The Innovation Union Scoreboard (IUS) 2014 uses the most recent available data from Eurostat and other internationally recognised sources with data referring to 2012 for 11 indicators, 2011 for 4 indicators, 2010 for 9 indicators and 2009 for 1 indicator.
The IUS 2014 gives a comparative assessment of the innovation performance of the EU Member States and the relative strengths and weaknesses of their research andinnovation systems. It monitors innovation trends across the EU Member States,including Croatia, from this edition as the 28
the Member State, as well as Iceland, theFormer Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland and Turkey. It also includes comparisons between the EU and 10 global competitors.
Average innovation performance is measured by summarizing performance over equally - weighted 25 indicators in one composite indicator: the Summary Innovation Index.
This year, the IUS2014 is accompanied by the Regional Innovation Scoreboard 2014.