PT · 2018 · tsc00001
Research and development expenditure by sector of performance
Portugal, 2018
In 2018, Portugal's research and development expenditure by sector of performance increased by 2.3% compared to 2017, reaching 1.35.
Portugal accounts for 62.2% of the EU-27 total of 2.17.
Portugal 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 2.3% (from 1.32 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.