Dynamics

Global Innovation Index - Azerbaijan

Component

Indicator

Sub-indicator

2023

2022

2021

Number of participating countries

132

132

132

Overall ranking on the Global Innovation Index

89

93

80

Institutions

Institutional environment

Operational stability for business

56

53

60

Government effectiveness

58

81

83

Regulatory environment

Regulatory quality

74

92

89

Rule of law

98

105

100

Cost of redundancy dismissal

51

51

51

Business environment

Policies for doing business

22

21

9

Entrepreneurship policies and culture

-

-

43

Human capital and research

Education

Expenditure on education, % GDP

89

114

106

Government funding/pupil, secondary, % GDP/cap

28

84

-

School life expectancy, years

77

78

78

PISA scales in reading, maths and science

65

65

65

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary

17

9

8

Tertiary education

Tertiary enrolment, % gross

79

80

83

Graduates in science and engineering, %

47

42

35

Tertiary inbound mobility, %

75

74

74

Research and development (R&D)

Researchers, FTE/mn pop

44

43

-

Gross expenditure on R&D, % GDP

87

86

93

Global corporate R&D investors, top 3, mn US$

40

38

41

QS university ranking, top 3*

71

72

74

Infrastructure

Information and communication technologies (ICTs)

ICT access

71

67

64

ICT use

81

72

65

Government’s online service

81

65

65

E-participation

91

73

73

General infrastructure

Electricity output, GWh/mn pop.

67

71

73

Logistics performance

-

-

-

Gross capital formation, % GDP

122

112

118

Ecological sustainability

GDP/unit of energy use

81

79

51

Environmental performance

77

75

66

ISO 14001 environmental certificates/bn PPP$ GDP

83

83

90

Market sophistication

Credit

Finance for startups and scaleups

-

-

1

Domestic credit to private sector, % GDP

106

104

110

Loans from microfinance institutions, % GDP

-

-

13

Investment

 

 

 

92

Market capitalization, % GDP

-

-

-

Venture capital investors, deals/bn PPP$ GDP

-

-

-

Venture capital recipients, deals/bn PPP$ GDP

-

-

-

Venture capital received, value, % GDP

-

-

-

Trade, diversification, and market scale

Applied tariff rate, weighted avg., %

96

96

125

Domestic industry diversification

68

68

71

Domestic market scale, bn PPP$

74

75

73

Business sophistication

Knowledge workers

Knowledge-intensive employment, %

62

65

67

Firms offering formal training, %

48

47

43

GERD performed by business, % GDP

89

88

85

GERD financed by business, %

57

59

58

Females employed w/advanced degrees, %

55

57

56

Innovation linkages

University-industry R&D collaboration

25

23

23

State of cluster development and depth

28

25

27

GERD financed by abroad, % GDP

96

97

100

Joint venture/strategic alliance deals/bn PPP$ GDP

115

115

87

Patent families/bn PPP$ GDP

95

66

81

Knowledge absorption

Intellectual property payments, % total trade

-

122

124

High-tech imports, % total trad

117

104

118

ICT services imports, % total trade

114

108

109

FDI net inflows, % GDP

118

61

25

Research talent, % in businesses

-

-

-

Knowledge and technology outputs

Knowledge creation

Patents by origin/bn PPP$ GDP

63

71

56

PCT patents by origin/bn PPP$ GDP

87

91

76

Utility models by origin/bn PPP$ GDP

49

49

39

Scientific and technical articles/bn PPP$ GDP

112

113

106

Citable documents H-index

95

93

97

Knowledge impact

Labor productivity growth, %

62

82

47

Unicorn valuation, % GDP/New businesses/th pop. 15–64

48

75

62

Software spending, % GDP

102

96

96

High-tech manufacturing, %

85

84

74

Knowledge diffusion

Intellectual property receipts, % total trade

-

113

113

Production and export complexity

114

114

117

High-tech exports, % total trade

118

106

114

ICT services exports, % total trade

104

106

112

ISO 9001 quality certificates/bn PPP$ GDP

91

86

94

Creative outputs

Intangible assets

Intangible asset intensity, top 15, %

-

-

-

Trademarks by origin/bn PPP$ GD

66

80

0

Global brand value, top 5,000, % GDP

-

-

-

Industrial designs by origin/bn PPP$ GDP

88

103

 

Creative goods and services

Cultural and creative services exports, % total trade

83

86

86

National feature films/mn pop. 15–69

60

67

27

Entertainment and media market/th pop. 15–69

-

-

-

Creative goods exports, % total trade

121

95

122

Online creativity

Generic top-level domains (TLDs)/th pop. 15–69

98

96

96

Country-code TLDs/th pop. 15–69

76

76

77

GitHub commits/mn pop. 15–69

76

87

53

Mobile app creation/bn PPP$ GDP

97

94

96