Statistics on R&D Activities in the Business Sector 
Total sectors. Results based on Statistical Enterprises
Expenditure on intramural R&D by sector of performance and type of research
Unidades: thousands of euros

	Total	Basic research	Applied research	Experimental development	
Total	17.249.250	3.889.578	7.948.828	5.410.843	
Government	2.910.025	1.254.888	1.281.617	373.520	
Higher education	4.586.993	2.326.131	1.749.809	511.054	
Enterprises	9.696.150	289.597	4.882.905	4.523.649	
PNP	56.081	18.963	34.498	2.620	
Notas:
Until 2016, the expenditure in this table refers to the current expenditure on intramural R&D. As of 2017 the expenditure of this  table refers to total expenditure on intramural R&D (current expenditure and capital expenditure).
Fuente: National Statistics Institute