EE · 2021 · tsc00001
Research and development expenditure by sector of performance
Estonia, 2021
In 2021, Estonia's research and development expenditure by sector of performance increased by 1.2% compared to 2020, reaching 1.75.
Estonia accounts for 78.1% of the EU-27 total of 2.24.
Estonia ranks 11th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 43.4% (from 1.22 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.