Innovation
In the period 2018–2020, 57% of enterprises in the Czech Republic innovated, in the previous period it was 47%. Total investments in the introduction of innovations in 2020 was 267 CZK billion. In the same year, enterprises got CZK 1,336 billion for innovative production. Companies operating in the field of information and communication activities are among the most innovative, 77% of them innovated their products or processes here.
Innovations in the regions - basic indicators
(2020-2022, for financial indicators in 2022)
| Share of innovatig enterprises total (%) | Share of innovatig enterprises with product innovation (%) | Share of innovatig enterprises with business process innovation (%) | Expenditure on innovations (CZK billion) | Sales of enterprises for innovative product (CZK billion) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Czechia | 44.2 | 27.2 | 40.4 | 200.4 | 1715.1 |
Hlavní město Praha | 45.5 | 30.2 | 42.2 | 51.6 | 432.3 |
Středočeský kraj | 47.9 | 24.7 | 45.3 | 44.8 | 482.0 |
Jihočeský kraj | 38.3 | 20.0 | 35.8 | 5.3 | 36.9 |
Plzeňský kraj | 49.7 | 32.8 | 47.5 | 10.9 | 45.0 |
Karlovarský kraj | 25.9 | 17.3 | 24.0 | 1.5 | 12.2 |
Ústecký kraj | 40.9 | 19.0 | 37.1 | 12.4 | 96.6 |
Liberecký kraj | 41.6 | 31.8 | 37.0 | 5.8 | 47.7 |
Královéhradecký kraj | 43.9 | 29.5 | 39.2 | 11.8 | 58.5 |
Pardubický kraj | 40.9 | 23.5 | 37.7 | 4.9 | 54.5 |
Kraj Vysočina | 43.7 | 29.2 | 37.1 | 3.8 | 30.5 |
Jihomoravský kraj | 45.7 | 33.2 | 41.3 | 13.0 | 108.8 |
Olomoucký kraj | 46.0 | 27.1 | 40.1 | 10.1 | 34.9 |
Zlínský kraj | 46.8 | 26.8 | 42.3 | 8.0 | 45.2 |
Moravskoslezský kraj | 44.1 | 24.2 | 40.1 | 16.4 | 229.8 |
Source: CZSO, Survey on Innovations in Enterprises (TI)