IT · 2020 · tsc00001
Research and development expenditure by sector of performance
Italy, 2020
In 2020, Italy's research and development expenditure by sector of performance increased by 2.7% compared to 2019, reaching 1.50.
Italy accounts for 65.8% of the EU-27 total of 2.28.
Italy ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 12.8% (from 1.33 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.