After the global economic crisis, business R&D spending has recovered to its former annual growth rate. The industry sectors with the highest absolute contributions are pharmaceuticals, technology, and automobiles.
Development of World-Wide R&D Spending
(gross expenditure, estimate, [1])
R&D Spending as Percentage of GDP – Top 10 Countries
(gross expenditure in 2012, [1]; gross domestic product (GDP))
Public R&D Funding – Top 10 Countries
(public expenditure in 2012 as percentage of GDP, countries with no available data for 2012 omitted, [1])
Private R&D Investment by Country
(sum over the top 2000 companies in 2012, [2])
Top 20 Companies by R&D Investment
(in 2012, in million €, [2])
R&D Investment by Industrial Sector
(sum over the top 2000 companies in 2012, in billion €, [2])
Top 10 Chemical Companies by R&D Investment
(in 2012, in million €, [2])
Top 10 Pharmaceutical Companies by R&D Investment
(in 2012, in million €, [2])
Sources:
- [1] OECD Science, Technology and Industry Outlook 2014
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
DOI: 10.1787/sti_outlook-2014-en - [2] The EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard
Economics of Industrial Research & Innovation (IRI) / European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC)
http://iri.jrc.ec.europa.eu/scoreboard.html
Also of Interest:
- Industrial R&D Investment – 2011 Data
ChemViews Mag. 2013.
DOI: 10.1002/chemv.201300011 - All Industry Roundups
