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Hungary ranks 22nd among the 39 economies in Europe. 22nd

HUNGARY

The Global Innovation Index (GII) is a ranking of world economies based on innovation capabilities. Consisting of roughly 80 indicators, grouped into innovation inputs and outputs, the GII aims to capture the multi-dimensional facets of innovation.

The following table shows the rankings of Hungary over the past three years, noting that data availability and the GII model influence year-on-year comparisons of the GII ranks. The confidence interval for Hungary’s ranking in the GII 2019 is between 31 and 33.

Hungary’s Rankings, 2017 - 2019

GII Innovation Inputs

Innovation Outputs

2019 33 39 26

2018 33 41 25

2017 39 41 37

• Hungary performs better in Innovation Outputs than Inputs.

• This year Hungary ranks 39rd in Innovation Inputs, better than last year and compared to 2017.

• As for Innovation Outputs, Hungary ranks 26th. This position is worse than last year but bettercompared to 2017.

Hungary ranks 32nd among the 50 high-income economies.32nd

Hungary ranks 33rd among the 129 economies featured in the GII 2019. 33rd

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EXPECTED VS. OBSERVED INNOVATION PERFORMANCE

The bubble chart below shows the relationship between income levels (GDP per capita) and innovation performance (GII score). The trend line gives an indication of the expected innovation performance according to income level. Economies appearing above the trend line are performing better than expected and those below are considered Innovation under-performers relative to GDP.

Relative to GDP, Hungary performs at its expected level of development.

GII scores and GDP per capita in PPP US$ (bubbles sized by population)

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EFFECTIVELY TRANSLATING INNOVATION INVESTMENTS INTO INNOVATION OUTPUTS

The chart below shows the relationship between innovation inputs and innovation outputs, indicating which economies best translate innovation inputs into innovation outputs. Economies appearing above the line are effectively translating their costly innovation investments into more and higher-quality outputs. In contrast, those below the line are not effectively translating innovation inputs into outputs.

Hungary produces more innovation outputs relative to its level of innovation investments.

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BENCHMARKING HUNGARY TO OTHER HIGH-INCOME ECONOMIES AND THE EUROPE REGION

Hungary’s scores in the seven GII pillars

High-income economies

Hungary has high scores in Knowledge & technology outputs which is above the average of the high-income group.

Europe Region

Compared to other economies in the Europe region, Hungary performs above average in Knowledge & technology outputs.

Top ranks are found in sub-pillars Knowledge absorption, Knowledge impact, Knowledge diffusion, and Creative goods & services where the country ranks in the top 25 worldwide.

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OVERVIEW OF HUNGARY’S RANKINGS IN THE 7 GII AREAS

Hungary performs the best in Knowledge & technology outputs and its weakest performance is in Market sophistication.

*The highest possible ranking in each pillar is 1.

HUNGARY’S INNOVATION STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

The table below gives an overview of Hungary’s strengths and weaknesses in the GII 2019.

Strengths

Code Indicator name Rank 3.3.3 ISO 14001 environmental certificates/bn PPP$

GDP 11

5.3 Knowledge absorption 16 5.3.2 High-tech imports, % total trade 17 5.3.4 FDI net inflows, % GDP, 3-year average 9 5.3.5 Research talent, % in business enterprise 11 6 Knowledge & technology outputs 17 6.2 Knowledge impact 15 6.2.4 ISO 9001 quality certificates/bn PPP$ GDP 16 6.2.5 High- & medium-high-tech manufactures, % 8 6.3 Knowledge diffusion 8 6.3.1 Intellectual property receipts, % total trade 16 6.3.2 High-tech net exports, % total trade 11 6.3.4 FDI net outflows, % GDP, 3-year average 1 7.2.5 Creative goods exports, % total trade 9

Weaknesses

Code Indicator name Rank 3.1.4 E-participation* 67 4 Market sophistication 76 4.1.2 Domestic credit to private sector, % GDP 89 4.2 Investment 124 4.2.1 Ease of protecting minority investors* 93 4.2.2 Market capitalization, % GDP 62 4.2.3 Venture capital deals/bn PPP$ GDP 56 4.3.2 Intensity of local competition† 110 5.1.2 Firms offering formal training, % firms 84 5.2.4 JV–strategic alliance deals/bn PPP$ GDP 73 7.1.1 Trademarks by origin/bn PPP$ GDP 64 7.2.4 Printing & other media, % manufacturing 75

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STRENGTHS

• GII strengths for Hungary are found in four of the seven GII pillars.

