Statistics on R&D Activities in the Business Sector 
Coverage of the statistic
Coverage of the statistic por years y sectors.
Units: specified in variables

,Companies: units researched,Companies: companies who perform R+D,Public Administration: units researched,Public Administration: centres that perform R+D,Higher Education: units researched,Higher Education: centres that perform R+D,NPPI: units researched,NPPI: centres that perform R+D,
2008,53,360,9,662,905,428,161,131,251,65,
2006,46,922,8,479,619,401,145,122,140,52,
2005,42,480,7,419,650,357,143,115,123,52,
2004,24,964,5,599,499,315,113,104,98,49,
2003,24,234,4,839,657,273,102,92,194,44,
2002,26,016,4,707,316,239,83,83,184,37,
2001,11,709,4,240,281,193,66,66,158,71,
Notes:
1) The data 'Higher education: centres that perform R+D'   for 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 include  other centres of higher education.  
  The data 'Higher education: units researched'   for 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 include   other centres of higher education.  
 The data 'Public Administration: centres that perform R+D' for 2003,  2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 include public hospitals  
 . The data of 'Public Administration: units researched' for 2003,  2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 public hospitals.
Source: National Statistics Institute