July 13 (SeeNews) - Slovenia scored highest in Southeastern Europe (SEE) in the Global Innovation Index (GII) ranking published by the Cornell University, INSEAD, and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO).
Slovenia ranked 30th, followed by Bulgaria at 37th place, Croatia at 41st, Moldova at 48th, Romania at 49th, the GII report shows.
Outside the top 50, Montenegro placed at 52nd, Serbia at 55th and Bosnia and Herzegovina at 77th and Albania at 83rd. Macedonia was the lowest ranked country in the region at the 84th spot out of a total of 127 countries reviewed.
Almost all SEE countries improved their previous positions in the ranking, except Macedonia, Moldova which lost 23 and two places, respectively, while Montenegro and Romania dropped single place each.
The top gainers in the region were Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, climbing ten places each. Albania was up nine positions and Slovenia gained two. Bulgaria, in turn, went up one place.
Switzerland topped the ranking, while Turkey scored lowest among the top 50 states in the report.