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In-house R&D expenditure. By sectors performance

In-house R&D expenditure. Total 2024
Value % over total
Catalonia 5,486.6 100.0
Spain 23,930.9 100.0
European Union-27 403,270.4 (e) Estimated value 100.0 (e) Estimated value
Units: Million euros.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(e) Estimated value.
In-house R&D expenditure. Business enterprises and PNP (1) 2024
Value % over total
Catalonia 3,359.6 61.2
Spain 13,404.5 56.0
European Union-27 273,606.4 (e) Estimated value 67.9 (e) Estimated value
Units: Million euros.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(e) Estimated value.
In-house R&D expenditure. Higher education sector 2024
Value % over total
Catalonia 1,124.6 20.5
Spain 5,961.6 24.9
European Union-27 86,118.0 (e) Estimated value 21.4 (e) Estimated value
Units: Million euros.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(e) Estimated value.
In-house R&D expenditure. Government sector 2024
Value % over total
Catalonia 1,002.3 18.3
Spain 4,564.8 19.1
European Union-27 43,546.0 (e) Estimated value 10.8 (e) Estimated value
Units: Million euros.
Source Catalonia: Idescat. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat.
(e) Estimated value.

Last update: March 25, 2026.

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).

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