Visual Capitalist has published the 2023 Global Innovation Index (incidentally, about half of the translated content remains in English...).
Key takeaways at first glance:
1- The top 3 rankings have barely changed since 2019. The number-one position has remained unchanged throughout.
2- Türkiye ranks third in its region, behind Israel and the UAE. Israel's position needs no elaboration, but the UAE is genuinely putting in serious effort — it has been working for decades to move oil away from being its primary source of income.
3- There is an almost direct linear relationship between GDP and R&D spending. Each drives the other.
4- In IT hardware products, Apple ranks fourth at the industry average.
5- In software, Uber ranks second ahead of Alphabet. Meta holds the top spot.
6- Tesla is absent from the automotive list, with GM ranking first — a notable development.
7- In the other products category, Netflix ranks fourth, ahead of GM and Airbus.
8- In supercomputing, the United States and Japan have been competing neck-and-neck since 2015.
Notes on the report's design:
1- There is not a single Pie Chart — and PIE CHARTS ARE THE MOST MEANINGLESS CHARTS IN THE WORLD!
2- The majority of charts in the report consist of Bar Charts and Line Charts, which are the easiest to interpret for comparative analysis.
3- Bubble and Scatter Charts are used together in a few places, but they at least succeed in telling the story.
You can access the report via the link below.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/most-innovative-countries-in-2023/
