Statistics on R&D Activities in the Business Sector 
Main R+D indicators
Current internal expenditure in R+D activities by year and type of  research/unit.
Units: current exp.: thousands of euros

	Total	Basic research: Total	Basic research: %	Applied research: Total	Applied research: %	Technological development: Total	Technological development: %	
2001	4,928,800.0	997,413.0	20.2	1,910,373.0	38.8	2,021,014.0	41.0	
2000	4,664,629.0	954,667.0	20.5	1,709,564.0	36.6	2,000,397.0	42.9	
1999	4,000,577.0	880,266.0	22.0	1,475,665.0	36.9	1,644,640.0	41.1	
1998	3,775,955.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	
1997	3,248,843.0	740,946.0	22.8	1,260,881.0	38.8	1,247,016.0	38.4	
1996	3,190,094.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	
1995	2,915,930.0	738,337.0	25.3	1,078,919.0	37.0	1,098,674.0	37.7	
1994	2,746,463.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	
1993	2,727,375.0	586,173.0	21.5	992,620.0	36.4	1,148,582.0	42.1	
1992	2,598,957.0	520,963.0	20.0	962,371.0	37.0	1,115,623.0	43.0	
1991	2,358,588.0	436,281.0	18.5	905,821.0	38.4	1,016,486.0	43.1	
1990	2,068,335.0	374,581.0	18.1	824,547.0	39.9	869,328.0	42.0	
1989	1,607,052.0	305,242.0	19.0	651,281.0	40.5	650,529.0	40.5	
1988	1,360,547.0	246,601.0	18.1	562,607.0	41.4	551,338.0	40.5	
1987	1,083,246.0	199,740.0	18.4	458,224.0	42.3	425,282.0	39.3	
1986	938,541.0	195,167.0	20.8	385,940.0	41.1	357,434.0	38.1	
1985	759,980.0	162,099.0	21.3	290,319.0	38.2	307,562.0	40.5	
1984	633,371.0	144,315.0	22.8	260,106.0	41.1	228,950.0	36.1	
1983	544,445.0	122,955.0	22.6	239,563.0	44.0	181,926.0	33.4	
1982	483,677.0	103,813.0	21.5	201,796.0	41.7	178,068.0	36.8	
1981	392,491.0	83,463.0	21.3	154,160.0	39.3	154,869.0	39.4	
1980	338,352.0	65,234.0	19.3	155,915.0	46.1	117,203.0	34.6	
1979	252,659.0	42,792.0	16.9	112,047.0	44.4	97,821.0	38.7	
1978	201,315.0	34,210.0	17.0	90,717.0	45.1	76,389.0	37.9	
1977	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	
1976	120,719.0	21,180.0	17.5	47,985.0	39.8	51,555.0	42.7	
1975	97,857.0	18,535.0	18.9	39,420.0	40.3	39,901.0	40.8	
1974	70,553.0	12,651.0	17.9	26,090.0	37.0	31,812.0	45.1	
1973	58,388.0	10,920.0	18.7	21,745.0	37.2	25,723.0	44.1	
1972	46,242.0	7,855.0	17.0	17,820.0	38.5	20,567.0	44.5	
1971	39,324.0	7,561.0	19.2	15,482.0	39.4	16,281.0	41.4	
1970	26,445.0	5,085.0	19.2	9,508.0	36.0	11,852.0	44.8	
1969	22,249.0	4,339.0	19.5	7,987.0	35.9	9,923.0	44.6	
1968	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	
1967	15,885.0	1,881.0	11.8	7,014.0	44.2	6,990.0	44.0	
1966	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	
1965	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	
1964	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	
Notes:
Data for 1994, 1996 and 1998 and the variable type of research/unit : Total are estimates
Source: National Statistics Institute