R&D in the government sector and in the private non-profit sector

Expenditures on R&D 2023

Government sector and private non-profit sector

1.25 bn. EUR

compared to 2021

R&D Personnel 2023

Government sector and private non-profit sector

6 647.6 FTE

compared to 2021

The survey on research and experimental development (R&D survey) is a biennial census survey conducted on odd calendar years in all economic sectors and is based on the R&D statistics regulation.

In addition to R&D expenditures, funding and personnel, the objective of the research is also recorded. Breakdowns of the results are available by major fields of science, types of expenditure, source of funds, function and types of R&D. The methodological basis is the OECD’s Frascati Manual.

The government sector comprises federal, provincial and local government institutions and institutions of the chambers as well as R&D institutions of the social insurance system. It also includes institutes of the Ludwig Boltzmann Gesellschaft and the Austrian Academy of Sciences as well as private non-profit institutions (NPIs) funded and/or controlled by the public sector. The private non-profit sector comprises all other private NPIs.

S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, R&D survey 2023. – 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. – Rounding differences occur. – Compiled on 14 July 2025.

S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, R&D survey 2023. – Private non-profit institutions. – Data that cannot be published due to confidentiality reasons is suppressed but included in the totals. – Rounding differences occur. – Compiled on 14 July 2025.

S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, R&D surveys. – 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. – Incl. the Austrian academy of sciences since 2017. – Compiled on 14 July 2025.

S: STATISTICS AUSTRIA, R&D surveys. – Private non-profit institutions. – Data that cannot be published due to confidentiality reasons is suppressed but included in the totals. – Compiled on 14 July 2025.