3.4.16. Innovation-active enterprises and innovative enterprises, as a proportion of total enterprises (2008–)

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Year	Innovation-active enterprises as a proportion of total enterprises, by staff size category				Innovative enterprises as a proportion of total enterprisesa
Year	10–49 people	50–249 people	250 people or more	on average

2008–2010	25.9	45.9	69.6	31.1	..
2010–2012	28.4	42.8	67.2	32.5	..
2012–2014	21.7	35.9	55.1	25.6	24.1
2014–2016	25.3	39.0	56.2	29.0	27.6
2016–2018b	25.8	36.5	52.3	28.7	25.5

aEnterprises that have introduced at least one type of innovation in the observation period. bBreak in series in 2016–2018 is due to change in the methodology of innovation data collection. See methodological guide.