IE · 2017 · tsc00001
Research and development expenditure by sector of performance
Ireland, 2017
In 2017, Ireland's research and development expenditure by sector of performance increased by 5.2% compared to 2016, reaching 1.21.
Ireland accounts for 56.5% of the EU-27 total of 2.14.
Ireland ranks 16th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.