Research and development 2024

Share of research and development expenditure of gross domestic product 3.2 per cent in 2024

23/10/2025 release

According to Statistics Finland, research and development expenditure amounted to EUR 8.9 billion in 2024. Expenditure increased by EUR 453 million from 2023, which represents a growth of 5.4 per cent. Expenditure grew by 5.9 per cent in the enterprise sector, by 1.7 per cent in the government sector and by 5.2 per cent in the higher education sector.

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The share of research and development expenditure of gross domestic product was 3.2 per cent in 2024. The share was 0.1 percentage points higher than in the previous year.
R&D expenditure grew by 5.4 per cent from 2023.
R&D expenditure increased in all sectors, most in the enterprise sector, by 5.9 per cent.
Enterprises’ share of R&D expenditure was 68 per cent.

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Enterprises' R&D expenditure according to the type of R&D by size category of personnel(External link)

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Number of enterprises with research and development activity according to size category of personnel by industry(External link)

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Enterprises' R&D expenditure according to the type of R&D by industry(External link)

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Enterprises' R&D expenditure according to the type of cost by industry(External link)

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R&D expenditure by source of funding and sector(External link)

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R&D expenditure in the higher education sector according to the type of cost by research organization(External link)

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Enterprises' R&D expenditure by according to the type of cost by size category of personnel(External link)

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Enterprises' R&D expenditure by product field(External link)

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Government and private non-profit sector R&D expenditure and R&D in full-time equivalents by field of R&D(External link)

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R&D expenditure in the higher education sector according to the source of funds by field of R&D(External link)

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R&D expenditure in the higher education sector according to the source of funds by higher education institute(External link)

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R&D expenditure in the higher education sector according to the type of R&D(External link)

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Government and private non-profit sector R&D expenditure according to the source of funds by sector(External link)

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Government and private non-profit sector R&D expenditure according to the type of R&D by sector(External link)

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Government and private non-profit sector R&D expenditure according to the type of cost by sector(External link)

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Enterprises' R&D expenditure according to the source of funds by size category of personnel(External link)

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Enterprises' R&D expenditure according to the source of funds by industry(External link)

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R&D personnel in the higher education sector according to qualification and gender by higher education institute(External link)

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R&D personnel in the higher education sector according to function by higher education institute(External link)

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R&D in full-time equivalents in the higher education sector according to the source of funds by field of R&D, (External link)

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R&D in full-time equivalents in the higher education sector according to the source of funds by higher education institute(External link)

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R&D personnel in universities according to gender and age group by field of R&D(External link)

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Enterprises' R&D personnel and R&D in full-time equivalents according to function by size class of personnel(External link)

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Enterprises' R&D personnel and R&D in full-time equivalents according to qualification by size class of personnel(External link)

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Enterprises' R&D personnel and R&D in full-time equivalents according to function by industry(External link)

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R&D personnel and full-time equivalents spent on research according to occupation by sector(External link)

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Enterprises' R&D personnel and R&D in full-time equivalents according to qualification by industry(External link)

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R&D personnel and R&D in full-time equivalents according to qualification by sector(External link)

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Government and private non-profit sector R&D personnel and R&D in full-time equivalents according to qualification by sector(External link)

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Government and private non-profit sector R&D personnel and R&D in full-time equivalents according to function by sector(External link)

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R&D personnel and researchers by field of R&D and by performing sector(External link)

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Government sector R&D personnel by task and gender according to main field of science(External link)

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Government and private non-profit sector R&D according to the Research Institute and sector(External link)

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Extramural research and development activities by enterprise or organisation(External link)

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R&D expenditure by sector and share of GDP(External link)

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Research and development expenditure, personnel and full-time equivalents by region (External link)

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Government and private non-profit sector R&D expenditure according to the source of funds by sector and Research Institute(External link)

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Research and development expenditure, personnel and full-time equivalents by subregion(External link)

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Referencing instructions

Research and development [online publication].

Reference period: 2024. ISSN=2342-6721. Helsinki: Statistics Finland [Referenced: 19.6.2026].

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Education and research Enterprises National economy

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