BG · 2018 · tsc00001
Research and development expenditure by sector of performance
Bulgaria, 2018
In 2018, Bulgaria's research and development expenditure by sector of performance increased by 2.7% compared to 2017, reaching 0.76.
Bulgaria accounts for 35.0% of the EU-27 total of 2.17.
Bulgaria ranks 23rd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 20.6% (from 0.63 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.