- EU Sustainable Development Goal indicators for Catalonia
- Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure
Gross internal expenditure on R&D in relation to GDP (09.10)
Catalonia | Spain | European Union-27 | |
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Total | 1.39 | 1.19 | 2.12 (e) Estimated value |
Business enterprise sector | 0.80 | 0.64 | 1.39 (e) Estimated value |
Government sector | 0.27 | 0.22 | 0.25 (e) Estimated value |
Higher education sector | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.47 (e) Estimated value |
Private non-profit sector | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 (e) Estimated value |
Units: %. | |||
Source Catalonia: Idescat, based on the INE's statistics on R&D activities. Source Spain and European Union: Eurostat. | |||
(e) Estimated value. |
Last update: September 23, 2020. Revised series on December 23, 2021.
RD
These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Statistics on R&D Activities (RD).
Methodological note
The indicator measures gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD) as a percentage of the gross domestic product (GDP). "Research and experimental development (R&D) comprise creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications" (Frascati Manual, 2002 edition, § 63).
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- Goal 1: No poverty
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- Goal 3: Good health and well-being
- Goal 4: Quality education
- Goal 5: Gender equality
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- Goal 7: Affordable and clean energy
- Goal 8: Decent work and economic growth
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Goal 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure
- Gross internal expenditure on R&D in relation to GDP (09.10)
- R&D personnel in relation to the active population (09.30)
- Patent applications to the European Patent Office (09.40)
- Share of rail and inland waterways in total freight transport (09.60)
- Tertiary educational attainment (04.20)
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