Appendix table 8. Central government R&D funding by socioeconomic objective in 2015 to 2021

Socioeconomic objective (NABS 2007)	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020 ¹⁾	2021 ¹⁾
Agriculture	96.7	76.3	72.8	56.8	57.1	60.2	69.9
Industrial production and technology	332.4	295.2	330.1	383.0	381.6	1,136.8	655.7
Energy	177.5	69.7	55.7	48.8	65.7	59.5	76.5
Transport, telecommunication and other infrastructures	33.0	28.4	36.8	29.1	37.4	36.6	34.7
Defence	37.3	35.5	41.7	47.5	49.7	45.2	47.7
Exploration and exploitation of the earth	24.6	21.4	22.7	22.8	18.8	15.3	14.9
Environment	22.1	43.3	47.9	49.9	46.5	61.7	75.5
Health	71.5	54.7	59.6	56.9	62.2	63.2	50.5
Education	6.7	3.1	3.1	1.6	1.8	6.2	6.8
Culture, recreation, religion and mass media	29.1	16.4	10.3	10.2	9.6	9.2	10.2
Political and social systems, structures and processes	86.9	67.8	72.7	73.4	61.2	258.2	54.4
General advancement of knowledge: R&D financed from other sources than GUF	480.0	516.3	522.1	528.4	563.5	630.3	560.5
General advancement of knowledge: R&D financed from General University Funds (GUF)	578.0	586.8	588.8	619.8	630.5	690.4	724.0
Exploration and exploitation of space	25.8	21.5	21.7	22.7	23.2	25.8	35.5
TOTAL	2,001.6	1,836.4	1,885.9	1,951.0	2,008.9	3,098.5	2,416.8

1) Data may become revised based on supplementary budgets.

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

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Updated 25.2.2021

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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Government R&D funding in the state budget [e-publication].
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