The 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