MT · 2022 · tsc00001
Research and development expenditure by sector of performance
Malta, 2022
In 2022, Malta's research and development expenditure by sector of performance decreased by 3.3% compared to 2021, reaching 0.58.
Malta accounts for 26.1% of the EU-27 total of 2.22.
Malta ranks 26th 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 9.4% (from 0.53 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.