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R&D expenditure in the Netherlands by funding source

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Science in Figures
27 January 2021
R&D research Finance
In this publication we show the development of R&D expenditure in the Netherlands by different funding sources, both in millions of euros and as a % of GDP.

In short

  • Business enterprises are the largest R&D funders.
  • They funded 58% of R&D performed in the Netherlands.
  • 10% of R&D performed in the Netherlands is funded by foreign sources.

R&D expenditure in the Netherlands by funding source

Source: Statistics Netherlands
Notes: The research institutions are classified as funder of R&D in the government sector. "Other national" consists of higher education and the PNP sector (private non-profit). The 2019 figures are preliminary. In 2019 Statistics Netherlands brought the Dutch R&D-statistics into line with the international guidelines as written down in the Frascati manual (2015). This revision has been passed through as of 2013. More information on the revision can be found in the section ‘about the data’ at the bottom of the factsheet funding and performance of R&D in the Netherlands.  


R&D expenditure by funding source, in percentage of total and GDP

Source: Statistics Netherlands
Notes: The research institutions are classified as funder of R&D in the government sector. "Other national" consists of higher education and the PNP sector (private non-profit). The 2019 figures are preliminary. In 2019 Statistics Netherlands brought the Dutch R&D-statistics into line with the international guidelines as written down in the Frascati manual (2015). This revision has been passed through as of 2013. More information on the revision can be found in the section ‘about the data’ at the bottom of the factsheet funding and performance of R&D in the Netherlands.  

Analysis
Although funding from all sources showed a marked increase from 1990, the increase of funding by business enterprises is stronger than funding by the government sector.

Business enterprises finance a little over half of the R&D carried out in the Netherlands. The government's share fell from nearly 50% in 1990 to about one-third from 2011 onwards. The share of funding from abroad increased in the nineties, and varies from 1997 onwards between 10 and 13%.
 

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