PT · 2021 · tsc00001
Research and development expenditure by sector of performance
Portugal, 2021
In 2021, Portugal's research and development expenditure by sector of performance increased by 3.7% compared to 2020, reaching 1.67.
Portugal accounts for 74.6% of the EU-27 total of 2.24.
Portugal 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 30.5% (from 1.28 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.