IE · 2019 · tsc00001
Research and development expenditure by sector of performance
Ireland, 2019
In 2019, Ireland's research and development expenditure by sector of performance increased by 5.6% compared to 2018, reaching 1.14.
Ireland accounts for 51.6% of the EU-27 total of 2.21.
Ireland ranks 19th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 23.0% (from 1.48 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.