Source: Statistics Finland, Science and Technology                             Table with numbers 

A total of 47 per cent of all enterprises had innovation activity in the period from 2006 to 2008. 31 per cent of enterprises had product innovations, 34 per cent process innovations and 25 per cent innovation projects.

53 per cent of manufacturing enterprises had innovation activity and 16 per cent of them had all of these, that is, product and process innovations and innovation projects. In relative terms, all manufacturing industries considered, innovation activity was most plentiful in the manufacture of chemicals and chemical products where 84 per cent of enterprises practised it.

41 per cent of all service enterprises had innovation activity and 12 per cent of them had innovations relating to goods or services, process innovations and projects aiming at innovations. Among the service industries, innovation activity was most widespread in computer programming, consultancy and related activities, where 80 per cent of enterprises had had innovation activity in the period from 2006 to 2008.