{"id":30010,"date":"2025-07-29T13:04:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T13:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/30010\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T13:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T13:04:09","slug":"eu-governments-increased-rd-allocations-by-3-in-2024-news-articles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/30010\/","title":{"rendered":"EU governments increased R&D allocations by 3% in 2024 – News articles"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2024, the total government budget allocations for R&D<\/a> (GBARD) across the EU<\/a> stood at an estimated \u20ac127 916 million, equivalent to 0.71% of GDP. This indicates a 3.4% increase compared with 2023 (\u20ac123 675 million) and a 59.5% increase compared with 2014 (\u20ac80 175 million).<\/p>\n

This information comes from data on government budget allocations for R&D<\/a> (GBARD) published by Eurostat today. The article presents a handful of findings from the more detailed Statistics Explained article<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 2024, government budget allocations for R&D at the EU level stood at \u20ac284.7 per person, a 57.0% increase compared with 2014 (\u20ac181.3 per person).\u00a0<\/p>\n

The highest allocations among EU countries were recorded in Luxembourg (\u20ac759.2 per person), followed at some distance by Denmark (\u20ac586.8) and the Netherlands (\u20ac542.7). On the other hand, the lowest R&D budget allocations per person were in Romania (\u20ac19.1 per person), Bulgaria (\u20ac38.3) and Hungary (\u20ac58.7). It should be noted as well that changes in GBARD per capita may reflect population changes of the countries.<\/p>\n

\"Government<\/a><\/p>\n

Source dataset: gba_nabsfin07<\/a><\/p>\n

Between 2014 and 2024, all EU governments increased their budget allocations for R&D in terms of \u20ac per person. The largest percentage increases were recorded in Latvia (+313%, from \u20ac19.1 per person in 2014 to \u20ac78.9 in 2024), Slovenia (+252%, from \u20ac78.3 to \u20ac275) and Lithuania (+197% from \u20ac42.7 to \u20ac123).\u00a0<\/p>\n

More than a third of R&D budget goes to general university funds<\/p>\n

In terms of distribution by socioeconomic objectives, 35.7% of the GBARD was directed to the general advancement of knowledge, primarily financed by a public block grant known as public general university funds<\/a> (GUF), used by public higher education institutions to support their activities. Additionally, 16.6% of the GBARD was dedicated to the general advancement of knowledge from sources other than GUF, 9.4% to industrial production and technology, 7.0% to health, and 6.1% to exploration and exploitation of space.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Distribution<\/a><\/p>\n

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