On 29 September 2022, the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) came out with the Global Innovation Index (GII) for the year 2022. Deeply rooted in its quest to bring to light the most innovative economies in the world, this year, the GII highlights the global innovation trends amid an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, stalled growth in productivity and other challenges.

Mauritius leads the Sub-Saharan region and the overall African continent, where the country boasts remarkable performance across multiple factors, namely Institutions (22^nd), Infrastructure (70^th), Market sophistication (16^th) and Creative outputs (31^st).

With a score of 34.4, Mauritius takes the 45^th spot globally after earning notable ranking across the following innovation pillars:

a. Trademarks (15^th);

b. ICT services imports (20^th); and

c. New businesses (20^th)

The country further demonstrated its potential to upturn the global innovation landscape by placing 6^th on the ranking for middle-income economies and by being the only country to show improvement from last year’s report.

The GII, a leading reference for measuring an economy’s innovation performance, provides detailed metrics of 132 countries and economies around the world. For a more comprehensive breakdown of the report, access it here