Spending on research and development in the European Union

The name at the source «Gross domestic expenditure on research and development (R&D)»

What this number is

It is what was spent on research and development in a year, by companies, government, higher education and non-profit institutions, as a percentage of GDP, the value of everything the economy produces in a year.

2,26 % of GDP (estimated value)

identifier despesa-em-id-2024-ue

Published by Eurostat (tipsst10)

Series page

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tipsst10/default/table?lang=en

Proof

Field returned

Gross domestic expenditure on research and development (R&D) — Percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) — European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) — 2024: 2.26 e

Excerpt composed from the source's response.

Request

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/api/dissemination/statistics/1.0/data/tipsst10?format=JSON&lang=EN&geo=EU27_2020&unit=PC_GDP

What was checked

Published by the source on: 29.09.2026
Read at the source on: 05.10.2026
Re-read on: 05.10.2026, matches the source · weekly comparison with the source
Re-read on: 05.10.2026, the re-read found: 2,26 · weekly comparison with the source See the update to this value

Corrections and updates to this row

05.10.2026update2,242,26

Eurostat revised the EU value on 29.09.2026 (the dataset stamp moved from 18.03.2026 to 29.09.2026); the weekly check of 05.10.2026 caught the revision.

05.10.2026provenance revisionreading date: 15.09.202605.10.2026

The new value was read on 05.10.2026, the day of the check that caught the revision; the earlier reading, of 15.09.2026, is that of the value 2,24.

05.10.2026provenance revisionsource excerpt: Gross domestic expenditure on research and development (R&D) — Percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) — European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) — 2024: 2.24 eGross domestic expenditure on research and development (R&D) — Percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) — European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) — 2024: 2.26 e

The excerpt now transcribes the revised value the source prints for the same observation, read on 05.10.2026.

28.09.2026provenance revisionsource excerpt: Gross domestic expenditure on research and development (R&D) — Percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) — European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) — 2024: 2.24Gross domestic expenditure on research and development (R&D) — Percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) — European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) — 2024: 2.24 e

The excerpt now carries the status mark the source prints for the same observation, read on 28.09.2026; the value has not changed.

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