World knowledge competitiveness index 2005

Abstract

At the bottom of the WKCI rankings we continue to find the Chinese, Indian and Eastern European regions -the lowest ranked being Bangalore (125 th ), Mumbai (124 th ) and Hyderabad (123 rd ).It is worth noting that the index scores for both Bangalore and Mumbai, although still very low, have once again increased this year.Amongst the lower ranking regions, Shanghai has certainly performed the best, more than doubling its index score this year.