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Over the period of 2023–2024, Lithuania’s progress is the highest in the EU, with a growth rate of 3.7%-points, compared to the EU average of 0.6%. Overall, the Lithuanian innovation ecosystem has reached its highest level of development in history, with a summary innovation index of 92 points.","https://www.inovacijuagentura.lt/en/naujiena/lithuania-rises-to-the-18th-position-among-eu-member-states-in-the-european-innovation-scoreboard/","Inovacijų agentūra","https://www.facebook.com/inovacijuagentura",[30],{"width":31,"height":32,"url":7,"type":33},"1200","800","image/jpeg","summary_large_image",{"@context":36,"@graph":37},"https://schema.org",[38,53,55,65,69],{"@type":39,"@id":26,"url":26,"name":16,"isPartOf":40,"primaryImageOfPage":42,"image":44,"thumbnailUrl":7,"datePublished":45,"breadcrumb":46,"inLanguage":48,"potentialAction":49},"WebPage",{"@id":41},"https://www.inovacijuagentura.lt/en/#website",{"@id":43},"https://www.inovacijuagentura.lt/en/naujiena/lithuania-rises-to-the-18th-position-among-eu-member-states-in-the-european-innovation-scoreboard/#primaryimage",{"@id":43},"2024-07-08T18:00:00+00:00",{"@id":47},"https://www.inovacijuagentura.lt/en/naujiena/lithuania-rises-to-the-18th-position-among-eu-member-states-in-the-european-innovation-scoreboard/#breadcrumb","en-US",[50],{"@type":51,"target":52},"ReadAction",[26],{"@type":54,"inLanguage":48,"@id":43,"url":7,"contentUrl":7,"width":31,"height":32,"caption":12},"ImageObject",{"@type":56,"@id":47,"itemListElement":57},"BreadcrumbList",[58,63],{"@type":59,"position":60,"name":61,"item":62},"ListItem","1","Home","https://www.inovacijuagentura.lt/en/",{"@type":59,"position":64,"name":12},"2",{"@type":66,"@id":41,"url":62,"name":27,"description":13,"publisher":67,"inLanguage":48},"WebSite",{"@id":68},"https://www.inovacijuagentura.lt/en/#organization",{"@type":70,"@id":68,"name":27,"url":62,"logo":71,"image":76,"sameAs":77},"Organization",{"@type":54,"inLanguage":48,"@id":72,"url":73,"contentUrl":73,"width":74,"height":75,"caption":27},"https://www.inovacijuagentura.lt/en/#/schema/logo/image/","https://web-prod.inovacijuagentura.lt/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/ia-logo-main.svg","1886","786",{"@id":72},[28],[79,82,85],{"url":80,"text":61,"id":81},"/en/",7576,{"url":83,"text":84},"/en/news/","News",{"url":86,"text":12,"id":14},"/en/naujiena/lithuania-rises-to-the-18th-position-among-eu-member-states-in-the-european-innovation-scoreboard/",[88],{"url":26,"code":89,"locale":89,"default":8},"en","2024-07-08","\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"background-color:white\">\u003Cspan style=\"color:#091a5a\">"Innovation Agency \u003C/span>\u003C/span>Lithuania\u003Cspan style=\"background-color:white\">\u003Cspan style=\"color:#091a5a\"> consistently invests in the growth of innovative businesses. We fund projects, promote exports and have achieved innovation growth in Lithuania that is 10% ahead of the EU overall. We are now actively promoting cooperation between science and business and are planning to establish as many as three Centres of Excellence to create a safer, healthier and more climate-neutral Lithuania,” says Romualda Stragienė, Director of the Innovation Agency Lithuania.  \u003C/span>\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"background-color:white\">\u003Cspan style=\"color:#091a5a\">This year, Lithuania moved up to the 18th position among EU Member States in the annual Innovation Scoreboard, outperforming Portugal. Between 2017 and 2024, Lithuania has made sustained progress, peaking in 2024 with an improvement of 16%-points over the period. Similar progress can be observed in countries such as Belgium and Italy (+15%).