DE · 2021 · tsc00001
Research and development expenditure by sector of performance
Germany, 2021
In 2021, Germany's research and development expenditure by sector of performance decreased by 0.6% compared to 2020, reaching 3.07.
Germany accounts for 137.1% of the EU-27 total of 2.24.
Germany ranks 4th 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 6.6% (from 2.88 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.