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In-house R&D expenditure. By sectors performance

In-house R&D expenditure. Total 2017
Value % over total
Catalonia 3,275.8 100.0
Spain 14,063.0 100.0
European Union-27 281,437.4 (e) Estimated value 100.0
Units: Millions of euros.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(e) Estimated value.
In-house R&D expenditure. Business enterprises and PNP (1) 2017
Value % over total
Catalonia 1,933.0 59.0
Spain 7,759.0 55.2
European Union-27 188,260.1 (e) Estimated value 66.9
Units: Millions of euros.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
Businesses and PNP: Private non-profit sector.
(e) Estimated value.
In-house R&D expenditure. Higher education sector 2017
Value % over total
Catalonia 723.0 22.1
Spain 3,809.0 27.1
European Union-27 61,014.9 (e) Estimated value 21.7
Units: Millions of euros.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(e) Estimated value.
In-house R&D expenditure. Government sector 2017
Value % over total
Catalonia 619.8 18.9
Spain 2,495.0 17.7
European Union-27 32,162.5 (e) Estimated value 11.4
Units: Millions of euros.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(e) Estimated value.

Last update: February 21, 2019. Revised series on January 20, 2023.

RD

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Statistics on R&D Activities (RD).

Methodological note

Research and experimental development (R&D) comprise creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications.

The main breakdown of R&D statistics is by four institutional sectors of performance. These four sectors of performance are the business enterprise sector (BES), the government sector (GOV), the higher education sector (HES) and the private non-profit sector (PNP).

See also