BG · 2023 · tsc00001
Research and development expenditure by sector of performance
Bulgaria, 2023
In 2023, Bulgaria's research and development expenditure by sector of performance increased by 5.3% compared to 2022, reaching 0.79.
Bulgaria accounts for 35.0% of the EU-27 total of 2.26.
Bulgaria ranks 24th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 3.9% (from 0.76 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.