Statistics on R&D Activities in the Business Sector Total sectors. Results based on Legal Units 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;17.249.249;3.889.410;7.949.295;5.410.543; 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;9.696.149;289.429;4.883.371;4.523.349; 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