FR · 2021 · tsc00001
Research and development expenditure by sector of performance
France, 2021
In 2021, France's research and development expenditure by sector of performance decreased by 2.6% compared to 2020, reaching 2.21.
France accounts for 98.7% of the EU-27 total of 2.24.
France ranks 8th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 0.5% (from 2.22 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.