Innovation
In the period 2020-2022, 44% of enterprises in the Czech Republic innovated, in the previous period it was 57 %. Total investments in the introduction of innovations in 2022 was 200 CZK billion. In the same year, enterprises got CZK 1,715 billion for innovative production. Companies operating in the field of information and communication activities are among the most innovative, 69% of them innovated their products or processes here.
Share of innovatig enterprises
Publication date: 28. 06. 2024
Years 2020-2022
44%
Expenditure on innovations
Publication date: 28. 06. 2024
Year 2022
200.4 CZK billion
Sales of enterprises for innovative product
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Year 2022
1,715.1 CZK billion
Data and time series
(share in the total number of enterprises)
| 2010-2012 | 2012-2014 | 2014-2016 | 2016-2018 | 2018-2020 | 2020-2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 43.9 | 42.0 | 46.3 | 46.8 | 56.9 | 44.2 |
| type of innovation | ||||||
Product innovation | 25.3 | 25.1 | 25.7 | 26.8 | 36.5 | 27.2 |
Business process innovation | 37.9 | 34.8 | 41.7 | 40.3 | 53.6 | 40.4 |
Process innovation | 24.0 | 22.4 | 27.7 | 32.3 | 43.8 | 35.1 |
Marketing innovation | 22.4 | 20.5 | 26.3 | 22.2 | 34.8 | 27.9 |
Organisational innovation | 20.5 | 17.1 | 17.6 | 23.1 | 40.8 | 27.7 |
Source: CZSO, Survey on Innovations in Enterprises (TI)
(CZK billion)
| 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 82 | 99 | 131 | 120 | 151 | 267 | 200 |
| type of expenditure | |||||||
Acquisition of machinery, equipment, and software | 42 | 48 | 65 | 53 | 79 | 141 | 45 |
In-house R&D | 20 | 26 | 31 | 35 | 37 | 68 | 86 |
Purchase of external R&D | 17 | 18 | 22 | 20 | 17 | 28 | 37 |
Acquisition of other external knowledge | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 15 |
Expenditure on other innovation activities | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 18 |
Source: CZSO, Survey on Innovations in Enterprises (TI)
(CZK billion)
| 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 3,220 | 3,508 | 3,902 | 4,191 | 4,951 | 5,325 | 6,056 |
| by type of products | |||||||
Innovative products new to the market | 487 | 505 | 579 | 567 | 606 | 564 | 500 |
Innovative products new to the enterprise | 513 | 521 | 615 | 582 | 611 | 772 | 1,215 |
Unchanged or marginally modified products | 2,221 | 2,483 | 2,708 | 3,041 | 3,735 | 3,989 | 4,340 |
Source: CZSO, Survey on Innovations in Enterprises (TI)
(%, share in the total number of enterprises in given group, 2018 – 2020)
| Total | Product innovation | Business process innovation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| total | type of product innovation | ||||
| good | service | ||||
| Enterprises, total | 44.2 | 27.2 | 20.9 | 14.9 | 40.4 |
| Ownership of enterprise | |||||
National enterprises | 41.7 | 25.5 | 19.4 | 14.1 | 37.8 |
Foreign-controlled enterprises | 55.7 | 34.8 | 27.5 | 18.4 | 52.4 |
| Enterprise size group (persons employed) | |||||
Small (10–49) | 38.0 | 23.0 | 17.0 | 13.3 | 34.5 |
Medium (50–249) | 57.8 | 34.3 | 27.5 | 17.6 | 53.6 |
Large (250+) | 75.8 | 57.1 | 46.9 | 26.3 | 69.9 |
Source: CZSO, Survey on Innovations in Enterprises (TI)