PT · 2024 · tsc00001
Research and development expenditure by sector of performance
Portugal, 2024
In 2024, Portugal's research and development expenditure by sector of performance increased by 3.0% compared to 2023, reaching 1.73.
Portugal accounts for 77.2% of the EU-27 total of 2.24.
Portugal 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 24.5% (from 1.39 in 2019).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.