| Armenia | 69 |
| Azerbaijan | 88 |
| Georgia | 73 |
| Russia | 56 |
| Iran | 95 |
| Turkey | 65 |
*Rank out of 125 countries, measured by the following categories: institutions, human capital and research, infrastructure, market and business sophistication, as well as scientific and creative outputs
Source: globalinnovationindex.org
Global innovation index – 2011*
