UK innovation survey 2021: results for Scotland

Scotland's results from the UK Innovation Survey 2021, covering the three-year period from 2018 to 2020.

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Exports

In Scotland, broader innovators were more likely to be exporters compared to non innovators (22.5% of broader innovators are exporters vs 8.2% of non broader innovators).  The same pattern is seen for the UK as a whole (28.8% of broader innovators are exporters vs 11.4% of non broader innovators) (Table 21).

 Figure 13: Scottish innovation active businesses were more likely to report higher export values than non-innovation active businesses.

Bar chart showing value of exports for innovation active businesses  and non innovators in Scotland in 2018-20

Contact

For enquiries about this publication please contact:

Marina Curran

Business & Innovation Statistics

Office of the Chief Economic Adviser

e-mail: marina.curran@gov.scot or industrystatistics@gov.scot

 

For general enquiries about Scottish Government statistics please contact:

Office of the Chief Statistician

Telephone: 0131 244 0442

e-mail: statistics.enquiries@gov.scot

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