Uruguay ranks 64th among the 132 economies featured in the GII 2022

By Pittaluga Abogados

The Global Innovation Index (GII) of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) ranks world economies according to their innovation capabilities. Consisting of roughly 80 indicators, grouped into innovation inputs and outputs, the GII aims to capture the multi-dimensional facets of innovation.

Uruguay has jumped from 69th in 2020 to 65th in 2021 to 64th in 2022, ranking 5th among the 18 economies in Latin America and the Caribbean.

In Latin America and the Caribbean, Uruguay performs above the regional average in six pillars, namely: Institutions; Human capital and research; Infrastructure; Market sophistication; Business sophistication; and, Knowledge and technology outputs.

Switzerland, the United States, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands are the world’s most-innovative economies, according to WIPO’s 2022 Global Innovation Index with China on the threshold of the top 10. 
Pittaluga Abogados

Pittaluga Abogados, has initiated its professional practice 20 years ago, as an Intellectual Property Law Firm.

After some years providing a specialized and top level service for foreign clients, many of them among the world premier companies, Pittaluga Abogados obtained a recognized international prestige in said field, which convert it into one of the leaders Intellectual Property Law Firms in Uruguay.

Thus, today in P&A we take pride in emphasizing that our goal has always been and will continue being, to keep a personal relationship with our clients, considering at all times the priorities of our clients as our own, with the belief that each one of them is unique and irreplaceable.

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