Global Innovation Index 2021
Dominican Republic
Output rank Input rank
Income
Region
Population (mn) GDP, PPP$ (bn) GDP per capita, PPP$
98
93
Upper middle
LCN
10.8
196.5
18,783
Score/
OGII 2021 rank
93
OGII 2020 rank
Score/
90
Value Rank
Value Rank
m Institutions
1.1 Political environment
1.1.1 Political and operational stability*
55.1 96
51.7
88
5.1
69.6 60
1.1.2
Government effectiveness*
42.7 91
1.2
Regulatory environment
1.2.1 Regulatory quality*
1.2.2 Rule of law*
51.9 101
42.1
74
37.6 83
Business sophistication
Knowledge workers
5.1.1 Knowledge-intensive employment, %
5.1.2 Firms offering formal training, %
5.1.3 GERD performed by business, % GDP
5.1.4 GERD financed by business, %
21.8 86
24.7 [86]
16.7 91
②
23.4 67
n/a n/a
n/a n/a
5.1.5
1.2.3 Cost of redundancy dismissal
26.2 106
5.2
Females employed w/advanced degrees, %
Innovation linkages
9.5 73
19.4 73
1.3
Business environment
1.3.1 Ease of starting a business*
1.3.2 Ease of resolving insolvency*
Human capital and research
61.7 99
85.4 85
38.0 108
18.5 102
5.3
2.1
Education
35.4 105
2.1.1 Expenditure on education, % GDP
n/a n/a
2.1.2 Government funding/pupil, secondary, % GDP/cap
13.1 82
5.3.3 ICT services imports, % total trade
2.1.3 School life expectancy, years
○
14.2 68
5.3.4 FDI net inflows, % GDP
2.1.4 PISA scales in reading, maths and science
334.1
5.3.5 Research talent, % in businesses
79 ○ ◊
2.1.5 Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary
17.7
86
2.2 Tertiary education
20.1
94
2.2.1 Tertiary enrolment, % gross
59.9
50⚫
6.1
2.2.2 Graduates in science and engineering, %
②
11.6 104 ◇
2.2.3 Tertiary inbound mobility, %
②
1.7
79
2.3
Research and development (R&D)
0.0 [123]
2.3.1 Researchers, FTE/mn pop.
n/a n/a
2.3.2 Gross expenditure on R&D, % GDP
n/a n/a
2.3.3 Global corporate R&D investors, top 3, mn US$
2.3.4 QS university ranking, top 3*
0.0
41 O
6.2
0.0
74
Knowledge and technology outputs
Knowledge creation
6.1.1 Patents by origin/bn PPP$ GDP
6.1.2 PCT patents by origin/bn PPP$ GDP
6.1.3 Utility models by origin/bn PPP$ GDP
6.1.4 Scientific and technical articles/bn PPP$ GDP
6.1.5 Citable documents H-index
Knowledge impact
6.2.1 Labor productivity growth, %
11.7 108
1.6 128◇
0.1 111
0.1 75
0.1 56
1.1 130 O
2.8 124 O
5.2.1 University-industry R&D collaboration*
5.2.2 State of cluster development and depth*
5.2.3 GERD financed by abroad, % GDP
5.2.4 Joint venture/strategic alliance deals/bn PPP$ GDP
5.2.5 Patent families/bn PPP$ GDP
Knowledge absorption
5.3.1 Intellectual property payments, % total trade
5.3.2 High-tech imports, % total trade
n/a n/a
0.0 125 O
0.0 79
21.4 85
0.8 48⚫
©
6.5 87
0.3 120
3.6
35
n/a n/a
33.0 102
50.0
47 ●
21.3 96
1.9 28.
6.2.2 New businesses/th pop. 15-64
1.5 69
**Infrastructure
39.6 75
6.2.3 Software spending, % GDP
0.0 116
3.1
Information and communication technologies (ICTs)
63.1 76
6.2.4 ISO 9001 quality certificates/bn PPP$ GDP
6.2.5 High-tech manufacturing, %
1.0 109
n/a n/a
3.1.1 ICT access*
3.1.2 ICT use*
3.1.3 Government's online service*
46.3 95
52.3 78
76.5 49-
6.3
Knowledge diffusion
12.2 83
3.1.4 E-participation*
77.4 51.
6.3.1 Intellectual property receipts, % total trade
6.3.2 Production and export complexity
n/a n/a
39.7 69
6.3.3 High-tech exports, % total trade
0
1.8 63
3.2 General infrastructure
3.2.1 Electricity output, GWh/mn pop.
3.2.2 Logistics performance*
3.2.3 Gross capital formation, % GDP
20.9 105
84
1,849.2
6.3.4 ICT services exports, % total trade
Creative outputs
0.4 104
28.6 85
20.9 81
19.0 84
3.3
Ecological sustainability
34.6 47 •
7.1
Intangible assets
23.1 90
3.3.1 GDP/unit of energy use
19.4 9
7.1.1
Trademarks by origin/bn PPP$ GDP
38.3 60
3.3.2 Environmental performance*
46.3 68
7.1.2
Global brand value, top 5,000, % GDP
3.2 73
3.3.3 ISO 14001 environmental certificates/bn PPP$ GDP
0.2 121
7.1.3 Industrial designs by origin/bn PPP$ GDP
7.1.4 ICTs and organizational model creation*
0.0 118 O
48.9 85
■ Market sophistication
39.5 104
7.2
4.1
Credit
24.2 117
4.1.1 Ease of getting credit*
45.0 101
4.1.2 Domestic credit to private sector, % GDP
28.2 99
4.1.3 Microfinance gross loans, % GDP
4.2
Investment
4.2.1 Ease of protecting minority investors*
4.2.2 Market capitalization, % GDP
0.6 31
34.0 [53]
34.0 118
7.3
Creative goods and services
7.2.1 Cultural and creative services exports, % total trade
7.2.2 National feature films/mn pop. 15-69
7.2.3 Entertainment and media market/th pop. 15-69
7.2.4 Printing and other media, % manufacturing
7.2.5 Creative goods exports, % total trade
Online creativity
20.8 [49]
n/a n/a
3.5 53
n/a n/a
n/a
6
2.2
n/a
28-
8.8 103
n/a n/a
4.2.3 Venture capital investors, deals/bn PPP$ GDP
4.2.4 Venture capital recipients, deals/bn PPP$ GDP
n/a n/a
n/a n/a
7.3.1 Generic top-level domains (TLDs)/th pop. 15-69
7.3.2 Country-code TLDs/th pop. 15-69
7.3.3 Wikipedia edits/mn pop. 15-69
7.3.4 Mobile app creation/bn PPP$ GDP
2.4 73
1.3 78
33.8 95
0.0
98 O
4.3 Trade, diversification, and market scale
60.3 94
4.3.1 Applied tariff rate, weighted avg., %
0
4.2 77
4.3.2 Domestic industry diversification
n/a n/a
4.3.3 Domestic market scale, bn PPP$
196.5 65
NOTES: ⚫indicates a strength; O a weakness; an income group strength; an income group weakness; * an index; * a survey question. indicates that
the economy's data are older than the base year; see Appendix IV for details, including the year of the data, at http://globalinnovationindex.org. Square
brackets [] indicate that the data minimum coverage (DMC) requirements were not met at the sub-pillar or pillar level.
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