How on earth is Switzerland supposed to be the top innovation leader in the world, it should be China for heavens sake. I mean what on earth does Switzerland have that makes anyone here actually interested because this is the only time this year I have heard about that nation in a single sentence
Lol wut. You can read the link for the methodology and it takes a more per capita approach. But Switzerland is a leader in innovation. Best university in the EU is ETH Zürich, they have CERN and Zürich is one of the best places to be in robotics. I can go on and on. Switzerland is agurably the best country to live in.
Main problem in Japan seems to be demographics and I don‘t think immigration would ever work in East Asia. That region is just not that well integrated with the rest of the world. East Asia would see sudden spark of players rising to prominance and then fade just as quickly. Japan had at some point 2nd highest GDP per capita. It was the 2nd largest economy on earth and was challenging the US and now it‘s nowhere neae the US in any metric.
Japan's historically conservative industrial policies caused it to miss out on IT technology and the consumer digital industry. However, Japan remains strong in chemistry, materials, and automation, which has prevented it from rapidly losing its manufacturing base like the United States.
