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Appendix table 3. Central government R&D funding by administrative sector in 2017 and 2018

Administrative sector / Organisation R&D funding
EUR million /2017 EUR million /2018 Change 2017-2018 /EUR million Change 2017-2018 /Nom. % Change 2017-2018 /Real. %
Ministry of Education and Culture 1 123.3 1 164.4 41.1 3.7 2.2
…Universities 587.1 615.6 28.5 4.9 3.4
…Academy of Finland 449.5 444.1 -5.4 -1.2 -2.6
...Other 86.7 104.7 18.0 20.8 19.1
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment 429.1 491.0 61.9 14.4 12.8
…Business Finland 322.2 391.3 69.1 21.4 19.8
...Government research institutions 84.9 83.6 -1.3 -1.5 -2.9
...Other 22.0 16.1 -5.9 -26.9 -27.9
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health 75.4 69.9 -5.5 -7.3 -8.6
...Government research institutions 32.5 26.7 -5.8 -17.8 -18.9
…University Central Hospitals 15.0 15.0 0.0 0.0 -1.4
...Other 27.9 28.2 0.3 0.9 -0.5
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry 70.0 53.6 -16.4 -23.5 -24.5
...Government research institutions 52.3 52.9 0.6 1.2 -0.2
...Other 17.7 0.7 -17.1 -96.2 -96.3
Ministry of Defence 40.9 46.8 5.8 14.2 12.6
Ministry of Transport and Communications 19.5 18.5 -0.9 -4.8 -6.1
...Government research institutions 13.2 13.5 0.3 2.3 0.9
...Other 6.3 5.0 -1.2 -19.8 -20.9
Ministry of the Environment 11.1 10.4 -0.7 -6.4 -7.7
...Government research institutions 5.9 6.0 0.1 1.7 0.3
...Other 5.2 4.4 -0.8 -15.7 -16.8
Ministry for Foreign Affairs 7.4 7.9 0.5 6.7 5.2
Ministry of Finance 5.1 5.2 0.0 1.0 -0.4
...Government research institutions 3.1 3.0 -0.1 -3.2 -4.6
...Other 2.0 2.2 0.1 7.4 5.9
the Parliament of Finland 3.6 3.6 0.0 0.7 -0.7
Ministry of Justice 1.2 1.0 -0.2 -19.9 -21.0
Ministry of the Interior 0.3 0.5 0.2 80.0 77.5
Prime Minister's Office 10.7 10.7 0.0 0.0 -1.4
TOTAL 1 797.5 1 883.2 85.7 4.8 3.3

Source: Government R&D funding in the state budget 2018, Statistics Finland

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Updated 22.2.2018

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Government R&D funding in the state budget [e-publication].
ISSN=2489-3250. 2018, Appendix table 3. Central government R&D funding by administrative sector in 2017 and 2018 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 8.11.2024].
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