ES · 2024 · tsc00001
Research and development expenditure by sector of performance
Spain, 2024
In 2024, Spain's research and development expenditure by sector of performance increased by 0.7% compared to 2023, reaching 1.50.
Spain accounts for 67.0% of the EU-27 total of 2.24.
Spain ranks 14th 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 21.0% (from 1.24 in 2019).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.