BG · 2021 · tsc00001
Research and development expenditure by sector of performance
Bulgaria, 2021
In 2021, Bulgaria's research and development expenditure by sector of performance decreased by 9.4% compared to 2020, reaching 0.77.
Bulgaria accounts for 34.4% of the EU-27 total of 2.24.
Bulgaria ranks 25th 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 0.0% (from 0.77 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.