• Pillar Knowledge & technology outputs (17) is a notable GII strength for Hungary. Most of its relative strengths are concentrated in this area.

• In Knowledge & technology outputs (17), strengths are two of its three sub-pillars - Knowledge impact (15), Knowledge diffusion (8) - and their indicators ISO 9001 quality certificates (16), High- & medium-high-tech manufactures (8), Intellectual property receipts (16), High-tech exports (11), FDI outflows. In the latter, Hungary ranks first in the world.

• Several other relative strengths are in Business sophistication (33), where Hungary’s strengths are sub-pillars Knowledge absorption (16) and indicators High-tech imports (17), FDI inflows (9), and Research talent (11).

• The other relative strengths for this country are indicators: o ISO 14001 environmental certificates (11) in Infrastructure (40); and o Creative goods exports (9) in Creative outputs (38).

WEAKNESSES

• Hungary’s weaknesses in the GII are found in four of the seven GII pillars. • Pillar Market sophistication (76) is a notable weakness for Hungary. Most of its relative

weaknesses are in this pillar. • In Market sophistication (76), Hungary’s weaknesses are sub-pillar Investment (124) and

indicators Domestic credit to private sector (89), Ease of protecting minority investors (93), Market capitalization (62), Venture capital deals (56), Intensity of local competition (110).

• Other two weaknesses for Hungary are in Business sophistication (33), where indicators Firms offering formal training (84) and Joint Venture–strategic alliance deals (73) are GII weaknesses.

• In Creative outputs (38), Hungary’s weaknesses are indicators Trademarks by origin (64) and Printing & other media (75).

• The last relative weakness in found in Infrastructure (40), where indicator E-participation (67) is a GII weakness for the country.

BUSINESS SOPHISTICATION..……….……………

HUMAN CAPITAL & RESEARCH………………...

INSTITUTIONS………………………………….…….…..

Government funding/pupil, secondary, % GDP/cap…

GERD financed by abroad, %.........................................

Innovation linkages…………..……………………………………..

GERD performed by business, % GDP…………………..……

New businesses/th pop. 15-64………………….…....………….

ISO 9001 quality certificates/bn PPP$ GDP…………..……

Computer software spending, % GDP…………..……………

Growth rate of PPP$ GDP/worker, %……………..…....…….

Trade, competition, & market scale………..…………….

Intensity of local competition†……………………………………

National feature films/mn pop. 15-69………………….………

Industrial designs by origin/bn PPP$ GDP…………..……..

Intangible assets…………………………………….………………..

Gross capital formation, % GDP………………………….…….

Electricity output, kWh/mn pop………………………..…….

5.2.5

Females employed w/advanced degrees, %……………..

Intellectual property receipts, % total trade……………….

FDI net outflows, % GDP…………………………….…………....... ICT services exports, % total trade……………..……..………

Entertainment & Media market/th pop. 15-69…………….

Citable documents H-index…………………….……….……..….

GERD financed by business, %……………………………........

FDI net inflows, % GDP…………………………….…………………. Research talent, % in business enterprise……..…………..

JV-strategic alliance deals/bn PPP$ GDP…………………..

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary…………………………......….

School life expectancy, years……………….…………….…….

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Microfinance gross loans, % GDP……………………….…….

Credit……………………………………………………….………………

Applied tariff rate, weighted avg., %………………………….

Printing & other media, % manufacturing…................... Creative goods exports, % total trade………………………..

0.6

1.4

20.3 2.0 0.5

49.6

1.6 12.5

1.9 11.6

0.7

15.8 28.3

3.4 0.3

20.5

High-tech net exports, % total trade……………….….…......

Venture capital deals/bn PPP$ GDP……………….……....

Firms offering formal training, % firms…………………………

Trademarks by origin/bn PPP$ GDP…………..……….….….

