In a nutshell, in the European Union (EU) around half (51%) of the enterprises of 10 employees or more reported innovation activity during the period 2014-2016, slightly more than in the period 2012-2014 (49%). The share of innovative enterprises increased or stayed the same in 20 EU Member States and decreased in eight. Particularly strong increases were reported for Estonia, Portugal, Finland, and Croatia. With increases from 54% to 67% in Portugal and from 55% to 65% in Finland, these two countries are now amongst the top five countries.
During the period 2014-2016, the highest proportions of enterprises with innovation activity were recorded in Belgium (68% of enterprises), Portugal (67%), Finland (65%), Luxembourg (64%) and Germany (64%). In the same period, the share was below 30% in Romania (10%), Poland (22%), Bulgaria (27%) and Hungary (29%).
