Technology achievement index
Technology achievement index is an index that calculates the country’s skills with respect to the latest technologies such as working, innovation, etc.
This index was introduced in the HDR for the year 2001 by UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) to calculate the capacity of a nation to create or innovate technology, diffuse technology structuring, or form of human skill base.
It is in view of the growing interdependence between technology and its impact on human development i.e how we make use of technology that furthers human development.
TAI (Technology Achievement Index) is constructed as follows:
- Creation of Technology
- Diffusion of Technology
- Formation of Human skills base
The creation of technology is determined by:
Number of Patents per capita (The USA has the highest number of patents), and Royal and licenses fees received per capita
Diffusion of Technology is determined by
1. Diffusion of Recent Innovations
A number of Internet hosts per capita. Share of High also medium technology goods exports in the total export of a nation.
2. Diffusion of Old Innovations
Mean ages of schooling, Gross tertiary level enrollment in science, engineering, and mathematics.
Finland is first in the diffusion of Technology.
TAI can be measured by, Leaders, Potential Leader or Future Leaders, Dynamic Adopters and Marginalized
Technology achievement index 2020
The technology achievement index was last updated in 2013. TAI 2020 is yet to release
| TAI Rank | Country | TAI Value |
| 1 | Finland | 0.744 |
| 2 | USA | 0.733 |
| 3 | Sweden | 0.703 |
| 4 | Japan | 0.698 |
| 5 | Korea Rep | 0.666 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 0.630 |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 0.606 |
| 8 | Singapore | 0.591 |
| 9 | Canada | 0.589 |
| 10 | Australia | 0.587 |
| 11 | Germany | 0.583 |
| 12 | Norway | 0.579 |
| 13 | Ireland | 0.566 |
| 14 | Belgium | 0.553 |
| 15 | New Zealand | 0.548 |
| 16 | Austria | 0.544 |
| 17 | France | 0.535 |
| 18 | Israel | 0.514 |
| 19 | Spain | 0.481 |
| 20 | Italy | 0.471 |
| 21 | Czech Republic | 0.465 |
| 22 | Hungary | 0.464 |
| 23 | Slovenia | 0.458 |
| 24 | Hong Kong | 0.455 |
| 25 | Slovakia | 0.447 |
| 26 | Greece | 0.437 |
| 27 | Portugal | 0.419 |
| 28 | Bulgaria | 0.411 |
| 29 | Poland | 0.407 |
| 30 | Malaysia | 0.396 |
| 31 | Croatia | 0.391 |
| 32 | Mexico | 0.389 |
| 33 | Cyprus | 0.386 |
| 34 | Argentina | 0.381 |
| 35 | Romania | 0.371 |
| 36 | Costa Rica | 0.358 |
| 37 | Chile | 0.357 |
| 38 | Uruguay | 0.343 |
| 39 | South Africa | 0.340 |
| 40 | Thailand | 0.337 |
| 41 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.328 |
| 42 | Panama | 0.321 |
| 43 | Brazil | 0.311 |
| 44 | Philippines | 0.300 |
| 45 | China | 0.299 |
| 46 | Bolivia | 0.277 |
| 47 | Colombia | 0.274 |
| 48 | Peru | 0.271 |
| 49 | Jamaica | 0.261 |
| 50 | Iran | 0.260 |
| 51 | Tunisia | 0.255 |
| 52 | Paraguay | 0.254 |
| 53 | Ecuador | 0.253 |
| 54 | El Salvador | 0.253 |
| 55 | Dominican Republic | 0.244 |
| 56 | The Syrian Arab Republic | 0.240 |
| 57 | Egypt | 0.236 |
| 58 | Algeria | 0.221 |
| 59 | Zimbabwe | 0.220 |
| 60 | Indonesia | 0.211 |
| 61 | Honduras | 0.208 |
| 62 | Sri Lanka | 0.203 |
| 63 | India | 0.201 |
| 64 | Nicaragua | 0.185 |
| 65 | Pakistan | 0.167 |
| 66 | Senegal | 0.158 |
| 67 | Ghana | 0.139 |
| 68 | Kenya | 0.129 |
| 69 | Nepal | 0.081 |
| 70 | Tanzania | 0.080 |
| 71 | Sudan | 0.071 |
| 72 | Mozambique | 0.066 |
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