MT · 2018 · tsc00001
Research and development expenditure by sector of performance
Malta, 2018
In 2018, Malta's research and development expenditure by sector of performance increased by 3.8% compared to 2017, reaching 0.55.
Malta accounts for 25.3% of the EU-27 total of 2.17.
Malta ranks 26th 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 24.7% (from 0.73 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.