{"id":32921,"date":"2018-02-05T17:00:27","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T16:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/?p=32921"},"modified":"2018-02-05T16:34:18","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T15:34:18","slug":"bloomberg-innovation-index-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/32921\/bloomberg-innovation-index-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"USA no longer among the top 10 most innovative countries in the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bloomberg has been ranking the world's most innovative countries for six years. In the current ranking, South Korea once again takes first place. Far more surprising: The USA drops two places and is no longer among the ten most innovative countries in the world. Germany lands in fourth place.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Silicon Valley \u2014 in the international startup scene the<\/em> The epitome of innovation. But that alone is no longer enough for the United States to be in the top 10 of the Bloomberg Innovation Index 2018<\/a> The USA has fallen from ninth to 11th place, partly because the efficiency of its higher education is rated significantly lower than in previous years. Experts don't see a reversal of this trend any time soon.<\/p>\n

Looking up: Along with South Korea, Sweden also defended its excellent second place. Germany, on the other hand, had to say goodbye to third place. High-flyer Singapore now claims that spot\u2014the island nation climbed three places overall. The reason: a top ranking in the category of efficient higher education.<\/p>\n

And how does one explain Germany's drop in ranking? While the ranking in the research and productivity categories is good, the study sees considerable potential for improvement in the areas of patents and the density of high-tech companies. Overall, six European countries \u2013 Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Finland, Denmark, and France \u2013 made it into the top ten.<\/p>\n

Top 10 countries in the Bloomberg Innovation Index 2018<\/h3>\n
    \n
  1. South Korea<\/li>\n
  2. Sweden<\/li>\n
  3. Singapore<\/li>\n
  4. Germany<\/li>\n
  5. Switzerland<\/li>\n
  6. Japan<\/li>\n
  7. Finland<\/li>\n
  8. Denmark<\/li>\n
  9. France<\/li>\n
  10. Israel<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Source: Bloomberg 2018 Innovation Index<\/a><\/p>\n

    7 categories & 50 countries<\/h3>\n

    The 2018 Bloomberg Innovation Index evaluated 50 countries in seven different categories. South Africa, Iran, and Morocco took the bottom three places.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Bloomberg has been ranking the world's most innovative countries for six years. In the current ranking, first place once again goes to South Korea. Far more surprising: The USA drops two places and is no longer among the ten most innovative countries in the world. Germany lands in fourth place. Silicon Valley \u2014 in the \u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":32923,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5634,1],"tags":[3007,157],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nUSA nicht mehr unter den Top 10 der innovativsten L\u00e4nder der Welt - Munich Startup<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Im Bloomberg Innovation Index werden die innovativsten L\u00e4nder der Welt gelistet. 2018 landet Deutschland auf dem vierten Platz. 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