Илғор иқтисодиёт ва педагогик технологиялар Volume 2 Issue 6 (2025) · pp. 175-187
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF INNOVATION EFFICIENCY IN UZBEKISTAN
Khoshimov, Umidjon, Хошимов, Умиджон, Hoshimov, Umidjon
Abstract
This study assesses Uzbekistan’s innovation efficiency from 2020 to 2025 using Global Innovation Index (GII) data and compares it with global leaders (Switzerland, Sweden, USA), top overperformers (India, Vietnam, Morocco), and regional peers (Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan). Although Uzbekistan’s overall GII rank improved to 79th in 2025, its innovation outputs remain far below inputs, resulting in an average efficiency gap of 23 ranks. The three countries of India, Vietnam, and Morocco achieve better results than expected based on their input levels, but Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan produce outcomes that fall short of their potential. The main challenge for Uzbekistan is not investment levels but weak conversion of inputs into outputs, due to limited R&D commercialization, weak industry–research linkages, and low high-tech exports. The research suggests Uzbekistan should improve its national innovation system coordination through targeted foreign investment and venture financing for selected sectors to build an innovation-based economy
innovation efficiencyGlobal Innovation Index (GII)Uzbekistancomparative analysisinnovation policyR&D commercializationnational innovation systemэффективность инновацийГлобальный инновационный индекс (ГИИ)Узбекистан
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