ES · 2023 · tsc00001
Research and development expenditure by sector of performance
Spain, 2023
In 2023, Spain's research and development expenditure by sector of performance increased by 6.4% compared to 2022, reaching 1.49.
Spain accounts for 65.9% of the EU-27 total of 2.26.
Spain ranks 16th 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 21.1% (from 1.23 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.