RO · 2021 · tsc00001
Research and development expenditure by sector of performance
Romania, 2021
In 2021, Romania's research and development expenditure by sector of performance increased by 0.0% compared to 2020, reaching 0.47.
Romania accounts for 21.0% of the EU-27 total of 2.24.
Romania ranks 27th 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 4.1% (from 0.49 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.