ES · 2019 · tsc00001
Research and development expenditure by sector of performance
Spain, 2019
In 2019, Spain's research and development expenditure by sector of performance increased by 0.8% compared to 2018, reaching 1.24.
Spain accounts for 56.1% of the EU-27 total of 2.21.
Spain ranks 17th 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 0.8% (from 1.23 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.