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Denmark once again ranked as European leader in innovation

Once again, Denmark is in the group of innovation leaders according to the European Commission’s European Innovation Scoreboard for 2019.

Attractive research systems, human resources and an innovation-friendly environment stands out as Danish positions of strength according to the European Commission’s European Innovation Scoreboard for 2019.

The report divides the 28 EU countries into four groups according to their innovation strengths and weaknesses. Denmark is among the four countries in the Innovation Leaders group. In 2019, only Sweden and Finland score slightly higher than Denmark.

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The scoreboard confirms that Denmark is the ideal place to make your business a frontrunner. Our well-educated workforce, excellent R&D as well as exceptional conditions for public-private collaboration creates top conditions for companies to drive innovation.

Steen Hommel, Director Invest in Denmark
In the scoreboard, the European countries are measured on 27 different indicators of innovation. In 15 out of 27 indicators, Denmark scores 120% or above compared to the average for all European countries. Lifelong learning, international scientific co-publications and public-private co-publications are especially high in Denmark.

About the European Innovation Scoreboard

The European Innovation Scoreboard 2019 provides a comparative assessment of innovation performance across regions of the European Union, Croatia, Norway and Switzerland.

The most innovative countries perform best on all dimensions: From research and innovation inputs, through business innovation activities up to innovation outputs and economic effects, which reflects a balanced national research and innovation system.

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