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European Innovation Scoreboard 2017

The 2017 edition of the European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) has been published. EIS provides a comparative analysis of innovation performance in EU countries, other European countries, and regional neighbours. It assesses relative strengths and weaknesses of national innovation systems and helps countries identify areas they need to address. The 2017 report presents a refined analytical framework. Rankings are therefore not directly comparable with previous editions, but time series using the new analytical framework allow performance to be tracked over time.

According to the report, the innovation performance of the European countries continues to increase. The reasons are:

  • human resources
  • innovation-friendly environment
  • own-resource investments
  • attractive research systems

Sweden remains the EU innovation leader, followed by Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, the UK, and Germany. Lithuania, Malta, the UK, the Netherlands, and Austria are the fastest growing innovators. In a global comparison, the EU is catching up with Canada and the US, but South Korea and Japan are pulling ahead. China shows the fastest progress among international competitors.  Click HERE to find out details.