Slovakia ranks 6th lowest in EU in R&D spending
- Vladimír Dohnal
- 11 minutes ago
- 1 min read
EU countries spent 2.2% of GDP on R&D last year, up 0.1 point from 2013, Eurostat reported. Sweden (3.6%), Belgium (3.4%), and Austria (3.3%) had the highest shares, while Romania and Malta (0.5%) and Cyprus (0.7%) had the lowest. Slovakia ranked 6th lowest. R&D spending as a share of GDP:
| 2024 | 2013 |
Austria | 3.3% | 3.0% |
Czechia | 1.8% | 1.9% |
Poland | 1.4% | 0.9% |
Hungary | 1.3% | 1.4% |
Slovakia | 1.0% | 0.8% |
(Eurostat)
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