Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 19 April 2018
209. Deputy Billy Kelleher asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the ranking of Ireland in the EU on total public expenditure on research and development based on the most recent data; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17310/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe tables attached show that Ireland ranks 15th out of 28 EU countries in terms of Government Budget Allocations for R&D (GBARD) in 2016 and 18th out of 28 EU countries in terms of its GBARD as a percentage of total Government expenditure in 2016. 2016 is the latest data available. Source of data: Eurostat.
|
- |
GEO/TIME |
2016 |
|
European Union (current composition) |
94,942.90 |
|
|
Euro area (19 countries) |
73,166.04 |
|
|
1 |
Germany (until 1990 former territory of the FRG) |
27,470.45 |
|
2 |
France |
14,048.17 |
|
3 |
United Kingdom |
12,504.21 |
|
4 |
Italy |
8,734.10 |
|
5 |
Spain |
6,055.26 |
|
6 |
Netherlands |
4,926.04 |
|
7 |
Sweden |
3,631.78 |
|
8 |
Austria |
2,875.71 |
|
9 |
Belgium |
2,686.30 |
|
10 |
Denmark |
2,562.22 |
|
11 |
Finland |
1,836.42 |
|
12 |
Portugal |
1,678.81 |
|
13 |
Czech Republic |
1,035.15 |
|
14 |
Greece |
946.26 |
|
15 |
Ireland |
719.30 |
|
16 |
Poland |
678.70 |
|
17 |
Romania |
475.97 |
|
18 |
Hungary |
449.52 |
|
19 |
Croatia |
343.47 |
|
20 |
Luxembourg |
324.21 |
|
21 |
Slovakia |
302.26 |
|
22 |
Slovenia |
162.77 |
|
23 |
Estonia |
145.15 |
|
24 |
Lithuania |
122.18 |
|
25 |
Bulgaria |
95.85 |
|
26 |
Cyprus |
59.79 |
|
27 |
Latvia |
52.60 |
|
28 |
Malta |
20.25 |
Share of government budget appropriations or outlays on research and development % of total general government expenditure
|
- |
geo\time |
2016 |
|
1 |
Portugal |
2.01 |
|
2 |
Germany |
1.98 |
|
3 |
Denmark |
1.73 |
|
4 |
Estonia |
1.72 |
|
5 |
Netherlands |
1.61 |
|
6 |
Austria |
1.61 |
|
7 |
Sweden |
1.57 |
|
8 |
Croatia |
1.56 |
|
9 |
Finland |
1.53 |
|
10 |
Czech Republic |
1.49 |
|
11 |
Luxembourg |
1.45 |
|
Euro area (19 countries) |
1.42 |
|
|
EU (28 countries) |
1.37 |
|
|
12 |
Spain |
1.28 |
|
13 |
United Kingdom |
1.25 |
|
14 |
Belgium |
1.19 |
|
15 |
France |
1.12 |
|
16 |
Greece |
1.10 |
|
17 |
Italy |
1.05 |
|
18 |
Ireland |
0.97 |
|
19 |
Lithuania |
0.92 |
|
20 |
Slovenia |
0.90 |
|
21 |
Slovakia |
0.90 |
|
22 |
Cyprus |
0.86 |
|
23 |
Hungary |
0.84 |
|
24 |
Romania |
0.81 |
|
25 |
Latvia |
0.58 |
|
26 |
Bulgaria |
0.57 |
|
27 |
Malta |
0.54 |
|
28 |
Poland |
0.39 |
