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