"The European innovation scoreboard provides a comparative analysis of innovation performance in EU countries, other European countries, and regional neighbours. It assesses the relative strengths and weaknesses of national innovation systems and helps countries identify areas they need to address.
The EIS 2021 distinguish between four main types of activities, and 12 innovation dimensions, capturing in total 32 indicators."
A list of the indicators is available on page 4 on the in-depth from the European Commission.
According to the European Innovation Scoreboard, the United Kingdom's innovation score in 2025 was above the European Union average, with a score of , compared with in the previous year.
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