In this year’s Global Innovation Index report, the Netherlands has come 2nd place! Hooray!
What is the Global Innovation Index?
The Global Innovation Index (GII) measures the innovation performances of 126 countries. This includes things such as environmental, infrastructure and business, in relation to innovation. This year they really wanted to hone in on the environmental part (seeing as it’s so damn important!)
The top 10 are the same top 10 for the past couple of years, so some other countries need to catch up! Sadly, we are still just about lagging behind Switzerland. Here is the ranking:
- Switzerland
- The Netherlands
- Sweden
- The United Kingdom
- Singapore
- USA
- Finland
- Denmark
- Germany
- Ireland
The Netherlands and innovation
DutchReview has talked a fair bit about innovation in the Netherlands over the past year or so. Especially in relation to the environment (think 3D printed houses, bikes and bike paths). We’ve also discussed the new pieces of architecture coming to modern cities, such as Rotterdam. A lot of these had an environmental mindset, and/or were completely innovative.
We also know that the Netherlands has a new very ambitious plan to cut CO2 production by 95%, which is only going to mean more innovative techniques. All in all, you can tell that we are real leaders when it comes to this sort of thing (and will continue to be). Ahh, who would want to live anywhere else?
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Feat pic credit: Milestone Project in Eindhoven. Photo: Houben/Van Mierlo architects / TU Eindhoven
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