GERD by sector of performance

Dataset rd_e_gerdtot published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. This page describes the source table. The measures below are the specific selections this site takes from it.

About the source table

Gross domestic expenditure on research and development (GERD) measures intramural R&D spending carried out within the economy, covering current costs and capital investment. Data follow the Frascati Manual 2015 concepts and are broken down by institutional sector of performance (business enterprise, government, higher education, private non-profit and total), with amounts expressed in monetary units, purchasing power standards and as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

Publisher: Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Original producer: Eurostat
Code: rd_e_gerdtot
Last update by provider: 3 November 2026
Last checked here: 9 November 2026
Dimensions: Time frequency, Sector of performance, Unit of measure, Geopolitical entity (reporting), Time

Measures taken from this dataset

Measure	Fixed selection	Unit
Research and development expenditure (Eurostat)	freq=A sectperf=TOTAL unit=PC_GDP	% of GDP