Research Article

From Catch-Up to Transcend: The Development of Emerging Countries’ Green Economy

Table 2

Average productivity change of the green economy for each country (2008–2017).

DMUCatch-up effectInnovation effectTechnical leadershipMetafrontier MLPI

America
 Brazil0.97821.02101.00341.0056
 Chile1.00171.00960.99301.0042
 Colombia1.00271.01430.99031.0072
 Costa Rica0.98690.98531.01020.9913
 Dominican1.00101.00790.99861.0075
 Mexico0.96661.03371.01151.0107
 Peru1.03080.99011.01821.0446
 Uruguay1.00460.99510.99900.9987
 Venezuela1.00561.01531.00061.0216
Asia
 Bangladesh0.98041.00240.99950.9823
 China1.00101.02551.01551.0426
 India1.00390.99431.00100.9996
 Indonesia0.97751.01610.99170.9850
 Iran1.01641.02610.97121.0128
 Israel1.03681.00931.01871.0660
 Malaysia1.00771.01251.00001.0203
 Pakistan0.99711.02510.97941.0011
 Philippines0.98841.02471.00461.0174
 Sri Lanka1.00661.00661.00491.0182
 Tajikistan1.02240.99280.99040.9985
 Thailand1.00721.01941.02551.0529
 Turkmenistan1.03421.00321.01001.0479
 Uzbekistan1.04430.98510.99111.0195
 Viet Nam0.97721.01751.01981.0140
Europe
 Belarus1.04541.00961.02171.0783
 Croatia0.99691.00621.01101.0141
 Czech1.01531.01201.01791.0458
 Estonia0.99121.00611.01551.0127
 Georgia1.00290.94841.01140.9620
 Hungary1.00091.00531.01551.0218
 Latvia1.01361.01571.01541.0454
 Lithuania1.01900.99831.01761.0352
 Poland1.01851.00161.01771.0381
 Romania1.02141.00820.99481.0080
 Russia1.03631.03560.99421.0669
 Serbia1.02561.00270.98961.0177
 Slovakia1.00931.00431.01161.0254
 Slovenia0.99221.01761.01991.0297
 Ukraine1.02341.01421.01001.0483
 Mean1.00671.00581.00361.0165