Government R&D funding in the state budget
Producer: Statistics Finland
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Main topic: Science, Technology and Information
Society
Related topics: Government Finance
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Yes
European Statistical System (ESS): Yes
Description
The statistics describe the funding allocated in the state budget to research and development. Examined are also changes occurring in R&D funding between different years. The OECD and EU recommendations are observed in the compilation of the statistics. The Statistics Act (280/2004) is applied in the production of the statistics on science and technology (incl. research and development). In addition, Commission Regulation (EC) No 753/2004 requires collection of data and steers the compilation of the statistics. The data are collected jointly by a network of experts from different administrative sectors.
Data content
Data on central government's R&D funding by administrative sector (ministry) and according to the social policy objective of the awarding organisation and research.
Classifications used
The statistics make use the classification of socio-economic objectives.
Data collection methods and data sources
The data are collected from national budget proposals and as questionnaire inquiries directly from the ministries and organisations funding R&D.
Data collections
Updating frequency
Annually since 2003.
Time of completion or release
Data are released about two months from the beginning of the statistical reference year. Exact release dates are reported in the Release Calender at http://tilastokeskus.fi/ajk/julkistamiskalenteri/index_en.html.
Time series
From 1995 onwards. Changes in the definitions and calculation methods affect the comparability of the time series.
Keywords
central government finance, expenditure, government finance, information society, institutions of higher education, product development, public expenditure, research activities, research expenditure, research institutes, universities
Contact information
http://tilastokeskus.fi/til/tkker/yht_en.html
Last updated 02.08.2017