Utility models by origin/bn PPP$ GDP……………...…..……

Patent families 2+ offices/bn PPP$ GDP……………………..

University/industry research collaboration†……………….. State of cluster development†.……..………..…………………..

Knowledge workers…………………………………………….…..

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Scientific & technical articles/bn PPP$ GDP….…..…..….

PCT patents by origin/bn PPP$ GDP…………..….…….……

Environmental performance*…….……………………………… ISO 14001 environmental certificates/bn PPP$ GDP..

ICTs & business model creation†………………………....…….

ICTs & organizational model creation†……………………....

Mobile app creation/bn PPP$ GDP……………..……………..

Domestic market scale, bn PPP$………………………………

54 34 48

52 58

30

35 61 39 1 1

57 67

62

Ecological sustainability……………………………………….. 48.9

65.0

High- & medium-high-tech manufactures, %………………

ICT access*………………………………………………………….…….

Political environment……………………………………….…... Political and operational stability*……………..………….….

Logistics performance*……………………………………………..

GDP/unit of energy use……………………………………………. 9.4

Wikipedia edits/mn pop. 15-69……………………………………

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Knowledge absorption……………………………………..……..

84

16 22 17

58 9 1 1

17 43

51 38

57

35

73 21

62

53

22

Intellectual property payments, % total trade………….....

Market capitalization, % GDP………………………………...….

Ease of getting credit*…………………………………..………….. 44.5 75.0 33.4

27.1 50.0 18.3

65.5 1.8

59.3 308.2

0.0

n/a

Domestic credit to private sector, % GDP…………...……

7.6

Gross expenditure on R&D, % GDP………….………..……

Tertiary inbound mobility, %.......................................…. Graduates in science & engineering, %……………….….

51.8 4.6

21.2

36.8 48.0 22.8

34.4 2,924.0

1.4 52.5

8.9

15.1 474.4

10.0

20.5

Ease of resolving insolvency*……………………………….…. Ease of starting a business*………………………………..…… Business environment……………………………..…..……….

32 39 20

21

46

56

64 40

50 42

24 36 42

75 9

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Knowledge creation………………………………………...........

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42.1 34.3 15.8

53.0

1.5 13.2

1.3 13.6 61.7

1.0 56.4 14.4

27.3 44.4 46.8

0.4

0.0 16.6

40.5 3.2

20.6 10.4 29.1

53.7

6.7

65.5 60.3

43.0

31.6 0.8 5.2

0.8 6.1

14.1

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67.4

59.0

59.4 75.8

60.4

71.5

84.2

13.4

87.9 55.0

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Regulatory environment……………………………..………..

71.5

Regulatory quality*…………………………………..…………….… Rule of law*……………………………………………..……………..…

Knowledge impact………………………………………..............

Research & development (R&D)……….……………..……

Global R&D companies, avg. exp. top 3, mn US$……

Education…………………………………………………………..……

5.3.1

QS university ranking, average score top 3*……………

Cost of redundancy dismissal, salary weeks…………..

Output rank

Investment……………………………………………………..……….

HUNGARY

2.3.3 2.3.2

Online creativity………………………………………..……….……. Generic top-level domains (TLDs)/th pop. 15-69………. Country-code TLDs/th pop. 15-69…………………..………….

Patents by origin/bn PPP$ GDP……………….…………..….…

Government effectiveness*…………………………..………….

Ease of protecting minority investors*…………..………….

MARKET SOPHISTICATION..………….……………

CREATIVE OUTPUTS…….…………………….…………

INFRASTRUCTURE……………………………….......

KNOWLEDGE & TECHNOLOGY OUTPUTS....

