ES · 2021 · tsc00001
Research and development expenditure by sector of performance
Spain, 2021
In 2021, Spain's research and development expenditure by sector of performance increased by 0.0% compared to 2020, reaching 1.40.
Spain accounts for 62.5% of the EU-27 total of 2.24.
Spain 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 grown by 18.6% (from 1.18 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset tsc00001, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.