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Figure 6: Performance on GII w.r.t GDP and Population

A) GDP B) Population

Global Innovation Index 2020 Global Innovation Index 2020
0 GR US 0 US
UK UK GR CH
CA FR JP CH CA FR JP
IT
IT
50 India 48 50 India 48
BR
Rank BR Rank
100 100

150 150
22 24 26 28 30 12 14 16 18 20 22
Log of GDP (PPP Current International $) Log of Population
Innovation Output Sub-Index 2020 Innovation Output Sub-Index 2020
0 UK GR US 0 UK GR US CH
FR CH
CA JP CA FR JP
IT IT
India 45 India 45
50 50
BR
Rank BR Rank
100 100

150 150
22 24 26 28 30 12 14 16 18 20 22
Log of GDP (PPP Current International $) Log of Population

Innovation Input Sub-Index 2020 Innovation Input Sub-Index 2020
0 US 0 UK US
CA UK JP CA JP
FR GR FR GR CH
IT CH
IT
50 India 57 50 BR India 57
BR
Rank Rank
100 100

150 150
22 24 26 28 30 12 14 16 18 20 22
Log of GDP (PPP Current International $) Log of Population
Source: The World Bank and GII database
Note: Highest possible rank is 1. Figure shows India’s rank. US = USA, CH = China, JP = Japan, GR = Germany,
UK = United Kingdom, FR = France, IT = Italy, BR = Brazil and CA = Canada.
India’s performance on sub-components of the Global Innovation Index 2020

8.12 Figures 7-13 examine India’s innovation performance (rank) vis-à-vis its level of
development (per capita GDP) for the seven pillars and 21 sub-pillars of the GII. India is a
positive outlier on most pillars and sub-pillars of the GII w.r.t. its level of development.

8.13 Figure 7 depicts India’s performance in its best performing pillar - KTO pillar and its three
sub-pillars – knowledge creation, knowledge impact and knowledge diffusion vis-à-vis its level