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In-house R&D expenditure. By sectors performance

In-house R&D expenditure. Total 2023
Value % over total
Catalonia 5,375.3 100.0
Spain 22,379.2 (p) Provisional value 100.0
European Union-27 381,402.2 (e) Estimated value 100.0
Units: Million euros.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(p) Provisional value.
(e) Estimated value.
In-house R&D expenditure. Business enterprises and PNP (1) 2023
Value % over total
Catalonia 3,480.1 64.7
Spain 12,678.3 (p) Provisional value 56.7
European Union-27 258,634.2 (e) Estimated value 67.8
Units: Million euros.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(p) Provisional value.
(e) Estimated value.
In-house R&D expenditure. Higher education sector 2023
Value % over total
Catalonia 1,025.0 19.1
Spain 5,708.7 (p) Provisional value 25.5
European Union-27 81,736.3 (e) Estimated value 21.4
Units: Million euros.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(p) Provisional value.
(e) Estimated value.
In-house R&D expenditure. Government sector 2023
Value % over total
Catalonia 870.1 16.2
Spain 3,992.2 (p) Provisional value 17.8
European Union-27 41,031.7 (e) Estimated value 10.8
Units: Million euros.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(p) Provisional value.
(e) Estimated value.

Last update: April 7, 2025.

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