R&D spending share of GDP in Euro area
Spending on research and development in the euro area was equal to 2.29% of GDP in 2023.
Euro area is a group: Euro area; membership follows each source definition (World Bank EMU, ECB U2 changing composition). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Euro area, 2023
2.29%
Change from 2022
+0.04percentage points
World, 2023
2.60%
R&D spending share of GDP in Euro area over time
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Euro area | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.29% | 2.60% |
| 2022 | 2.25% | 2.57% |
| 2021 | 2.26% | 2.52% |
| 2020 | 2.30% | 2.46% |
| 2019 | 2.23% | 2.26% |
| 2018 | 2.19% | 2.22% |
| 2017 | 2.15% | 2.14% |
| 2016 | 2.11% | 2.15% |
| 2015 | 2.11% | 2.10% |
| 2014 | 2.12% | 2.09% |
| 2013 | 2.09% | 1.98% |
| 2012 | 2.07% | 2.01% |
| 2011 | 2.01% | 1.98% |
| 2010 | 1.97% | 2.00% |
| 2009 | 1.96% | 2.01% |
| 2008 | 1.87% | 1.98% |
| 2007 | 1.79% | 1.92% |
| 2006 | 1.79% | 1.96% |
| 2005 | 1.77% | 1.95% |
| 2004 | 1.77% | 1.97% |
| 2003 | 1.80% | 2.02% |
| 2002 | 1.83% | 2.03% |
| 2001 | 1.79% | 2.06% |
| 2000 | 1.80% | 2.05% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.04 percentage points from 2.25% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 2.09%, the figure has changed by +0.20 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 2.60%.