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Research and development expenditure by the UK government: 2022
What's in the bulletin?
- The UK government's net expenditure on research and development (R&D) (excluding EU R&D budget contributions) rose to £15.5 billion in 2022, from £14.0 billion in 2021, an increase of 10.5%.
- Total net expenditure on R&D, including EU R&D budget contributions and knowledge transfer activities was £16.4 billion in 2022, an increase of 8.9% from 15.0 billion in 2021.
- UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), which includes the UK's seven research councils, contributed the most to net expenditure on R&D (including EU R&D budget contributions plus knowledge transfer activities) at £6.2 billion in 2022, 37.9% of the total.
Gross domestic expenditure on research and development, UK: 2022
What's in the bulletin?
- 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).
Time series related to Research and development expenditure
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£ 9,067 m 2019
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Datasets related to Research and development expenditure
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UK gross domestic expenditure on research and development (designated as official statistics)
Annual estimates of research and development in the UK performed and funded by business enterprise, higher education, government, UK Research and Innovation, and private non-profit organisations.
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UK gross domestic expenditure on research and development (designated as accredited official statistics)
Annual estimates of research and development in the UK performed and funded by business enterprise, higher education, government, UK Research and Innovation, and private non-profit organisations.
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Business enterprise research and development, UK (designated as national statistics)
UK estimates of annual research and development (R&D) spending by UK businesses.
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Business enterprise research and development time series
Annual breakdown of research and development spending and employment by UK businesses across different market sectors.
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Gross domestic expenditure on research and development time series
Annual estimates of national research and development (R&D) spending in the UK from the public and private sectors: business enterprise, government, higher education and private non-profit organisations.
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Research and development expenditure by the UK government
Research and development and related expenditure by UK government departments and devolved administrations.
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Statistical bulletins
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Research and development expenditure by the UK government: 2022
Research and development and related expenditure by UK government departments and devolved administrations.
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Gross domestic expenditure on research and development, UK: 2022
Estimates of research and development performed and funded by businesses, higher education, government, UK Research and Innovation, and non-profit organisations.
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