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Media IN ABU DHABI, 24th July, 2019 (WAM)
UAE has maintained its high ranking in this year’s Global Innovation Index (GII).
Results – marked against performance in human capital and research, infrastructure, creative outputs, and institutions – were presented in the Indian capital of New Delhi in front of leading figures, with the UAE represented by His Excellency Dr. Ahmed AlBanna, the country’s ambassador to India.
Coming in at number one in the Arab World, and improving to 36th worldwide, the country ranked 8th for electricity output under the infrastructure pillar.
This year’s index measured the performance of 129 countries and economies representing the vast proportion of the global Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
His Excellency Sultan Al Mansoori, Minister of Economy, noted that the UAE’s position can be attributed to the country’s consistently high performance over the past four years, which saw it move 11 positions from its 2015 ranking.
H.E. said: “The UAE’s improved performance in the 2019 version of the GII is a testament to the continuous efforts of the country to improve its innovation landscape.
“These efforts are driven by strong partnerships between innovation players from public, private and academic sectors.
He concluded; “Our solid global innovation performance has given us the confidence to further embark on an ambitious innovation program with short-term initiatives to boost our global innovation ranking and longer-term transformational initiatives to become among the top global innovation leaders.”
