Press release content from PR Newswire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. Brazil’s innovation ecosystem holds strong on global index amid challenging year for many countries March 8, 2021 GMT BRASÍLIA, Brazil, March 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Apex-Brasil, the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency, today shared that Brazil was able to maintain its overall rank on the 2021 Bloomberg Innovation Index during an extraordinary year. For the second year in a row, Brazil sustained a rank of 46th out of the world’s 131 most innovative countries and economies, performing particularly well in certain specialized sectors measured, such as manufacturing and productivity – solidifying the country’s innovation economy at a crucial moment in time.