This statistical operation tries to measure the economic and human resources destined for research by all economic sectors into which the economy is divided (companies, public administration, higher education and non profit making private institutions) in order to obtain a measure of the effort put into national research.

The section Other information available on INEbase includes data from the Survey on the Use of Biotechnology, an investigation performed via an additional module annexed to the Technological Innovation in Companies Survey, and focusing on all units that are potentially linked to Biotechnology

Eurostat's website is the information source for European data where further information can be found through the theme Science and technology