IT · 2018 · tsc00001
Research and development expenditure by sector of performance
Italy, 2018
In 2018, Italy's research and development expenditure by sector of performance increased by 4.4% compared to 2017, reaching 1.42.
Italy accounts for 65.4% of the EU-27 total of 2.17.
Italy ranks 12th 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 10.1% (from 1.29 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.