Business environment; innovation internationally compared to 1990-2008

This table provides an international overview of indicators for innovation. The focus is on figures about technologically innovative companies. In addition, the table gives a picture of patents applied for and achieved turnover shares with innovative products. Finally, data are presented on forms of non-technological innovation. High scores on these indicators for innovative entrepreneurship give an indication of a favourable business environment. Please note: In order to make an international comparison possible, the figures presented here use internationally comparable definitions, which sometimes differ from the definitions normally used by CBS. As a result, differences can occur between these figures and national figures published elsewhere on the CBS website. Data available from: 1990 to 2008. Status of the figures: The external sources of these figures provide regularly updated data for previous periods. These adjusted data are not considered as such in the table. Changes as of 1 March 2018: None, this table has been discontinued. When are new figures coming? No longer applicable.