Statistics on R&D Activities in the Business Sector 
1964-2020 Series
Current internal expenditure on R+D activities by years and type of research.
Units: thousands of euros and percentage

,Total (thousands of euros),Basic research: Total (thousands of euros),Basic research: %,Applied research: Total (thousands of euros),Applied research: %,Technological development: Total (thousands of euros),Technological development: %,
2020,15,768,133,3,739,981,23.7,7,197,545,45.6,4,830,608,30.6,
2019,15,572,052,3,638,276,23.4,6,747,696,43.3,5,186,080,33.3,
2018,14,945,692,3,146,497,21.1,6,141,639,41.1,5,657,557,37.9,
2017,14,063,444,2,990,817,21.3,5,789,033,41.2,5,283,594,37.6,
2016,12,386,387,2,695,430,21.8,5,088,994,41.1,4,601,964,37.2,
2015,12,054,700,2,628,723,21.8,4,947,329,41.0,4,478,649,37.2,
2014,11,844,113,2,677,916,22.6,4,827,283,40.8,4,338,914,36.6,
2013,11,962,637,2,736,626,22.9,4,942,100,41.3,4,283,911,35.8,
2012,12,005,493,2,767,008,23.0,4,961,474,41.3,4,277,011,35.6,
2011,12,432,696,2,843,504,22.9,5,178,705,41.7,4,410,486,35.5,
2010,12,724,215,2,834,310,22.3,5,409,877,42.5,4,480,028,35.2,
2009,12,600,518,2,814,511,22.3,5,228,623,41.5,4,557,384,36.2,
2008,12,007,813,2,508,078,20.9,5,196,233,43.3,4,303,502,35.8,
2007,10,846,132,2,186,658,20.2,4,727,182,43.6,3,932,292,36.3,
2006,9,605,147,1,838,630,19.1,4,152,421,43.2,3,614,096,37.6,
2005,8,403,736,1,794,766,21.4,3,470,510,41.3,3,138,461,37.3,
2004,7,392,606,1,675,264,22.7,2,900,030,39.2,2,817,312,38.1,
2003,6,699,356,1,605,253,24.0,2,703,218,40.4,2,390,886,35.7,
2002,5,951,021,1,103,804,18.5,2,348,319,39.5,2,498,895,42.0,
2001(*),5,103,540,1,003,093,19.7,1,978,128,38.8,2,122,319,41.6,
2001,4,928,800,997,413,20.2,1,910,373,38.8,2,021,014,41.0,
2000,4,664,629,954,667,20.5,1,709,564,36.6,2,000,397,42.9,
1999,4,000,575,880,269,22.0,1,475,667,36.9,1,644,640,41.1,
1998,3,775,955,..,..,..,..,..,..,
1997,3,248,843,740,946,22.8,1,260,881,38.8,1,247,016,38.4,
1996,3,190,094,..,..,..,..,..,..,
1995,2,915,930,738,337,25.3,1,078,919,37.0,1,098,674,37.7,
1994,2,746,463,..,..,..,..,..,..,
1993,2,727,375,586,173,21.5,992,620,36.4,1,148,582,42.1,
1992,2,598,957,520,963,20.0,962,371,37.0,1,115,623,43.0,
1991,2,354,850,432,542,18.4,905,821,38.5,1,016,486,43.1,
1990,2,064,831,370,957,18.0,824,547,39.9,869,328,42.1,
1989,1,602,875,301,065,18.8,651,281,40.6,650,529,40.6,
1988,1,357,740,243,795,18.0,562,607,41.4,551,338,40.6,
1987,1,079,508,196,002,18.2,458,224,42.4,425,282,39.4,
1986,935,620,192,246,20.6,385,940,41.2,357,434,38.2,
1985,759,980,162,099,21.3,290,319,38.2,307,562,40.5,
1984,633,371,144,315,22.8,260,106,41.1,228,950,36.1,
1983,542,636,121,813,22.4,238,986,44.1,181,836,33.5,
1982,483,677,103,813,21.5,201,796,41.7,178,068,36.8,
1981,392,491,83,463,21.3,154,160,39.3,154,869,39.4,
Notes:
1) Years 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985 do not include the PNP sector.  
  Years 1994, 1996 and 1998 are estimates.  
  Data of years 2001(*) onwards include continuous and  occasional R+D 
.  '..' data not available
Source: National Statistics Institute