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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1  Finland:0.74 
#2  United States:0.73 
#3  Japan:0.7 
#4  Sweden:0.7 
#5  Korea, South:0.67 
#6  Netherlands:0.63 
#7  United Kingdom:0.61 
#8  Australia:0.59 
#9  Canada:0.59 
#10  Norway:0.58 
#11  Germany:0.58 
#12  Ireland:0.57 
#13  New Zealand:0.55 
#14  Belgium:0.55 
#15  Austria:0.54 
#16  France:0.54 
#17  Israel:0.51 
#18  Spain:0.48 
#19  Czech Republic:0.47 
#20  Italy:0.47 
#21  Hungary:0.46 
#22  Slovenia:0.46 
#23  Slovakia:0.45 
#24  Greece:0.44 
#25  Portugal:0.42 
#26  Bulgaria:0.41 
#27  Poland:0.41 
#28  Malaysia:0.4 
#29  Croatia:0.39 
#30  Mexico:0.39 
#31  Romania:0.37 
#32  Chile:0.36 
#33  Costa Rica:0.36 
#34  Uruguay:0.34 
#35  Thailand:0.34 
#36  South Africa:0.34 
#37  Trinidad and Tobago:0.33 
#38  Panama:0.32 
#39  Brazil:0.31 
#40  Philippines:0.3 
#41  China:0.3 
#42  Bolivia:0.28 
#43  Colombia:0.27 
#44  Peru:0.27 
#45  Jamaica:0.26 
#46  Tunisia:0.26 
#47  Iran:0.26 
#48  Paraguay:0.25 
#49  El Salvador:0.25 
#50  Ecuador:0.25 
#51  Dominica:0.24 
#52  Syria:0.24 
#53  Egypt:0.24 
#54  Algeria:0.22 
#55  Zimbabwe:0.22 
#56  Honduras:0.21 
#57  Indonesia:0.21 
#58  Sri Lanka:0.2 
#59  India:0.2 
#60  Nicaragua:0.19 
#61  Pakistan:0.17 
#62  Senegal:0.16 
#63  Ghana:0.14 
#64  Kenya:0.13 
#65  Tanzania:0.08 
#66  Nepal:0.08 
#67  Mozambique:0.07 
#68  Sudan:0.07 
Weighted average: 0.4  


DEFINITION: Technology Achievement Index
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SOURCE: United Nations Development Program. Human Development Report 2001. New York: Oxford University Press,2001, Table A2.1. via ciesin.org

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Cambrasa
12th November 2007 		Finland has made more inventions per capita than the US in recent years. Remember, Finland is a tiny country. For a country of its size the number of inventions is impressive.
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