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Spent on research and development · Latest available · 2024All spending on research and development, public and private, against GDP. Countries with a figure: 27 of 27. Equal intervals from low to high. Colours show values, not whether a result is good or bad. The latest year can differ by country; see the data table for each year. Malta, Luxembourg and Cyprus have enlarged markers. Outlines are simplified; overseas territories are not 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EU countriesSpent on research anddevelopmentLatest available · 2024Sweden: 3.56% · 2024Spain: 1.5% · 2024Slovakia: 0.98% · 2024Slovenia: 2.16% · 2024Romania: 0.46% · 2024Portugal: 1.73% · 2024Poland: 1.41% · 2024the Netherlands: 2.29% · 2024Malta: 0.54% · 2024Luxembourg: 0.99% · 2024Lithuania: 1.04% · 2024Latvia: 0.92% · 2024Italy: 1.38% · 2024Ireland: 1.38% · 2024Hungary: 1.31% · 2024Greece: 1.54% · 2024Germany: 3.13% · 2024France: 2.18% · 2024Finland: 3.22% · 2024Estonia: 1.99% · 2024Denmark: 3.01% · 2024Czechia: 1.82% · 2024Cyprus: 0.65% · 2024Croatia: 1.35% · 2024Bulgaria: 0.77% · 2024Belgium: 3.36% · 2024Austria: 3.26% · 20240.46%1.08%1.7%2.32%2.94%3.56%No data / outside the EUCountries with a figure: 27 of 27.All spending on research and development, public and private, against GDP.Equal intervals from low to high. Colours show values, not whether a result is good or bad. Thelatest year can differ by country; see the data table for each year.Eurostat · Spent on research and development · Latest available · 2024Natural Earth · Eurostat · averageperson.eu
0.46% – 1.08%
> 1.08% – 1.7%
> 1.7% – 2.32%
> 2.32% – 2.94%
> 2.94% – 3.56%
No data / outside the EU

Malta, Luxembourg and Cyprus have enlarged markers. Outlines are simplified; overseas territories are not shown.

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Spent on research and development · Latest available · 2024
CountryValueYearexplore.sourceTitle
Sweden3.56%2024Eurostat
Belgium3.36%2024Eurostat
Austria3.26%2024Eurostat
Finland3.22%2024Eurostat
Germany3.13%2024Eurostat
Denmark3.01%2024Eurostat
the Netherlands2.29%2024Eurostat
France2.18%2024Eurostat
Slovenia2.16%2024Eurostat
Estonia1.99%2024Eurostat
Czechia1.82%2024Eurostat
Portugal1.73%2024Eurostat
Greece1.54%2024Eurostat
Spain1.5%2024Eurostat
Poland1.41%2024Eurostat
Ireland1.38%2024Eurostat
Italy1.38%2024Eurostat
Croatia1.35%2024Eurostat
Hungary1.31%2024Eurostat
Lithuania1.04%2024Eurostat
Luxembourg0.99%2024Eurostat
Slovakia0.98%2024Eurostat
Latvia0.92%2024Eurostat
Bulgaria0.77%2024Eurostat
Cyprus0.65%2024Eurostat
Malta0.54%2024Eurostat
Romania0.46%2024Eurostat

All spending on research and development, public and private, against GDP.

Equal intervals from low to high. Colours show values, not whether a result is good or bad. The latest year can differ by country; see the data table for each year.

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