Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 December 2019
316. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the latest EUROSTAT data as a percentage of the GDP, GNP and GNI of each member state; and the amount expended on research spending based on latest annual data. [53303/19]
View answerThe table below shows Government Budget Allocations on R&D (GBARD), GDP and GBARD as a percentage of GDP for EU member states and GBARD as a percentage of GNP/GNI* for Ireland for the year 2018, which is the latest data available. GBARD as a percentage of GNP and GNI* is not available for other EU member states.
Table 1: Government Budget Allocations on R&D (GBARD), GDP and GBARD as a percentage of GDP and GNP/ GNI* for Ireland, 2018
|
Country |
GBARD €m |
GDP €m |
GBARD as % GDP |
|
Germany |
31,178.1 |
3,344,370 |
0.93% |
|
Denmark |
2,682.1 |
301,341 |
0.89% |
|
Finland |
1,951.0 |
234,453 |
0.83% |
|
Sweden |
3,654.0 |
471,208 |
0.78% |
|
Austria |
2,913.3 |
385,712 |
0.76% |
|
Netherlands |
5,566.3 |
774,039 |
0.72% |
|
Euro area (19 countries) |
78,969.6 |
11,561,188 |
0.68% |
|
Croatia |
344.2 |
51,625 |
0.67% |
|
Estonia |
172.5 |
26,036 |
0.66% |
|
Czechia |
1,356.8 |
207,772 |
0.65% |
|
Belgium |
2,921.9 |
459,820 |
0.64% |
|
Luxembourg |
375.0 |
60,053 |
0.62% |
|
European Union - 28 countries |
99,090.6 |
15,901,388 |
0.62% |
|
Greece |
1,141.6 |
184,714 |
0.62% |
|
France |
13,958.0 |
2,353,090 |
0.59% |
|
Italy |
10,272.2 |
1,765,421 |
0.58% |
|
Spain |
6,240.0 |
1,202,193 |
0.52% |
|
Slovenia |
199.4 |
45,755 |
0.44% |
|
United Kingdom |
9,759.0 |
2,419,186 |
0.40% |
|
Ireland GNI* |
765.7 |
197,460 |
0.39% |
|
Slovakia |
329.3 |
89,721 |
0.37% |
|
Portugal |
709.5 |
203,896 |
0.35% |
|
Hungary |
438.4 |
133,782 |
0.33% |
|
Ireland GNP |
765.7 |
234,879 |
0.33% |
|
Cyprus |
66.1 |
21,138 |
0.31% |
|
Lithuania |
133.6 |
45,264 |
0.30% |
|
Poland |
1,420.4 |
496,361 |
0.29% |
|
Ireland GDP |
765.7 |
324,038 |
0.24% |
|
Latvia |
64.2 |
29,151 |
0.22% |
|
Malta |
25.7 |
12,379 |
0.21% |
|
Bulgaria |
114.1 |
56,087 |
0.20% |
|
Romania |
352.0 |
202,884 |
0.17% |
Source: EUROSTAT
For more information please see the R&D Budget 2018-2019 at the following link:
https://dbei.gov.ie/en/Publications/The-R-D-Budget-2018-2019.html
