The information is as follows:
Year
|
GERD as a percentage of GDP
|
2010
|
1.6%
|
2011
|
1.6%
|
2012
|
1.6%
|
2013
|
1.6%
|
2014
|
1.5%
|
2015
|
1.2%
|
2016
|
1.2%
|
2017
|
1.2%
|
The table shows Gross Expenditure on R&D as a percentage of GDP for Ireland for 2010-2017. Gross expenditure on R&D includes R&D carried out in the Government, Business and Higher Education sectors. Note data on 2018 is not available yet. For more information please see the Research and Development Budget 2017-2018 at the following link:
https://dbei.gov.ie/en/Publications/The-R-D-Budget-2017-2018.html.