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The10MostCreativeCountriesInTheWorldWhyChinaLagsonInnovationandCreativity3.FromMadeinChinatoCreatedinChina

Astudyreleasedin2011bytheMartinProsperityInstituteranks82countriesontheircreativity.Turnsoutcreativityisadrivingforceintheeconomy:thestudyfoundgreatcorrelationsbetweencreativityandeconomicprogress,humandevelopment,andhappiness,amongotherfactors.Overview

1.The10MostCreativeCountriesInTheWorld

Astudyreleasedin2011bytheMartinProsperityInstituteranks82countriesontheircreativity.Itturnsoutthatcreativityisadrivingforceintheeconomy:thestudyfoundgreatcorrelationsbetweencreativityandeconomicprogress,humandevelopment,andhappiness,amongotherfactors.Overview

EachcountryisgivenaGlobalCreativityIndex(GCI),whichisbasedonthreehumanfactors:Howtechnologicallysavvyarethey?Howcapableistheirworkforce?Andhowopenaretheytonewideas?Thelistisdominatedbythedevelopedworld,particularlyScandinavia.TheU.S.isratedhighlyaswell.Thefollowingistheranklistfromtop10totop1.

TechnologyRank:?17

TalentRank:?11ToleranceRank:?3GlobalCreativityIndex:?0.854Notsurprisingly,theNetherlandsboastsahightolerancerank.Interestingly,itshighertalentrankingmeansagreatercorrelationwithsocialinequality.10.NETHERLANDS

TechnologyRank:?10

TalentRank:?3ToleranceRank:?17GlobalCreativityIndex:?0.858Singaporeplacesgreatvalueonhumandevelopmentandentrepreneurship,featuringfivenotablepublicuniversitiesaswellasseveralspecializedprivateschools.9.SINGAPORE

TechnologyRank:?12

TalentRank:?6ToleranceRank:?11GlobalCreativityIndex:?0.862Norwayscoreshighoncorrelationswithentrepreneurship,humandevelopment,andhappiness,puttingitinatieforseventhoverall.8.NORWAY

TechnologyRank:?11

TalentRank:?17ToleranceRank:?1GlobalCreativityIndex:?0.862Canadasincrediblenumberonetolerancerankinggives