Based on a comparison of 19 countries in 2006, United Kingdom ranked the highest in Venture Capital Investments - Total (As % of GDP) with 2.10% followed by Sweden and France. On the other end of the scale was Czech Republic with 0.011%, Hungary with 0.040% and Austria with 0.061%.
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Country | Unit | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
Austria | % | ... | ... | ... | 0.079 | 0.070 | 0.068 | 0.051 | 0.060 | ||||||||||
Belgium | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.224 | 0.158 | 0.135 | 0.111 | 0.102 | |||||||
Czech Republic | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.197 | 0.039 | 0.117 | 0.016 | 0.023 | ||||
Denmark | % | 0.158 | 0.185 | 0.130 | 0.221 | 0.201 | |||||||||||||
Finland | % | 0.291 | 0.185 | 0.318 | 0.303 | 0.146 | |||||||||||||
France | % | 0.368 | 0.220 | 0.372 | 0.267 | 0.315 | |||||||||||||
Germany | % | ... | ... | 0.231 | 0.210 | 0.116 | 0.115 | 0.171 | |||||||||||
Hungary | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.101 | 0.240 | 0.024 | 0.046 | 0.116 | ||||
Ireland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.213 | 0.124 | 0.081 | 0.183 | 0.041 | |||||||
Italy | % | 0.248 | 0.174 | 0.203 | 0.227 | 0.107 | |||||||||||||
Netherlands | % | 0.458 | 0.421 | 0.370 | 0.228 | 0.338 | |||||||||||||
Norway | % | 0.162 | 0.145 | 0.099 | 0.139 | 0.148 | |||||||||||||
Poland | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.108 | 0.071 | 0.056 | 0.069 | 0.063 | ||||
Portugal | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.144 | 0.080 | 0.049 | 0.081 | 0.108 | |||||||
Romania | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.049 | 0.051 | 0.035 | 0.113 | 0.039 | ||
Spain | % | 0.179 | 0.176 | 0.134 | 0.170 | 0.234 | |||||||||||||
Sweden | % | 0.857 | 0.805 | 0.550 | 0.364 | 0.556 | |||||||||||||
Switzerland | % | 0.231 | 0.085 | 0.105 | 0.078 | 0.093 | |||||||||||||
United Kingdom | % | 0.823 | 0.417 | 0.607 | 0.823 | 1.08 |