Gross Domestic Expenditure On Research And Development Uk 2022

8th August 2024

Estimates of research and development performed and funded by businesses, higher education, government, UK Research and Innovation, and non-profit organisations.

Expenditure on research and development (R&D) performed in the UK was £70.7 billion in 2022 (in current prices), an increase of £4.4 billion since 2021 and £12.4 billion since 2018, which is the first period available since the redevelopment of R&D statistics began.

The largest component of R&D expenditure was the business sector, at £49.9 billion (71% of the UK total); followed by the higher education sector, at £16.3 billion (23% of the UK total).

The government sector, including UK Research and Innovation, performed £3.6 billion of R&D (5% of the UK total); the private non-profit sector performed the least, at £0.9 billion (1% of the UK total).

Based on our latest available measure of gross domestic product (GDP), which does not yet incorporate the new R&D methodology, total UK R&D expenditure represented 2.77% of GDP in 2022; this figure is not comparable with previously published estimates, which were last included in the 2019 release.

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