R&D data for all sectors

Research and experimental development (R&D) comprises creative and systematic work undertaken in order to increase the stock of knowledge – including knowledge of humankind, culture and society – and to devise new applications of available knowledge. This section includes the main results of the R&D surveys in all sectors (business enterprise sector, higher education sector, government sector and private non-profit sector).

Data on R&D expenditures and R&D personnel in all economic sectors is collected for odd calendar years in all kinds of classifications.

The methodological basis is the OECD’s Frascati Manual.

S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, R&D survey 2023. – Higher education sector: Universities (public and private) and other institutions of the higher education sector. – Government sector: Institutions of the federal, regional and local government (except those of the higher education sector), chambers, R&D facilities of units belonging to the social security system, private non-profit institutions controlled and/or mainly financed by government. – Private non-profit sector: Private non-profit institutions. – Rounding differences occur. – Compiled on 14 July 2025.

S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, R&D surveys. – Regional allocation according to the R&D location(s) of the R&D performing unit. Concept ESA 2010, consistent with National Accounts dated September 2024. – Compiled on 14 July 2025.

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