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Figure 20: Performance of Top 10 Economies on HCR Pillar

Innovation Input Sub-Index 2020 Human Capital & Research Pillar 2020
Pillar - Human Capital & Research Sub-Pillar: Education (Primary & Secondary)
0 GR CH FR
UK US 20 UK
CH FR 40 GR
20 CA BR IT CA US
Rank JP Rank 60 JP
40 IT
BR 80
100
60 IN 60 IN 107
3.8 4 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.8 3.8 4 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.8
Log 10 (GDP per capita, PPP Current International $) Log 10 (GDP per capita, PPP Current International $)
Human Capital & Research Pillar 2020 Human Capital & Research Pillar 2020
Sub-Pillar: Education (Tertiary) Sub-Pillar: Research & Development
0 0 US
UK GR JP GR
20 FR UK
CA 10 FR
40 CH CA
Rank US Rank 20
60 IN 66 IT IT
30
80 BR CH IN 35 BR
JP
100 40
3.8 4 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.8 3.8 4 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.8
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, IN=INDIA, UK = United Kingdom, FR = France, IT = Italy, BR = Brazil and CA = Canada.

8.27 Figure 21 compares India’s performance on infrastructure pillar w.r.t. the other largest
economies. India performs in line with its level of development on the infrastructure pillar and
ICT sub-pillar and higher than expected on the electricity, logistics and GCF pillar. However,
India ranks lowest on the infrastructure pillar and the ICT and ecological sustainability sub-
pillars amongst the top ten economies. India ranks third lowest – after Brazil and Italy, on the
electricity, logistics and GCF sub-pillar.