IE · 2016 · tsc00001
Research and development expenditure by sector of performance
Ireland, 2016
In 2016, Ireland's research and development expenditure by sector of performance increased by 0.9% compared to 2015, reaching 1.15.
Ireland accounts for 54.8% of the EU-27 total of 2.10.
Ireland ranks 17th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.