IE · 2020 · tsc00001
Research and development expenditure by sector of performance
Ireland, 2020
In 2020, Ireland's research and development expenditure by sector of performance decreased by 0.9% compared to 2019, reaching 1.13.
Ireland accounts for 49.6% of the EU-27 total of 2.28.
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 0.9% (from 1.14 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.