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Research and development spending / Germany
Total spending on research and development as a share of GDP, in percent.
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Research and development spending in Germany was 3.12 % of GDP (2024).
0.02 percentage points
Compared with a year earlier
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Data: Eurostat, dataset rd_e_gerdtot, processed by SwedenMetrics.
Sweden · 2024
3.53 % of GDP
Data: Eurostat, dataset rd_e_gerdtot, processed by SwedenMetrics.
European Union - 27 countries (from 2020) · 2024
2.26 % of GDP
Data: Eurostat, dataset rd_e_gerdtot, processed by SwedenMetrics.
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Total spending on research and development as a share of GDP, in percent.
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Data: Eurostat, dataset rd_e_gerdtot, processed by SwedenMetrics.
The figures behind the chart
| Period | % of GDP |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.12 |
| 2023 | 3.1 |
| 2022 | 3.03 |
| 2021 | 3.05 |
| 2020 | 3.06 |
| 2019 | 3.09 |
| 2018 | 3.03 |
| 2017 | 2.98 |
| 2016 | 2.88 |
| 2015 | 2.87 |
| 2014 | 2.82 |
| 2013 | 2.78 |
Data: Eurostat, dataset rd_e_gerdtot, processed by SwedenMetrics.