R&D spending share of GDP in Netherlands
Spending on research and development in Netherlands was equal to 2.40% of GDP in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1995. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
The latest value carries the source flag “Provisional”.
Netherlands, 2025
2.40%p (Provisional)
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 Netherlands over time
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% of GDP. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Netherlands | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.40%p (provisional) | – |
| 2024 | 2.37% | 2.26%e (estimated) |
| 2023 | 2.30% | 2.25%e (estimated) |
| 2022 | 2.18%b (break in time series) | 2.22%e (estimated) |
| 2021 | 2.22% | 2.24%e (estimated) |
| 2020 | 2.27% | 2.28%e (estimated) |
| 2019 | 2.14% | 2.21%e (estimated) |
| 2018 | 2.10% | 2.17%e (estimated) |
| 2017 | 2.14% | 2.14% |
| 2016 | 2.12% | 2.10%e (estimated) |
| 2015 | 2.12% | 2.10% |
| 2014 | 2.15% | 2.09%e (estimated) |
| 2013 | 2.14%b (break in time series) | 2.08%e (estimated) |
| 2012 | 1.90%b (break in time series) | 2.06%e (estimated) |
| 2011 | 1.87%b (break in time series) | 2.00%e (estimated) |
| 2010 | 1.69% | 1.96%e (estimated) |
| 2009 | 1.65% | 1.96%e (estimated) |
| 2008 | 1.61% | 1.87%e (estimated) |
| 2007 | 1.66% | 1.79%e (estimated) |
| 2006 | 1.73% | 1.80%e (estimated) |
| 2005 | 1.77% | 1.78%e (estimated) |
| 2004 | 1.78% | 1.79%e (estimated) |
| 2003 | 1.78% | 1.82%e (estimated) |
| 2002 | 1.74% | 1.83%e (estimated) |
| 2001 | 1.79% | 1.82%e (estimated) |
Flags: e estimated; b break in time series; p provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +0.03 percentage points from 2.37% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 2.12%, the figure has changed by +0.28 percentage points. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
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Scientific and technical journal articles
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