UK innovation survey 2021: results for Scotland
Scotland's results from the UK Innovation Survey 2021, covering the three-year period from 2018 to 2020.
Geography of Innovation
In 2018-2020, the East of England had the highest share of innovation active businesses in the UK (50.5%). Northern Ireland had the lowest (38.4%) (Table 10). Scotland’s share of innovation activity ranked 11th out of the 12 UK regions and countries. This is consistent with the previous Innovation Survey results.
All regions of the UK saw an increase in innovation activity between 2016-18 and 2018-20 (Table 10). East of England saw the largest increase (11.9 percentage points) followed by the West Midlands (9.9 percentage points). In comparison, the share of Scottish businesses that were innovation active increased by 6.8 percentage points over this period.
Contact
For enquiries about this publication please contact:
Marina Curran
Business & Innovation Statistics
Office of the Chief Economic Adviser
e-mail: marina.curran@gov.scot or industrystatistics@gov.scot
For general enquiries about Scottish Government statistics please contact:
Office of the Chief Statistician
Telephone: 0131 244 0442
e-mail: statistics.enquiries@gov.scot
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