The Green, Digital and Competitive SME Index measures how well SMEs of each member state of the European Union perform across these three pillars, measured through nine indicators and 22 sub-indicators.
Digital transition
How quickly are those enterprises embracing modern technology across their organisations?
Green transition
How fast are SMEs moving to lower emissions and increase energy efficiency?
SME competitiveness
How quick are they growing and how well performing outside of home markets?
Sweden is No. 1 again in 2023 with good performance across the three pillars. Denmark overtakes the Netherlands in second place thanks to a great improvement on the green transition. And even mid-range performers like Estonia (No. 9), Lithuania (No. 14) and Romania (No. 27) do well at cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
These are the principle findings of The 2023 Green, Digital and Competitive SME Index, an incisive ranking of national performance for Europe's 23 million small- and medium-sized enterprises.
| Classifica | Paese | GDC Index | Ranking di Transizione Digitale |
Ranking di Transizione Verde |
Ranking di Competitività delle PMI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Svezia |
72.04
|
4 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Danimarca |
71.85
|
2 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Paesi Bassi |
69.36
|
5 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Irlanda |
63.58
|
3 | 22 | 1 |
| 5 | Finlandia |
63.19
|
1 | 14 | 8 |
| 6 | Belgio |
61.85
|
6 | 6 | 9 |
| 7 | Malta |
55.42
|
7 | 12 | 13 |
| 8 | Lussemburgo |
52.96
|
20 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | Estonia |
52.22
|
17 | 10 | 5 |
| 10 | Germania |
51.32
|
8 | 9 | 11 |
| 11 | Austria |
51.10
|
9 | 7 | 14 |
| 12 | Slovenia |
50.39
|
14 | 15 | 7 |
| EU |
47.25
|
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| 13 | Spagna |
46.54
|
15 | 11 | 18 |
| 14 | Lituania |
46.49
|
13 | 17 | 12 |
| 15 | Slovacchia |
42.54
|
24 | 5 | 22 |
| 16 | Italia |
42.27
|
21 | 13 | 19 |
| 17 | Ungheria |
42.16
|
19 | 18 | 16 |
| 18 | Portogallo |
41.96
|
16 | 24 | 17 |
| 19 | Francia |
41.48
|
23 | 8 | 24 |
| 20 | Croazia |
40.92
|
12 | 23 | 23 |
| 21 | Repubblica Ceca |
40.90
|
10 | 21 | 25 |
| 22 | Polonia |
40.76
|
18 | 20 | 21 |
| 23 | Grecia |
38.75
|
25 | 19 | 15 |
| 24 | Lettonia |
37.96
|
22 | 27 | 10 |
| 25 | Cipro |
35.89
|
11 | 25 | 26 |
| 26 | Bulgaria |
30.26
|
27 | 26 | 20 |
| 27 | Romania |
28.19
|
26 | 16 | 27 |
| Pilastro | Indicatore | 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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| Crescita |
| Pilastro | Indicatore | Sub-Indicator - Compound Annual Growth |
|---|---|---|
| Transizione Digitale | Digitalizzazione PMI |
I.1.1
Data Analytics
2016-2020
11.82%
I.1.2
Cloud Computing
2014-2021
12.67%
I.1.3
Social Media
2015-2021
11.86%
I.1.4
High Digital Intensity
2015-2019, 2020-2022
9.8%
I.1.5
ICT Security
2019-2022
-0.22%
|
| E-commerce |
I.2.1
E-commerce Sales
2015-2022
2.8%
I.2.2
E-commerce Turnover
2015-2022
2.36%
|
|
| Competenze digitali |
I.3.1
ICT Specialists
2015-2022
0.84%
I.3.2
ICT In-house
2015-2018, 2019-2022
0%
I.3.3
Training
2015-2022
1.07%
|
|
| Transizione Verde | Conservazione delle risorse naturali |
II.1.1
Consumption
2015-2021
0.6%
II.1.2
Recycling
2015-2021
3.34%
II.1.3
Circular Material Use Rate
2015-2021
0.58%
|
| Riduzione delle emissioni |
II.2.1
SME Emissions
2016-2021
-1.17%
II.2.2
Overall Change in Greenhouse Gas Emissions
2015-2021
-1.38%
|
|
| Output Verde |
II.3.1
SME Green Products
2015-2021
3.1%
II.3.2
SME in Green Sectors
2015-2021
-0.97%
|
|
| Competitività delle PMI | Esportazioni |
III.1.1
Exporting SMEs
2015-2020
1.19%
III.1.2
SME International Trade
2015-2020
-0.85%
|
| Produttività |
III.2.1
SME Labour Productivity
2015-2020
0.63%
|
|
| Crescita |
III.3.1
High-Growth Enterprises
2015-2020
-0.56%
III.3.2
High-Growth Employment
2015-2020
-0.77%
|