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Innovation-active enterprises

Compare innovation-active enterprises across 36 countries or territories using one fixed 2022 OECD reference slice.

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Key Insights

Global Average
49.2Percentage of enterprises
Median: 52.3Percentage of enterprises
Countries Covered
36
with available data
Highest
Canada
78.0Percentage of enterprises
Lowest
Romania
8.8Percentage of enterprises
Top 5 Countries
1Canada78.0Percentage of enterprises
2Costa Rica74.1Percentage of enterprises
3Belgium70.3Percentage of enterprises
4Australia68.5Percentage of enterprises
5Greece65.5Percentage of enterprises
By Region
Oceania68.5Percentage of enterprises(1 countries)
North America66.3Percentage of enterprises(2 countries)
Other56.9Percentage of enterprises(2 countries)
Europe48.5Percentage of enterprises(28 countries)
Asia38.2Percentage of enterprises(2 countries)
Key Findings
  • 36 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite Percentage of enterprises observation in the fixed 2022 slice.
  • Canada has the highest published value (77.9974 Percentage of enterprises).
  • Romania has the lowest published value (8.81939 Percentage of enterprises).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (8.8Percentage of enterprises)High (78.0Percentage of enterprises)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 49.2Percentage of enterprises)

Oceania (1)
North America (2)
Other (2)
Europe (28)
Asia (2)
South America (1)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

OECD Innovative and innovation-active enterprises measure 'Innovation active enterprises'. The map uses the exact official 2022 slice in Percentage of enterprises; fixed dimensions: ACTIVITY=BTE_G46_H_J_K_M71T73 (Economic activities covered by CIS regulation); SIZE_CLASS=_T (Total - All sizes); RD=_T (Total); INNO_TYPE=_Z (Not applicable); INNO_EMPDIST=_Z (Not applicable); REPORT_YEAR=2025 (2025); FREQ=A2 (Biennial).

MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2022 OECD slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.

Methodology

OECD Innovative and innovation-active enterprises measure 'Innovation active enterprises'. The map uses the exact official 2022 slice in Percentage of enterprises; fixed dimensions: ACTIVITY=BTE_G46_H_J_K_M71T73 (Economic activities covered by CIS regulation); SIZE_CLASS=_T (Total - All sizes); RD=_T (Total); INNO_TYPE=_Z (Not applicable); INNO_EMPDIST=_Z (Not applicable); REPORT_YEAR=2025 (2025); FREQ=A2 (Biennial).

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Canada78.0Percentage of enterprises
2Costa Rica74.1Percentage of enterprises
3Belgium70.3Percentage of enterprises
4Australia68.5Percentage of enterprises
5Greece65.5Percentage of enterprises
6Germany63.4Percentage of enterprises
7Italy63.1Percentage of enterprises
8Finland61.5Percentage of enterprises
9Sweden57.6Percentage of enterprises
10France57.4Percentage of enterprises
11Denmark56.7Percentage of enterprises
12Austria56.7Percentage of enterprises
13Netherlands56.3Percentage of enterprises
14Slovenia55.4Percentage of enterprises
15United States of America54.7Percentage of enterprises
16Estonia53.2Percentage of enterprises
17Switzerland52.8Percentage of enterprises
18Lithuania52.6Percentage of enterprises
19Iceland52.1Percentage of enterprises
20Ireland51.4Percentage of enterprises
21Luxembourg48.8Percentage of enterprises
22United Kingdom48.7Percentage of enterprises
23Portugal47.4Percentage of enterprises
24Czech Republic44.2Percentage of enterprises
25People's Republic of China42.2Percentage of enterprises
26Croatia40.6Percentage of enterprises
27Türkiye39.8Percentage of enterprises
28Spain35.1Percentage of enterprises
29Slovakia34.7Percentage of enterprises
30Poland34.6Percentage of enterprises
31South Korea34.2Percentage of enterprises
32Latvia33.1Percentage of enterprises
33Hungary30.2Percentage of enterprises
34Bulgaria26.1Percentage of enterprises
35Chile20.8Percentage of enterprises
36Romania8.8Percentage of enterprises
Showing 36 of 36 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) (2022).

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