R&D spending share of GDP in Finland
Spending on research and development in Finland was equal to 3.09% of GDP in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest since 2014.
Finland, 2023
3.09%
Change from 2022
+0.11percentage points
European Union, 2023
2.26%
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023
1.56%
Position in 2023
11th of 84
R&D spending share of GDP in Finland 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 | Finland | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.09% | 2.26% |
| 2022 | 2.98% | 2.23% |
| 2021 | 3.01% | 2.24% |
| 2020 | 2.93% | 2.28% |
| 2019 | 2.82% | 2.21% |
| 2018 | 2.78% | 2.17% |
| 2017 | 2.75% | 2.14% |
| 2016 | 2.75% | 2.10% |
| 2015 | 2.89% | 2.10% |
| 2014 | 3.16% | 2.10% |
| 2013 | 3.28% | 2.08% |
| 2012 | 3.41% | 2.06% |
| 2011 | 3.62% | 2.00% |
| 2010 | 3.71% | 1.96% |
| 2009 | 3.73% | 1.96% |
| 2008 | 3.54% | 1.87% |
| 2007 | 3.34% | 1.79% |
| 2006 | 3.33% | 1.80% |
| 2005 | 3.32% | 1.78% |
| 2004 | 3.31% | 1.79% |
| 2003 | 3.30% | 1.82% |
| 2002 | 3.25% | 1.79% |
| 2001 | 3.19% | 1.82% |
| 2000 | 3.24% | 1.76% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.11 percentage points from 2.98% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 3.28%, the figure has changed by −0.19 percentage points.
- Among the 84 countries with data for 2023, Finland has the 11th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2023 was 2.26%.
More for Finland
All statistics for Finland
R&D spending share of GDP
3.32%p (Provisional)
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Researchers per million people
8,315 per million people
2023 · World Bank
Researchers as a share of the labour force
1.78%d (Definition differs)
2024 · Eurostat
European patent applications
613.4p (Provisional) per million people
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Scientific and technical journal articles
11,224 articles
2023 · World Bank