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of development. In 2020, India performed above expectation for its level of development in all
three sub-pillars of the KTO pillar. It performed particularly well in knowledge diffusion sub-
pillar (rank ten), which can be mainly attributed to its performance in the parameter ICT services
exports as per cent of total trade, in which India ranked first globally. In the knowledge impact
sub-pillar (rank 41), India’s performance was led by the parameter growth rate of GDP PPP$ per
worker (rank nine).

Figure 7: India’s performance in Knowledge & Technology Pillar in GII 2020

Innovation Output Sub-Index 2020 Knowledge & Technology Outputs Pillar 2020
Pillar Knowledge & Technology Outputs Sub-Pillar: Knowledge Creation
0 UK US 0 CH GR US
CH JP GR UK CA
India 27 IT CA FR JP IT FR
50 50 India 51 BR
Rank Rank
100 100

150 150
3 3.5 4 4.5 5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
Log 10 (GDP per capita, PPP Current International $) Log 10 (GDP per capita, PPP Current International $)
Knowledge & Technology Outputs Pillar 2020 Knowledge & Technology Outputs Pillar 2020
Sub-Pillar: Knowledge Impact Sub-Pillar: Knowledge Diffusion
CH IT India 10 US
0 UK US 0 JP UK
FR GR CH FR GR
CA
India 41 JP CA BR IT
50 BR 50
Rank Rank
100 100

150 150
3 3.5 4 4.5 5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5
Log 10 (GDP per capita, PPP Current International $) Log 10 (GDP per capita, PPP Current International $)

Source: The World Bank and GII database
Note: Highest possible rank is 1. Figure shows India’s innovation rank. US = USA, CH = China, JP = Japan, GR =
Germany, UK = United Kingdom, FR = France, IT = Italy, BR = Brazil and CA = Canada.

8.14 Figure 8 shows India’s performance in the creative outputs pillar and its three sub-
pillars – intangible assets, creative goods & services and online creativity vis-à-vis its level
of development. In 2020, India performed above expectation for its level of development in
two sub-pillars of the creative outputs pillar. It performed better in creative goods & services
(rank 58) and intangible assets (rank 67) pillar than online creativity (rank 90). Performance
in creative goods & services sub-pillar was led by the parameters cultural & creative services
exports as per cent of total trade (rank 21) and creative goods exports as per cent of total trade
(rank 23). Performance in intangible assets sub-pillar was led by the parameter global brand
value, top 5000 as per cent of GDP (rank 31).