R&D spending share of GDP in Austria
Spending on research and development in Austria was equal to 3.36% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1995.
The latest value carries the source flag “Provisional”.
Austria, 2025
3.36%p (Provisional)
Change from 2024
+0.02percentage points
European Union, 2024
2.26%e (Estimated)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
1.57%
R&D spending share of GDP in Austria over time
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% of GDP. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Austria | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.36%p (provisional) | – |
| 2024 | 3.34%e (estimated) | 2.26%e (estimated) |
| 2023 | 3.22% | 2.25%e (estimated) |
| 2022 | 3.17%e (estimated) | 2.22%e (estimated) |
| 2021 | 3.26% | 2.24%e (estimated) |
| 2020 | 3.21%e (estimated) | 2.28%e (estimated) |
| 2019 | 3.14% | 2.21%e (estimated) |
| 2018 | 3.11%e (estimated) | 2.17%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 3.07% | 2.14% |
| 2016 | 3.13%e (estimated) | 2.10%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 3.07% | 2.10% |
| 2014 | 3.11%e (estimated) | 2.09%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 2.98% | 2.08%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 2.93%e (estimated) | 2.06%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 2.69% | 2.00%e (estimated) |
| 2010 | 2.74%e (estimated) | 1.96%e (estimated) |
| 2009 | 2.61% | 1.96%e (estimated) |
| 2008 | 2.59%e (estimated) | 1.87%e (estimated) |
| 2007 | 2.43% | 1.79%e (estimated) |
| 2006 | 2.38% | 1.80%e (estimated) |
| 2005 | 2.39%e (estimated) | 1.78%e (estimated) |
| 2004 | 2.18% | 1.79%e (estimated) |
| 2003 | 2.19%e (estimated) | 1.82%e (estimated) |
| 2002 | 2.08% | 1.83%e (estimated) |
| 2001 | 2.00%e (estimated) | 1.82%e (estimated) |
Flags: e estimated; p provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.02 percentage points from 3.34% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 3.07%, the figure has changed by +0.29 percentage points.
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All statistics for Austria
R&D spending share of GDP
3.26%
2023 · World Bank
Researchers per million people
6,634 per million people
2023 · World Bank
Researchers as a share of the labour force
1.35%e (Estimated)
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European patent applications
245.0p (Provisional) per million people
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Scientific and technical journal articles
13,846 articles
2023 · World Bank