IE · 2024 · tsc00001
Research and development expenditure by sector of performance
Ireland, 2024
In 2024, Ireland's research and development expenditure by sector of performance decreased by 10.4% compared to 2023, reaching 1.38.
Ireland accounts for 61.6% of the EU-27 total of 2.24.
Ireland ranks 16th 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 21.1% (from 1.14 in 2019).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.