In 2025, EU governments allocated an estimated €130 200 million on their budgets to R&D (GBARD), equivalent to 0.69% of GDP. This indicates a 2.4% increase from 2024 (€127 144 million) and a 60.5% increase compared with 2015 (€81 138 million).
This information comes from data on government budget allocations for R&D (GBARD) published by Eurostat today. The article presents a handful of findings from the more detailed Statistics Explained article.
In 2025, government budget allocations for R&D at EU level stood at €288.9 per inhabitant, a 57.7% increase compared with 2015 (€183.2 per inhabitant).
Luxembourg (€917.2 per inhabitant) recorded the highest R&D budget allocations per person among EU countries, followed by Denmark (€627.1) and Germany (€553.5). On the other hand, the lowest were in Romania (€18.8), Hungary (€57.4) and Malta (€73.7).
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