IT · 2019 · tsc00001
Research and development expenditure by sector of performance
Italy, 2019
In 2019, Italy's research and development expenditure by sector of performance increased by 2.8% compared to 2018, reaching 1.46.
Italy accounts for 66.1% of the EU-27 total of 2.21.
Italy ranks 12th 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 9.8% (from 1.33 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.