Appendix table 8. Central government R&D funding by socioeconomic objective in 2015 to 2022
Socioeconomic objective (NABS 2007) | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 1) | 2022 1) |
Agriculture | 96.7 | 76.3 | 72.8 | 56.8 | 57.1 | 60.2 | 69.9 | 68.7 |
Industrial production and technology | 332.4 | 295.2 | 330.1 | 383.0 | 381.6 | 490.3 | 497.0 | 576.8 |
Energy | 177.5 | 69.7 | 55.7 | 48.8 | 65.7 | 64.4 | 60.6 | 108.2 |
Transport, telecommunication and other infrastructures | 33.0 | 28.4 | 36.8 | 29.1 | 37.4 | 37.5 | 29.5 | 62.2 |
Defence | 37.3 | 35.5 | 41.7 | 47.5 | 49.7 | 45.2 | 47.7 | 46.4 |
Exploration and exploitation of the earth | 24.6 | 21.4 | 22.7 | 22.8 | 18.8 | 15.3 | 14.9 | 14.6 |
Environment | 22.1 | 43.3 | 47.9 | 49.9 | 46.5 | 68.0 | 61.7 | 108.5 |
Health | 71.5 | 54.7 | 59.6 | 56.9 | 62.2 | 63.7 | 50.3 | 52.8 |
Education | 6.7 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 11.1 |
Culture, recreation, religion and mass media | 29.1 | 16.4 | 10.3 | 10.2 | 9.6 | 9.2 | 10.2 | 9.9 |
Political and social systems, structures and processes | 86.9 | 67.8 | 72.7 | 73.4 | 61.2 | 78.1 | 52.8 | 63.1 |
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 | 607.7 |
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 | 721.9 |
Exploration and exploitation of space | 25.8 | 21.5 | 21.7 | 22.7 | 23.2 | 27.8 | 30.9 | 36.8 |
TOTAL | 2,001.6 | 1,836.4 | 1,885.9 | 1,951.0 | 2,008.8 | 2,286.6 | 2,216.8 | 2,488.5 |
Source: Government R&D funding in the state budget, Statistics Finland
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Head of Department in charge: Katri Kaaja
Updated 24.2.2022
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