IntervaOpen the desk

World Bank · Science

Finland: Research and development expenditure

3.09percent · 2023-5.8% since 2013

Gross domestic expenditures on research and development (R&D), expressed as a percent of GDP. They include both capital and current expenditures in the four main sectors: Business enterprise, Government, Higher education and Private non-profit. R&D covers basic research, applied research, and experimental development. Annual figures for Finland from 1996 to 2023.

19962023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20233.094
20222.982
20213.011
20202.933
20192.815
20182.776
20172.747
20162.747
20152.888
20143.163
20133.285
20123.41
20113.624
20103.705
20093.734
20083.537
20073.337
20063.333
20053.324
20043.309
20033.299
20023.254
20013.194
20003.243
19993.057
19982.785
19972.623
19962.455

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

The dataset for every country, with quality and provenance →

Cite or download

World Bank (2026). Research and development expenditure. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-research-and-development-expenditure (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

CSV, all countriesJSON, FinlandAPI and MCP

Research and development expenditure in other countries

Rank Finland against its region, see where publishers disagree, or ask a question in plain words on the Interva desk.

Finland: Research and development expenditure (1996–2023) · Interva