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These Are the World's Most Innovative Economies

South Korea dominates the index, with Germany and Sweden taking silver and bronze
Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg
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In the world of ideas, South Korea is king.

Germany, Sweden, Japan and Switzerland rounded out the top five in the 2016 Bloomberg Innovation IndexBloomberg Terminal, which scored economies using factors including research and development spending and concentration of high-tech public companies.