Highlights
Total GERD by sector of Performance: Government
£ 1,324 m
2015
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- 16 March 2017
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- 15 March 2018
UK gross domestic expenditure on research and development: 2015
What's in the bulletin?
- Research and development (R&D) continued to grow, expanding by £1.2 billion to £31.6 billion in 2015, an increase of 4%
- Most of this year’s growth came from the business sector, which increased by £1.1 billion to £20.9 billion, an increase of 5%
- R&D over the long-term has grown, rising from £20.1 billion in 1990 (in constant prices, adjusted to remove the effects of inflation) to £31.6 billion in 2015, an increase of 58%
Time series related to Research and development expenditure
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£ 1,324 m 2015
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- 16 March 2017
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- 15 March 2018
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£ 31,626 m 2015
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- 16 March 2017
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£ 773 m 2015
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- 16 March 2017
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£ 20,885 m 2015
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- 16 March 2017
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£ 8,009 m 2015
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- 16 March 2017
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£ 634 m 2015
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- 16 March 2017
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- 15 March 2018
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Gross domestic expenditure on research and development time series dataset
The most reliable estimates of national research and development spending that draws together information on research and development spending in the public and private sectors: business enterprises, government, higher education, private non-profit. It also shows which sectors are providing funding to research and development spending in the UK, and the data is also shown by civil and defence expenditure.
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UK gross domestic expenditure on research and development dataset
Expenditure and funding estimates of UK R&D.
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UK gross domestic expenditure on research and development regional dataset
Expenditure on R&D by country and region, time series
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UK Business Enterprise Research and Development
Details on expenditure and employment by UK businesses on performing R&D. Including data by industry type, civil and defence and regional spread.
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UK government expenditure on science, engineering and technology
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UK gross domestic expenditure on research and development: 2015
Estimates of research and development in business enterprise, higher education, government, which includes research councils and private non-profit organisations.
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Business enterprise research and development, UK: 2015
Spending and numbers employed on research and development in the UK broken down by product sector, and civil and defence businesses.
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UK government expenditure on science, engineering and technology: 2015
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