Government budget allocations for R&D

39.0 billion crowns were spent on research and development from the government budget in 2023, which represented 0.51% of GDP. This is the lowest share since 2008. Government budget on research and development increased by 1.4% year-on-year. The government budget participate 28% to the financing of research and development. The most important provider of state support has long been the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, which in 2023 supported research and development in the amount of 15.8 billion crowns. Among the recipients of R&D state support, public universities dominate, which in 2023 consumed 17.3 billion crowns of public money on R&D.

Data and time series

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(CZK million)

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total	27,984	30,653	33,383	35,813	38,090	38,295	38,485	39,039
Project funding (R&D grants)	13,997	15,533	16,606	18,087	18,509	17,976	16,715	16,736
Institutional funding	13,987	15,121	16,777	17,726	19,581	20,319	21,770	22,303
Main providers of R&D funds
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports	12,666	13,102	14,310	14,317	15,200	14,951	15,230	15,832
Czech Academy of Sciences	4,774	5,232	5,620	6,093	6,667	6,948	7,100	6,993
Technology Agency of the Czech Rep.	2,842	2,927	2,854	4,250	5,026	5,550	5,177	5,405
Czech Science Foundation	3,926	4,105	4,060	4,258	4,477	4,266	4,500	4,755
Ministry of Industry and Trade	528	1,090	1,687	1,893	1,753	1,593	1,268	723
oher providers	3,249	4,198	4,852	5,002	4,967	4,987	5,211	5,332
Main beneficiaries of R&D funds
Public universities	12,313	13,451	14,960	15,750	16,787	16,746	17,079	17,304
Public research institutions	9,193	9,840	10,549	11,584	12,044	12,204	11,920	11,747
Institutes of Czech Academy of Sciences	8,212	8,710	9,229	10,108	10,516	10,826	10,546	10,407
other public research institutions	981	1,130	1,320	1,476	1,527	1,377	1,374	1,340
Private enterprises	2,566	3,042	3,179	3,352	3,434	3,764	3,290	2,914
others or unspecified	3,913	4,447	4,695	5,126	5,826	5,581	6,196	7,075

Source: CZSO, Statistics of Government budget allocations on research and development (GBARD)

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total	27,984	30,653	33,383	35,813	38,090	38,295	38,485	39,039
Exploration and exploitation of the earth	369	417	442	491	710	854	905	843
Environment	576	630	692	740	791	894	931	1,057
Exploration and exploitation of space	529	561	557	570	673	716	725	671
Transport, telecommunication and other infrastructures	1,021	1,178	1,338	1,581	1,709	1,586	1,484	1,412
Energy	1,329	1,474	1,390	1,619	1,694	1,533	1,367	1,636
Industrial production and technology	2,391	2,976	3,616	4,014	4,460	4,552	3,999	3,616
Health	1,973	2,397	2,671	2,780	2,716	2,521	2,608	2,618
Agriculture	1,110	1,226	1,240	1,531	1,560	1,607	1,562	1,483
Education	73	96	183	194	246	223	205	281
Culture, recreation, religion and mass media	400	444	209	236	275	772	806	903
Political and social systems, structures and processes	396	425	566	678	788	918	898	776
General advancement of knowledge	17,487	18,444	20,090	20,995	22,092	21,996	22,827	23,495
Defence	329	387	390	384	377	123	168	249

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total	17,487	18,444	20,090	20,995	22,092	21,996	22,827	23,495
Project funding (R&D grants)	6,041	6,168	6,655	6,954	6,808	6,271	5,592	5,750
Institutional funding	11,446	12,130	13,435	14,040	15,283	15,725	17,235	17,745
Main providers of R&D funds
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports	9,378	9,719	10,951	11,135	11,780	11,465	12,199	12,700
Czech Academy of Sciences	4,436	4,852	5,217	5,651	5,815	6,082	6,247	6,169
Czech Science Foundation	3,001	3,134	3,031	3,163	3,373	3,338	3,580	3,892
oher providers	672	738	892	1,046	1,123	1,111	800	735
Main beneficiaries of R&D funds
Public universities	9,617	10,029	11,214	11,466	12,349	12,481	13,005	13,138
Public research institutions	7,201	7,640	8,088	8,706	8,673	8,710	8,592	8,548
others	670	775	788	823	1,070	805	1,229	1,809
Fields of science
R&D related to natural sciences	10,715	11,369	12,137	12,642	13,040	12,635	13,033	13,436
R&D related to engineering sciences	1,907	1,916	2,302	2,455	2,551	2,690	2,808	2,909
R&D related to medical sciences	1,484	1,494	1,549	1,569	1,787	2,012	1,989	2,199
R&D related to agricultural sciences	376	386	447	465	530	590	571	634
R&D related to social sciences	1,391	1,434	1,573	1,612	1,854	1,926	2,145	1,905
R&D related to humanities	1,615	1,844	2,082	2,252	2,330	2,143	2,281	2,412

	The number of enterprises that received subsidies for R&D from the government budget				Government budget allocations for R&D (CZK million)
	2019	2020	2021	2022	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total	1,124	1,151	1,221	1,128	3,434	3,764	3,290	2,914
Enterprises ownership
Private national enterprises	978	1,013	1,088	1,002	3,066	3,335	2,923	2,639
Foreign-controlled enterprises	146	138	133	126	367	429	367	275
Enterprises size (number of employees)
Micro enterprises (0-9 employees)	224	270	303	284	381	434	427	396
Small enterprises (10-49 employees)	393	413	443	417	1,089	1,265	1,129	1,105
Medium enterprises (50-249 employees)	353	324	329	298	1,493	1,620	1,383	1,126
Large enterprises (250 employees and more)	154	144	146	129	471	444	351	287
Main economic activity (NACE)
Manufacturing (C)	491	479	490	426	1,267	1,333	1,097	916
Information and communication (J)	101	129	140	140	330	463	430	407
Professional, scientific and technical activities (M)	243	259	279	268	1,439	1,478	1,320	1,176
other activities	289	284	312	294	398	490	443	415

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