| Characteristic | Small firms | Medium and large firms |
|---|---|---|
| Israel | 67.1% | 32.9% |
| Austria | 60.9% | 39.1% |
| Estonia | 49.8% | 50.2% |
| Portugal | 41.3% | 58.7% |
| Slovak Republic | 39.3% | 60.7% |
| Spain | 38.3% | 61.7% |
| Norway | 35.9% | 64.1% |
| Germany** | 31.2% | 68.8% |
| Finland | 29.6% | 70.4% |
| Czechia | 25.6% | 74.4% |
| Ireland | 25.2% | 74.8% |
| Sweden | 18% | 82% |
| Italy | 16.4% | 83.6% |
| France | 15.6% | 84.4% |
| South Africa | 14.4% | 85.6% |
| Poland | 11.6% | 88.4% |
| Korea | 9.5% | 90.5% |
| Switzerland | 9.1% | 90.9% |
| Denmark | 8.9% | 91.1% |
| Slovenia | 8.6% | 91.4% |
| Netherlands | 7.9% | 92.1% |
| United States | 6.8% | 93.2% |
| Belgium | 5% | 95% |
| Mexico | 3.9% | 96.1% |
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November 2017
OECD
2014
* Or latest year available.
** Figures from 2015.
For Denmark and France data are preliminary.
For Mexico, firms with 20 or more employees only. Economic units in biotechnology and nanotechnology have failed to maintain a strategy of long-term growth possibly among other things, due to the low linkage between industry and academia, and because the strategy of innovation in the productive sector is mainly the customer service department.
For the Netherlands and Sweden, firms with 10 or more employees only.
For the United States firms with 5 or more employees only. For the United States, beginning with 2013, changes in data collection and imputation processes affected the comparability of company count estimates with estimates published for prior years. At the time of this release, further research is underway to address the year-to-year volatility in company count estimates.
Israel
"鈥淭he statistical data for Israel are supplied by and under the responsibility of the relevant Israeli authorities. The use of such data by the OECD is without prejudice to the status of the Golan Heights, East Jerusalem and Israeli settlements in the West Bank under the terms of international law.鈥
鈥淚t should be noted that statistical data on Israeli patents and trademarks are supplied by the patent and trademark offices of the relevant countries.鈥 "
