According to the European Commission’s 2019 European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS), which ranks EU member states and selected third countries based on their research and innovation performance, the Netherlands is an innovation leader! The land of windmills and tulips, however, does not take first place in the ranking; it comes fourth.
2019 European Innovation Scoreboard The EIS was first introduced in 2001, making the 2019 version the 18th edition. A country’s innovation performance is measured using the Summary Innovation Index, which summarises the performance of many different indicators.
