The full results of the Community Innovation Survey 2014, which contains a broad set of indicators on innovation activities of enterprises and provides information on environmental benefits due to innovation, are now available in the Eurostat online database.
In a nutshell, in the European Union just under half (49.1%) of enterprises of 10 employees or more reported innovation activity during the period 2012-2014. Although the proportion of innovative enterprises in the EU remained nearly stable in 2012-2014 compared with 2010-2012, it dropped compared with both 2006-2008 (51.5% innovative enterprises) and the peak recorded in 2008-2010 (52.8%). This pattern was observed in the majority of Member States.
Highest proportions of innovative enterprises in Germany, Luxembourg and Belgium
During the period 2012-2014, the highest proportions of enterprises with innovation activity were recorded in Germany (67.0% of enterprises), Luxembourg (65.1%) and Belgium (64.2%), ahead of Ireland (61.0%), the United Kingdom (60.2%) and Austria (59.5%). In the same period, less than 30% of enterprises had innovation activity in Romania (12.8%) and Poland (21.0%), followed by Latvia (25.5%), Hungary (25.6%), Bulgaria (26.1%) and Estonia (26.5%).
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