portugal | 1.41 | 1.74 | 1.08 | 1.65 | 1.84 | 0.34 | 1.82 |
| 28 | 30 | Czech Republic | 1.37 | 1.38 | 1.36 | 1.74 | 1.01 | 0.64 | 2.08 |
| 29 | 21 | India | 1.22 | 1.76 | 0.68 | 1.30 | 2.21 | 0.83 | 0.54 |
| 30 | 25 | Brazil | 1.20 | 1.52 | 0.88 | 1.74 | 1.29 | 0.24 | 1.51 |
| 31 | 29 | South Africa | 1.13 | 1.32 | 0.94 | 1.02 | 1.61 | 1.00 | 0.87 |
| 32 | 36 | Mexico | 1.08 | 1.12 | 1.04 | 1.20 | 1.03 | 0.12 | 1.96 |
| 33 | 31 | Turkey | 1.07 | 1.53 | 0.61 | 2.08 | 0.98 | 0.10 | 1.12 |
| 34 | 39 | Greece | 0.90 | 0.85 | 0.94 | 0.75 | 0.95 | 0.62 | 1.26 |
| 35 | 35 | Romania | 0.87 | 0.91 | 0.83 | 1.02 | 0.80 | 0.50 | 1.16 |
| 36 | 32 | Argentina | 0.84 | 1.32 | 0.36 | 1.33 | 1.31 | 0.09 | 0.63 |
| 37 | 38 | Bulgaria | 0.83 | 1.10 | 0.55 | 0.96 | 1.24 | 0.24 | 0.87 |
| 38 | 33 | Saudi Arabia | 0.67 | 1.24 | 0.10 | 2.37 | 0.11 | 0.14 | 0.06 |
| 39 | 40 | Russia | 0.65 | 0.73 | 0.57 | 0.80 | 0.66 | 0.78 | 0.37 |
| 40 | 34 | Indonesia | 0.60 | 1.11 | 0.09 | 1.21 | 1.02 | 0.00 | 0.18 |