Research and development expenditure by sector of performance

In 2024, Italy's research and development expenditure by sector of performance increased by 0.7% compared to 2023, reaching 1.38.

Italy accounts for 61.6% of the EU-27 total of 2.24.

Italy ranks 17th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 5.5% (from 1.46 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.