FR · 2018 · tsc00001
Research and development expenditure by sector of performance
France, 2018
In 2018, France's research and development expenditure by sector of performance increased by 0.0% compared to 2017, reaching 2.20.
France accounts for 101.4% of the EU-27 total of 2.17.
France ranks 7th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.3% (from 2.23 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.