The Green, Digital and Competitive SME Index
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) have never been more important. They count for 99% of European businesses and employ more than 100 million people. SMEs are essential to attaining the ambitious goals for growth, full employment and net-zero-carbon emissions in Europe.
To track progress, the Lisbon Council has developed a unique three pillar indicator: The Green, Digital and Competitive SME Index :
Pillar I: How digital are a country’s SMEs? How much use are SMEs making use of cutting edge technologies to reach more customers and deliver more value?
Pillar II: How green? Europe won’t reach its ambitious climate targets without greening a sector that accounts for 53% of the economy. What’s more, customers are demanding it – and new regulations are requiring it. How well are a countries SMEs able to deliver?
Pillar III: How competitive? We measure this by looking at company growth and success in new markets – both within and outside of the European Union.
You can check the rankings, explore country profiles, and help us improve the indicators.
Rank | Country | Green Digital Competitive Index |
Digital Transition Ranking |
Green Transition Ranking |
SME Competitiveness Ranking |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sweden |
73.56
|
3 | 1 | 10 |
2 | Netherlands |
69.97
|
6 | 2 | 1 |
3 | Denmark |
69.72
|
1 | 11 | 2 |
4 | Finland |
68.22
|
2 | 7 | 6 |
5 | Ireland |
64.06
|
4 | 14 | 5 |
6 | Belgium |
62.07
|
5 | 6 | 11 |
7 | Malta |
59.04
|
7 | 12 | 8 |
8 | Austria |
54.88
|
10 | 4 | 13 |
9 | Luxembourg |
53.89
|
20 | 3 | 9 |
10 | Estonia |
52.12
|
13 | 16 | 4 |
11 | Slovenia |
51.31
|
14 | 20 | 3 |
12 | Germany |
50.94
|
11 | 9 | 19 |
13 | Spain |
50.31
|
15 | 10 | 14 |
14 | Lithuania |
49.55
|
8 | 18 | 16 |
15 | Portugal |
48.89
|
16 | 21 | 7 |
EU |
48.75
|
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16 | Hungary |
46.34
|
19 | 13 | 17 |
17 | France |
46.22
|
17 | 8 | 24 |
18 | Slovakia |
45.75
|
25 | 5 | 20 |
19 | Croatia |
43.62
|
9 | 24 | 23 |
20 | Czech Republic |
41.75
|
12 | 23 | 25 |
21 | Italy |
41.38
|
21 | 17 | 21 |
22 | Greece |
41.22
|
22 | 22 | 15 |
23 | Poland |
40.57
|
24 | 19 | 22 |
24 | Latvia |
40.30
|
23 | 25 | 12 |
25 | Cyprus |
35.60
|
18 | 27 | 26 |
26 | Bulgaria |
31.28
|
27 | 26 | 18 |
27 | Romania |
29.54
|
26 | 15 | 27 |
In detail
You can see the individual data points in the dashboard below.
Pillar | Indicator | AT | BE | BG | CY | CZ | DE | DK | EE | EL | ES | FI | FR | HR | HU | IE | IT | LT | LU | LV | MT | NL | PL | PT | RO | SE | SI | SK |
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Digital Transition | SME Digitalisation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
E-commerce | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Digital Skills | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Green Transition | Natural Resource Conservation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Emission Reduction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Green Output | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
SME Competitiveness | Exports | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Productivity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Growth |