Insights from the Innovation Output Indicator
This brief presents the results from the latest edition of the European Commission's Innovation Output Indicator (IOI) for 2025. According to the IOI, the EU27 leads Australia, Canada, and China, but is outperformed by economic partners such as the United States, Peers such as South Korea and Japan maintained or widened their lead over the EU27 during the last decade, while US advanced at a slightly slower pace than the EU27. Sweden, Ireland, Germany and Finland are the best performers among EU Member States. Since 2014, performance improved the most in Lithuania, while it declined the most in Luxembourg, which declined from top in the EU to 5th. The brief discussed the innovation performance of the EU vis-a-vis that of the US and Chna, providing insights on the innovation gap between EU and these peers from the lens of the IOI. It then discusses nessesary interventions to address the innovation gaphighlighted in recent major reports and reviews new initiatives at the EU level aiming to secure the competitiveness and strategic autonomy of the EU through innovation.
AL-AJLANI Haya;
BELLO Michela;
KARVOUNARAKI Athina;
RAVANOS Panagiotis;
TESSARIN Milene;
2026-10-01
European Commission
JRC147646
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC147646,
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