R&D expenditure in the public sector, privately funded, in %
The indicator shows the extent to which R&D expenditure of public institutions (higher education and research institutions) is privately funded.
In short:
- 9% of research at Dutch higher education and public research institutions is privately funded.
- This is above the EU-27 average of 7.5%.
- Private funding for research is around 9%, both at public research institutions and at higher education institutions.
| 2018 | |
| DEU | 11.9 |
| CHN | 11.7 |
| BEL | 9.7 |
| CHE | 9.6 |
| NLD | 8.8 |
| KOR | 8.1 |
| EU-27 | 7.5 |
| CAN | 6.9 |
| ESP | 6.1 |
| AUS | 6 |
| AUT | 6 |
| ITA | 5.2 |
| OECD | 5.2 |
| FRA | 4.8 |
| CZE | 4.3 |
| FIN | 4.1 |
| UK | 4.1 |
| SWE | 4 |
| NOR | 3.6 |
| IRL | 3.5 |
| USA | 3.2 |
| JPN | 3 |
| DNK | 2.8 |
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Source: OECD / MSTI 2020-2. Calculations: Rathenau Instituut
Notes: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland: 2017.
| Percentage of privately funded research at higher education institutions | |
| CHN | 26.6 |
| KOR | 14.3 |
| DEU | 13.5 |
| BEL | 11.7 |
| CHE | 9.7 |
| NLD | 8.7 |
| CAN | 7.8 |
| EU-27 | 7.3 |
| OECD | 6.2 |
| ITA | 6.0 |
| ESP | 5.5 |
| UK | 5.4 |
| AUT | 5.1 |
| AUS | 4.9 |
| UK | 4.4 |
| SGP | 4.2 |
| SWE | 3.6 |
| IRE | 3.6 |
| JPN | 3.2 |
| FIN | 2.9 |
| FRA | 2.8 |
| DNK | 2.7 |
| NOR | 2.3 |
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Source: OECD/MSTI 2020-2.
Notes: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland: 2017.
| Percentage of privately funded research at public research institutes | |
| AUS | 10.0 |
| DEU | 9.9 |
| NLD | 9.2 |
| AUT | 8.7 |
| FRA | 8.0 |
| FIN | 7.8 |
| EU-27 | 7.7 |
| NOR | 7.0 |
| ESP | 6.9 |
| SWE | 6.8 |
| BEL | 5.4 |
| CHN | 4.4 |
| CHE | 3.9 |
| DNK | 3.9 |
| ITA | 3.8 |
| OECD | 3.5 |
| KOR | 3.0 |
| SGP | 3.0 |
| IRE | 3.0 |
| UK | 2.8 |
| JPN | 2.7 |
| CAN | 1.0 |
| USA | 0.3 |
Data: Download as CSV file
Source: OECD/MSTI 2020-2.
Notes: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland: 2017.
Analysis
Compared to other countries, the Netherlands has a relatively large amount of private funding for public knowledge institutions. The share of private funding at the research institutes is comparable to higher education. For both it is around 9%. The total share of privately funded research at public knowledge institutions (higher education plus research institutes) has fluctuated between 8-11% in recent years.
Definitions and acronyms
For an explanation of the used acronyms we kindly refer to the web page Definitions for Science in Figures.
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