Kyrgyzstan takes 95th place in ranking of most innovative countries

Kyrgyzstan took the 95^th place in terms of innovative development according to the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and a number of partner research centers. TASS reported with reference to the press service of WIPO.

As noted, Russia is on the 45^th position between Greece and Chile. Ukraine takes the 50^th, Moldova — the 54^th, Armenia — the 59^th, Georgia — the 68^th place. Kazakhstan turned out to be on the 78^th place, Azerbaijan — on 82^nd, Belarus — on 88^th. Even Tajikistan is ahead of Kyrgyzstan, which occupies the 94^th position in the rating.

As the experts explained, the basis for the rating with the participation of 127 countries is the Global Innovation Index, which takes into account such indicators as the development of institutions, education and infrastructure, as well as business conditions. Authors take the information for the index from more than 30 public and private sources. The main theme of the research this year is innovations in agriculture and food production.

In general, countries with high incomes per capita took 24 places out of the first 25. The exception was China, which is on the 22^nd place. Experts explained that China is the only country with average per capita incomes, which has managed to win a position in the top 25 for innovations.