IE · 2023 · tsc00001
Research and development expenditure by sector of performance
Ireland, 2023
In 2023, Ireland's research and development expenditure by sector of performance increased by 0.7% compared to 2022, reaching 1.54.
Ireland accounts for 68.1% of the EU-27 total of 2.26.
Ireland ranks 14th 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 42.6% (from 1.08 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.