DE · 2018 · tsc00001
Research and development expenditure by sector of performance
Germany, 2018
In 2018, Germany's research and development expenditure by sector of performance increased by 2.0% compared to 2017, reaching 3.05.
Germany accounts for 140.6% of the EU-27 total of 2.17.
Germany ranks 3rd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 9.7% (from 2.78 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.