Global Innovation Index 2021
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Global
Innovation
Index 2021
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
93rd
Dominican Republic ranks 93rd among the 132 economies featured
in the GII 2021.
The Global Innovation Index (GII) ranks world economies according to their innovation
capabilities. Consisting of roughly 80 indicators, grouped into innovation inputs and
outputs, the Gll aims to capture the multi-dimensional facets of innovation.
The following table shows the rankings of Dominican Republic over the past three years, noting that
data availability and changes to the GII model framework influence year-on-year comparisons of the
Gll rankings. The statistical confidence interval for the ranking of Dominican Republic in the GII 2021
is between ranks 92 and 100.
Rankings for Dominican Republic (2019-2021)
GII
Innovation inputs
Innovation outputs
2021
93
93
98
2020
90
94
85
2019
87
90
88
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Dominican Republic performs better in innovation inputs than innovation outputs in 2021.
This year Dominican Republic ranks 93rd in innovation inputs, higher than last year but lower
than 2019.
As for innovation outputs, Dominican Republic ranks 98th. This position is lower than both 2020
and 2019.
31st
13th
Dominican Republic ranks 31st among the 34 upper middle-income
group economies.
Dominican Republic ranks 13th among the 18 economies in Latin
America and the Caribbean.View entire presentation