Statistics on R&D Activities in the Business Sector Science and technology indicators Total internal expenditure on R+D activities by years and origin of the funds/unit Units: thousands of euros and percentage Total (thousands of euros) Public Administration: Total (thousands of euros) Public Administration: % Companies: Total (thousands of euros) Companies: % PNPI: Total (thousands of euros) PNPI: % Foreign: Total (thousands of euros) Foreign: % 2018 14,945,692 6,270,738 42.0 7,397,346 49.5 97,692 0.7 1,179,917 7.9 2017 14,063,444 6,078,617 43.2 6,720,362 47.8 110,380 0.8 1,154,085 8.2 2016 13,259,769 5,875,789 44.3 6,192,887 46.7 118,014 0.9 1,073,079 8.1 2015 13,171,807 5,959,251 45.2 6,038,519 45.8 114,945 0.9 1,059,092 8.0 2014 12,820,756 5,834,286 45.5 5,949,817 46.4 86,498 0.7 950,156 7.4 2013 13,011,798 5,946,854 45.7 6,025,088 46.3 81,970 0.6 957,887 7.4 2012 13,391,607 6,303,265 47.1 6,112,318 45.6 85,838 0.6 890,185 6.6 2011 14,184,295 6,873,285 48.5 6,285,324 44.3 78,200 0.6 947,485 6.7 2010 14,588,455 7,380,266 50.6 6,271,629 43.0 99,922 0.7 836,639 5.7 2009 14,581,676 7,371,889 50.6 6,322,578 43.4 91,244 0.6 795,966 5.5 2008 14,701,393 7,173,324 48.8 6,608,550 45.5 81,416 0.6 838,103 5.7 2007 13,342,371 6,269,142 47.0 6,065,035 45.5 72,678 0.5 935,517 7.0 2006 11,815,218 5,486,123 46.4 5,561,629 47.1 66,041 0.6 701,425 5.9 2005 10,196,871 4,803,811 47.1 4,720,095 46.3 87,228 0.9 585,738 5.7 2004 8,945,761 4,038,656 45.1 4,297,624 48.0 58,528 0.7 550,954 6.2 2003 8,213,036 3,733,556 45.5 3,971,421 48.4 37,281 0.5 470,778 5.7 2002 7,193,538 3,137,798 43.6 3,514,968 48.9 49,690 0.7 491,084 6.8 2001 (*) 6,496,011 2,796,596 43.1 3,161,227 48.7 52,765 0.8 485,421 7.5 2001 6,227,157 2,759,591 44.3 2,937,738 47.2 51,879 0.8 477,951 7.7 2000 5,718,988 2,479,598 43.4 2,843,887 49.7 116,537 2.0 278,966 4.9 1999 4,995,360 2,234,719 44.7 2,440,494 48.9 39,450 0.8 280,697 5.6 1998 4,715,018 2,015,121 42.7 2,348,268 49.8 36,073 0.8 315,555 6.7 1997 4,038,904 1,931,713 47.8 1,805,663 44.7 29,281 0.7 272,246 6.8 1996 3,852,632 1,848,497 48.0 1,751,890 45.5 37,906 1.0 214,345 5.5 1995 3,550,106 1,703,767 48.0 1,580,818 44.5 28,055 0.8 237,466 6.7 1994 3,294,472 1,725,656 52.4 1,327,035 40.3 32,389 1.0 209,393 6.3 1993 3,350,060 1,728,144 51.6 1,374,491 41.0 32,899 1.0 214,525 6.4 1992 3,244,979 1,628,809 50.2 1,417,733 43.7 20,356 0.6 178,080 5.5 1991 2,881,084 1,317,046 45.7 1,386,054 48.1 17,850 0.6 160,134 5.6 1990 2,559,284 1,152,471 45.0 1,213,311 47.4 19,773 0.8 173,729 6.8 1989 2,039,378 952,003 46.7 974,150 47.8 17,117 0.8 96,108 4.7 1988 1,729,046 844,085 48.8 821,674 47.5 19,605 1.1 43,682 2.5 1987 1,385,387 701,321 50.6 648,895 46.8 14,617 1.1 20,555 1.5 1986 1,188,057 572,482 48.2 585,199 49.3 10,271 0.9 20,104 1.7 1985 933,618 445,681 47.7 440,878 47.2 2,092 0.2 44,968 4.8 1984 758,471 381,859 50.4 370,855 48.9 180 0.0 5,577 0.7 1983 647,074 341,778 52.8 297,363 46.0 517 0.1 7,416 1.2 1982 576,984 304,539 52.8 264,505 45.8 499 0.1 7,441 1.3 1981 437,615 245,117 56.0 187,263 42.8 349 0.1 4,886 1.1 Notes: 1) Years 1994, 1996 and 1998 are estimates. Data of years 2001(*) onwards include continuous and occasional R+D . The data for 'Public Administration' include the Higher Education sector. Source: National Statistics Institute