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ICT sector share of business enterprise R&D expenditure by country 2023

5 countries ranked by ICT sector share of business enterprise R&D expenditure for 2023, the latest period that most reporting countries share. Built from the ICT sector share of business enterprise R&D expenditure indicator; every row links to its record.

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How this ranking is built. Indicator: ICT sector share of business enterprise R&D expenditure · Topic: ICT R&D investment · Industry: Software and IT Services · Period: 2023. Only verified actual figures for that one period are ranked, so every row is comparable; forecasts are not ranked, and world or regional totals are shown as reference, not ranked.

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ICT sector share of business enterprise R&D expenditure by country

2023

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European Union: 18%: 18%

ICT sector share of business enterprise R&D expenditure by countryICT sector share of business enterprise R&D expenditure by country. 5 categories, highest is Cyprus at 66%. Iceland Norway Malta Ireland Cyprus 26.6% 30.1% 53.2% 65.7% 66%
ICT sector share of business enterprise R&D expenditure by countryICT sector share of business enterprise R&D expenditure by country. 5 categories, highest is Cyprus at 66%. Iceland Norway Malta Ireland Cyprus 26.6% 30.1% 53.2% 65.7% 66%
ICT sector share of business enterprise R&D expenditure by countryICT sector share of business enterprise R&D expenditure by country. 5 categories, highest is Cyprus at 66%. Iceland Norway Malta Ireland Cyprus 26.6% 30.1% 53.2% 65.7% 66%
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ICT sector share of business enterprise R&D expenditure by country
Category Source Type Value
Cyprus Statistical Office of the European Union Actual 66%
Ireland Statistical Office of the European Union Actual 65.7%
Malta Statistical Office of the European Union Actual 53.2%
Norway Statistical Office of the European Union Actual 30.1%
Iceland Statistical Office of the European Union Actual 26.6%
Source: Statistical Office of the European Union · percent · CC BY 4.0 · statorigin.org

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Rank · country · value · source. Values in %.

# Country Value Period Source
1 Cyprus CY 66% 2023 Statistical Office of the European Union
2 Ireland IE 65.7% 2023 Statistical Office of the European Union
3 Malta MT 53.2% 2023 Statistical Office of the European Union
4 Norway NO 30.1% 2023 Statistical Office of the European Union
5 Iceland IS 26.6% 2023 Statistical Office of the European Union
— European Union Reference total, not ranked 18% 2023 Statistical Office of the European Union

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