EEA geospatial data catalogue
Eco-innovation index (2013-2022)
This data presents the calculated eco-innovation index score for Member States. ‘Eco-innovation is any innovation that make progress towards a more green and sustainable economy by reducing environmental pressures, increasing resilience or using natural resources more efficiently’ .
The eco-innovation index is based on the eco-innovation scoreboard, which has indicators in five thematic areas:
1) 'Eco-innovation inputs, which includes financial and human capital investment in eco-innovative activities;
2) Eco-innovation activities, which defines the extent to which companies in a given country are active in eco-innovation;
3) Eco-innovation outputs, which measures the output of eco-innovation activities concerning the number of patents and academic literature;
4) Resource efficiency outcomes, which pinpoint a country’s efficiency of resources and GHG emission intensity; and
5) Socio-economic outcomes, which aims to measure the positive societal as well as economic outcomes of eco-innovation’ .
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Identification info
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Date (Creation)
- 2024-08-29
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Date (Publication)
- 2024-08-29
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Date (Revision)
- 2025-04-23
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Edition
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01.00
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Citation identifier
- eea_s_suso001_p_2013-2022_v01_r00
Identifier
- Point of contact
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Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role European Environment Agency
Point of contact
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Topic category
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Environment
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Economy
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Extent
Temporal extent
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Time period
- 2013-01-01 2022-12-31
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Maintenance and update frequency
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twoYears
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Date
- 2024-11
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Date type
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Next Update
Resource constraints
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Use constraints
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Other restrictions
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Other constraints
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License CC-BY 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
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Language
- English
Distribution Information
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Distribution format
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Microsoft Excel (.xls, .xlsx)
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ascii (.csv, .txt, .sql)
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OnLine resource
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Direct download
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OnLine resource
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EEA indicator: Eco-innovation index
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OnLine resource
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EC Eco-innovation scoreboard
Data quality info
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Hierarchy level
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Dataset
Report
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Name of measure
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Frequency of dissemination
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Measure description
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Indicator is updated every second year.
Result
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Value
- Every 2 years
Report
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Name of measure
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Timeliness
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Measure description
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New data points are disseminated within one year after the reference year
Result
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Value
- T+1 year
Report
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Name of measure
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Reference area
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Measure description
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Data are presented for all EU Member States
Result
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Value
- All EU MS
Report
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Name of measure
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Comparability - geographical
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Measure description
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The ecoinnovation index is calculated based on 12 different indicators. The comparability of the indicator depends on the comparability of the underlying data for each indicator, though as these are produced by statistical institutions with high data-quality standards, predominantly Eurostat, it is likely high. For more detail please refer to https://circabc.europa.eu/ui/group/96ccdecd-11b4-4a35-a046-30e01459ea9e/library/ddb0a147-f2fc-4555-849a-215c95ba592d/details
Result
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Value
- All EU MS
Report
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Name of measure
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Time coverage
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Measure description
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Presented time series (including EU aggregates) starts in 2013.
Result
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Value
- 5 to 10 years
Report
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Name of measure
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Comparability - over time
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Measure description
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Over time there have been some changes to the methodology that may affect the comparability over time. Please refer to the methodology note: https://circabc.europa.eu/ui/group/96ccdecd-11b4-4a35-a046-30e01459ea9e/library/ddb0a147-f2fc-4555-849a-215c95ba592d/details
Result
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Value
- > 4 data points
Resource lineage
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Statement
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The ecoinnovation index is calculated based on 12 different indicators. The accuracy of the indicator depends on the accuracy of these indicators, though as these are predominantly produced by statistical institutions with high data-quality standards it is likely high. Over time there have been some changes to the methodology that may affect the comparability over time. For more detail please refer to https://circabc.europa.eu/ui/group/96ccdecd-11b4-4a35-a046-30e01459ea9e/library/ddb0a147-f2fc-4555-849a-215c95ba592d/details
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Hierarchy level
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Dataset
Metadata
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Metadata identifier
- b06c1a37-c280-46d8-820c-56bbbc45a2ce
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Language
- English
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Character encoding
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UTF8
- Contact
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Organisation Individual Electronic mail address Website Role European Environment Agency
Point of contact
Type of resource
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Resource type
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Non geographic dataset
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Name
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Tabular dataset
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Date info (Creation)
- 2024-08-08T07:48:45.331396Z
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Date info (Revision)
- 2026-09-04T06:49:37.785326Z
Metadata standard
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Title
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ISO 19115/19139
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Edition
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1.0
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