R&D spending share of GDP in Denmark
Spending on research and development in Denmark was equal to 3.12% of GDP in 2025.
The latest value carries the source flag “Source flag ep”.
Denmark, 2025
3.12%ep (Source flag ep)
Change from 2024
−0.03percentage points
European Union, 2024
2.26%e (Estimated)
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025
1.57%
R&D spending share of GDP in Denmark over time
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% of GDP. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Denmark | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.12%ep (estimated, provisional) | – |
| 2024 | 3.15% | 2.26%e (estimated) |
| 2023 | 3.07% | 2.25%e (estimated) |
| 2022 | 2.88% | 2.22%e (estimated) |
| 2021 | 2.76%p (provisional) | 2.24%e (estimated) |
| 2020 | 2.97% | 2.28%e (estimated) |
| 2019 | 2.95%p (provisional) | 2.21%e (estimated) |
| 2018 | 2.98% | 2.17%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 2.94% | 2.14% |
| 2016 | 3.10% | 2.10%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 3.06% | 2.10% |
| 2014 | 2.92% | 2.09%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 2.96% | 2.08%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 2.98% | 2.06%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 2.94% | 2.00%e (estimated) |
| 2010 | 2.91% | 1.96%e (estimated) |
| 2009 | 3.04% | 1.96%e (estimated) |
| 2008 | 2.76% | 1.87%e (estimated) |
| 2007 | 2.51%b (break in time series) | 1.79%e (estimated) |
| 2006 | 2.40% | 1.80%e (estimated) |
| 2005 | 2.39% | 1.78%e (estimated) |
| 2004 | 2.41% | 1.79%e (estimated) |
| 2003 | 2.51% | 1.82%e (estimated) |
| 2002 | 2.44% | 1.83%e (estimated) |
| 2001 | 2.32% | 1.82%e (estimated) |
Flags: b break in time series; p provisional; ep estimated, provisional; e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −0.03 percentage points from 3.15% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 3.06%, the figure has changed by +0.06 percentage points.
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Scientific and technical journal articles
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