R&D expenditure
In 2023, was CZK 139.7 billion spent on research and development in the Czech Republic. The share of R&D expenditure in GDP was 1.83%. The EU average is around 2.3% of GDP for several years. The highest amount of money for R&D was financed from business sources, it was almost CZK 88 billion. Business resources account for more than 60% of R&D expenditures in Czechia. CZK 41.8 billion was provided for R&D from government national sources and CZK 8.3 billion from government foreign sources consisting mainly of EU subsidies.
Research and development (R&D) expenditures, total
Publication date: 23. 10. 2024
Year 2023
139.7 CZK billion
Share of R&D expenditure in GDP
Publication date: 23. 10. 2024
Year 2023
1.83%
R&D expenditures financed from bussines sources
Publication date: 23. 10. 2024
Year 2023
87.6 CZK billion
R&D expenditures financed from national and foreign government sources
Publication date: 23. 10. 2024
Year 2023
50.1 CZK billion
R&D expenditures in business enterprise sector
Publication date: 23. 10. 2024
Year 2023
90.4 CZK billion
R&D expenditures in higher education and governmetn sector
Publication date: 23. 10. 2024
Year 2023
48.0 CZK billion
Data and time series
(CZK million)
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 80,109 | 90,386 | 102,754 | 111,622 | 113,383 | 121,930 | 133,305 | 139,700 |
| expenditures type | ||||||||
Wages and salaries | 41,665 | 47,361 | 54,259 | 60,877 | 64,271 | 69,505 | 75,987 | 81,031 |
Other current expenditure | 31,015 | 34,541 | 37,448 | 40,185 | 38,055 | 41,419 | 45,439 | 46,727 |
Capital expenditure | 7,429 | 8,484 | 11,047 | 10,560 | 11,056 | 11,007 | 11,879 | 11,942 |
| sector of performance | ||||||||
Business enterprise sector | 48,980 | 56,810 | 63,654 | 68,808 | 69,113 | 76,555 | 85,597 | 90,403 |
Higher education sector | 14,549 | 15,582 | 16,800 | 18,171 | 19,437 | 20,306 | 21,344 | 26,203 |
Government sector | 16,382 | 17,741 | 22,073 | 24,326 | 24,502 | 24,748 | 25,902 | 21,760 |
Private non-profit sector | 197 | 252 | 227 | 317 | 331 | 321 | 462 | 1,334 |
| source of funds | ||||||||
Business enterprise | 48,217 | 53,839 | 59,947 | 64,736 | 66,086 | 72,833 | 81,724 | 87,587 |
Government – national | 28,535 | 31,232 | 35,037 | 37,581 | 38,569 | 39,406 | 40,401 | 41,829 |
Government – foreign1) | 2,667 | 4,307 | 6,621 | 8,064 | 7,236 | 8,372 | 9,495 | 8,319 |
other national | 691 | 1,008 | 1,150 | 1,241 | 1,491 | 1,319 | 1,685 | 1,965 |
1) mainly include income from EU sources
Source: CZSO, Annual survey on research and development VTR 5-01