BG · 2020 · tsc00001
Research and development expenditure by sector of performance
Bulgaria, 2020
In 2020, Bulgaria's research and development expenditure by sector of performance increased by 1.2% compared to 2019, reaching 0.85.
Bulgaria accounts for 37.3% of the EU-27 total of 2.28.
Bulgaria ranks 23rd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 10.5% (from 0.95 in 2015).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.