\u003C/span>\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"background-color:white\">\u003Cspan style=\"color:#091a5a\">The European Commission has identified a number of business-related indicators as the strengths of the Lithuanian innovation ecosystem. The venture capital investment indicator has risen by 17.3% since 2023, accounting for 137.6% of the EU average. Lithuania exceeds the EU average in terms of non-R&D innovation expenditure in the business sector (172.6%) and trademark applications (136.2% of the EU average). \u003C/span>\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"background-color:white\">\u003Cspan style=\"color:#091a5a\">Lithuania is also above the EU average in terms of the number of enterprises introducing business process innovations (105.7%) and the number of employees working in innovative enterprises (113.1% of the EU average). Lithuania remains one of the leaders in terms of the share of the population with tertiary education – 177.7% of the EU average. \u003C/span>\u003C/span>\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan style=\"background-color:white\">\u003Cspan style=\"color:#091a5a\">Knowledge-intensive services exports and R&D expenditure in the business sector are identified as the main weaknesses of the country in the European Innovation Scoreboard 2024, with a suggestion to strengthen cooperation between business and science. 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Innovation Agency Lithuania has recently signed two significant memorandums of understanding – with the Polish Space Agency (POLSA) and the U.S. space infrastructure company Vast. These agreements open new opportunities for Lithuanian businesses, research institutions, and international projects.",[],{"image":103,"title":106,"url":107,"id":108,"text":109,"temos":110},{"src":104,"is_svg":8,"ratio":105,"alt":106,"caption":13},"https://web-prod.inovacijuagentura.lt/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/shutterstock-2539768243-1.jpg",0.7490234375,"Lithuania Ranks First in Europe in the Global Entrepreneurship Index","/en/naujiena/lithuania-ranks-first-in-europe-in-the-global-entrepreneurship-index/",6892,"The latest Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2025/2026 global report shows that Lithuania is the leading country in Europe in terms of the quality of its entrepreneurial environment and ranks among the world’s strongest economies in this field.",[],{"image":112,"title":114,"url":115,"id":116,"text":117,"temos":118},{"src":113,"is_svg":8,"ratio":96,"alt":114,"caption":13},"https://web-prod.inovacijuagentura.lt/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/karolina-urbonaite.jpg","Lithuania’s Startup Ecosystem Surpasses €16.4 Billion in Value: Investments Jump 1.7x in 2025","/en/naujiena/lithuanias-startup-ecosystem-surpasses-e16-4-billion-in-value-investments-jump-1-7x-in-2025/",6999,"The total value of Lithuania’s startup ecosystem reached €16.4 billion in 2025, according to the latest Dealroom report initiated by Startup Lithuania, a division of the Innovation Agency. In just one year, Lithuanian startups attracted €220 million in venture capital investments from 77 unique investors. The ecosystem’s growing maturity was further confirmed earlier this year with the addition of a new unicorn to Lithuania’s startup map — Cast AI.",[119,122],{"id":120,"name":121},577,"Growth",{"id":123,"name":124},579,"Innovation",{"image":126,"title":128,"url":129,"id":130,"text":131,"temos":132},{"src":127,"is_svg":8,"ratio":96,"alt":128,"caption":13},"https://web-prod.inovacijuagentura.lt/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/modix-fgf-3d-spausdintuvas-2.jpg","Mission-Driven Innovations: Science and Business Shaping Lithuania’s Future","/en/naujiena/mission-driven-innovations-science-and-business-shaping-lithuanias-future/",6904,"Some important scientific research activities and innovative business-developed products may sound complex – unsurprisingly, as they are developed by people who dedicate their entire lives to these fields. Yet behind these sophisticated terms lie concrete solutions that will eventually make each of our daily lives easier. Where science and business join forces, more accurate disease diagnostics for the health of us and our loved ones are developed, cybersecurity tools are created to protect the country, and climate-neutral production technologies and materials emerge to help preserve our nature and resources.",[],[],[],1780347788432]