Global innovation index

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Italy

Strengths (Economy's best percent ranks) Index Pillar/Sub-Pillar/Indicator Name Percent Rank 2.1.3 School life expectancy 85.7 3 Infrastructure 86.5 3.3 Ecological sustainability 100.0 3.3.1 GDP per unit of energy use 88.7 3.3.2 Environmental performance 94.2 3.3.3 ISO 14001 environmental certificates 96.2 4.1.2 Domestic credit to private sector 85.7 5.1.1 Employment in knowledge-intensive services 89.4 5.2.2 State of cluster development 88.1 5.3.3 Communications, computer and information services imports, % 92.7 6 Knowledge and technology outputs 85.8 6.1.5 Citable documents H index 95.7 6.2 Knowledge impact 90.7 6.2.4 ISO 9001 quality certificates 98.5 7.3.3 Wikipedia monthly edits 91.0

Weaknesses (Economy's worst percent ranks) Index Pillar/Sub-Pillar/Indicator Name Percent Rank 1.3.3 Ease of paying taxes 23.4 3.2.4 Gross capital formation 22.1 4.1.1 Ease of getting credit 23.4 4.2.2 Market capitalization 33.6 4.3.2 Market access for non-agricultural exports 9.9 5.3.4 Foreign direct investment net inflows 19.1 6.2.1 Growth rate of GDP per person engaged 19.6 7.1.3 ICTs and business model creation 35.5 7.1.4 ICTs and organizational models creation 28.8 7.2.1 Audiovisual and related services exports 33.3 7.2.4 Printing and publishing output 39.7