ES · 2018 · tsc00001
Research and development expenditure by sector of performance
Spain, 2018
In 2018, Spain's research and development expenditure by sector of performance increased by 2.5% compared to 2017, reaching 1.23.
Spain accounts for 56.7% of the EU-27 total of 2.17.
Spain ranks 15th 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 3.1% (from 1.27 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.