The share of innovative enterprises
What proportion of all companies are active in innovation? In this data publication, we show the number of innovative enterprises as a share of all enterprises in a number of EU countries over the period 2018-2020.
In short
- In the Netherlands, 56,3 percent of all business enterprises perform innovative activities. This is higher than the EU-27 average (51,4 percent).
- Belgian, Norwegian, German and Italian companies are leaders in innovation in this comparison.
- The Portuguese, Czech, and Spanish companies score well below the EU average in this comparison.
2020-2022 | |
BEL | 70,3 |
NOR | 63,6 |
GER | 63,4 |
ITA | 63,1 |
FIN | 61,5 |
SWE | 57,6 |
FRA | 57,4 |
AUT | 56,7 |
DEN | 56,7 |
NED | 56,3 |
IRE | 51,4 |
EU-27 | 51,4 |
POR | 47,4 |
CZE | 44,2 |
SPA | 35,1 |
Analysis
In the Netherlands, sover half of all business enterprises performs innovative activities. This share in the Netherlands is above the EU-27 average, but lower than some comparison countries.