Research and development expenditure by sector of performance

In 2024, Slovakia's research and development expenditure by sector of performance decreased by 5.8% compared to 2023, reaching 0.98.

Slovakia accounts for 43.7% of the EU-27 total of 2.24.

Slovakia ranks 22nd 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 19.5% (from 0.82 in 2019).

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