6.2.5

Knowledge diffusion……………………………………..…..……. 6.3 6.3.1 6.3.2 6.3.3 6.3.4

7.3 7.3.1 7.3.2 7.3.3 7.3.4

Creative goods & services……………………….…….……….. 7.2 Cultural & creative services exports, % total trade….... 7.2.1

7.2.2

7.2.3 7.2.4 7.2.5

7.1 7.1.1 7.1.2 7.1.3 7.1.4

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26 39 High EUR 9.7 308.2 31,902.7 33

41.0 41

40

45.7 ○

42.8 ●

34.6

66

41 25 43

42 40

36

59

60

50

NOTES: ● indicates a strength; ○ a weakness; ◆ an income group strength; ◇ an income group weakness; * an index; † a survey question. 🕘 indicates that the economy’s data are

older than the base year; see Appendix II for details, including the year of the data, at http://globalinnovationindex.org. Square brackets [ ] indicate that the data minimum coverage

(DMC) requirements were not met at the sub-pillar or pillar level.

1.1.1 1.1

1.1.2

1.2.1 1.2.2 1.2.3

1.3

1.2

1.3.1 1.3.2

2.1 Expenditure on education, % GDP………………….…….…. 2.1.1

2.1.2 2.1.3

PISA scales in reading, maths, & science…………......… 2.1.4 2.1.5

GII 2019 rank

Input rank Income Region Population (mn) GDP, PPP$ GDP per capita, PPP$ GII 2018 rank

Score/Value Rank Score/Value Rank

Tertiary education……………………………………….……..…. 2.2 Tertiary enrolment, % gross………………………….….……….2.2.1

2.2.2

2.2.3

2.3 2.3.1

2.3.4

Information & communication technologies(ICTs) 3.1 3.1.1

ICT use*…………………………….....................................…….3.1.2

Government’s online service*…………………………….……. 3.1.3 E-participation*…………………………………………………….…….3.1.4

General infrastructure…………………………………………… 3.2 3.2.1 3.2.2 3.2.3

3.3.1

3.3

3.3.2 3.3.3

4.1 4.1.1

4.2.1

4.3

4.2.2 4.2.3

4.3.1

4.2

4.3.2 4.3.3

5.1

Knowledge-intensive employment, %........................... 5.1.1 5.1.2 5.1.3 5.1.4 5.1.5

5.2 5.2.1 5.2.2 5.2.3 5.2.4

5.3

High-tech imports, % total trade………………..……………….. 5.3.2

ICT services imports, % total trade…………..………………... 5.3.3 5.3.4 5.3.5

6.1 6.1.1

6.1.2 6.1.3 6.1.4 6.1.5

6.2 6.2.1 6.2.2 6.2.3

6.2.4

4.1.2

41 40.8 33

4.1.3

71.6

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Researchers, FTE/mn pop …………………………….........…

58.4

52.7

77.9 63.6

37.8 3,354.0

63.4

73.6

70.8

23.3

52 59 45

47 59 45

34 31

25 27 50

22

49 36 30

76

38

46 29 89

124 93

62

51 23

110 54

56

n/a

17

8

15

54

43 42 36

8 16 1 1

58 1

31 34 33

37 36

16

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DATA AVAILABILITY

The following tables list data that are missing or are outdated for Hungary.

Missing data

Code Indicator name Country year

Model year

Source

4.1.3 Microfinance gross loans, % GDP n/a 2017 Microfinance Information Exchange

Outdated data

Code Indicator name Country year

Model year

Source

2.1.5 Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 2016 2017 UNESCO Institute for Statistics 2.2.1 Tertiary enrolment, % gross 2016 2017 UNESCO Institute for Statistics

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ABOUT THE GLOBAL INNOVATION INDEX

The Global Innovation Index (GII) is co-published by Cornell University, INSEAD, and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), a specialized agency of the United Nations. In 2019, the GII presents its 12th edition devoted to the theme Creating Healthy Lives—The Future of Medical Innovation.

Recognizing that innovation is a key driver of economic development, the GII aims to provide a rich innovation ranking and analysis referencing around 130 economies. Over the last decade, the GII has established itself as both a leading reference on innovation and a “tool for action” for countries that incorporate the GII into their innovation agendas.

The Index is a ranking of the innovation capabilities and results of world economies. It measures innovation based on criteria that includes institutions, human capital and research, infrastructure, credit, investment, linkages; the creation, absorption and diffusion of knowledge; and creative outputs.

The GII has two sub-indices: the Innovation Input Sub-Index and the Innovation Output Sub-Index, and seven pillars, each containing three sub-pillars.