R&D in the government and higher education sector

In the government and higher education sector, a total of 48 CZK billion was spent on research and development (R&D) in 2023. The higher education sector accounted for 26.2 billion CZK and the government sector 21.8 billion CZK. These two sectors accounted for 34% of the total expenditure on R&D. 13.8 thousand persons (full-time equivalent) were employed in R&D in the government sector and in the higher education sector there were almost 20,000 employees. In the higher education sector, 41% of R&D workers were women, in the case of the government sector it was 49%.

Research and development (R&D) expenditure in Higher education sector
Publication date: 23. 10. 2024
Year 2023
26.2 CZK billion
Research and development (R&D) expenditure in Government sector
Publication date: 23. 10. 2024
Year 2023
21.8 CZK billion
R&D personnel in Higher education sector
Publication date: 23. 10. 2024
Year 2023
19,885
R&D personnel in Government sector
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Year 2023
13,805
Share of women among R&D personnel in Higher education sector
Publication date: 23. 10. 2024
Year 2023
48.8%
Share of women among R&D personnel in Government sector
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Year 2023
41.0%
Share of foreigners among R&D personnel in Higher education sector
Publication date: 23. 10. 2024
Year 2023
13.1%
Share of foreigners women among R&D personnel in Government sector
Publication date: 23. 10. 2024
Year 2023
20.1%

Data and time series

Public databaseAll data CZSO online

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
	Higher education sector
Entities cariing out R&D	62	64	64	61	65	64	62	60
R&D workplaces	227	229	228	225	230	225	222	219
R&D personnel - headcount ¹⁾	31,915	34,234	36,177	37,442	37,871	38,865	38,129	37,759
R&D personnel - full-time equivalent ²⁾	15,201	15,803	18,226	19,647	20,007	20,911	20,845	19,885
Researchers - headcount ¹⁾	23,442	25,010	25,687	26,766	27,325	27,851	28,214	28,092
Researchers - full-time equivalent ²⁾	10,511	10,875	12,001	12,663	13,331	13,964	14,442	13,798
R&D expenditure - CZK million	16,382	17,741	22,073	24,326	24,502	24,748	25,902	26,203
R&D Expenditure financed from EU sources - CZK million	635	885	2,998	3,888	3,325	3,523	3,651	2,796
Revenues from the sale of R&D services (contract research) - CZK million	838	1,004	1,080	1,109	984	1,082	1,141	1,310
	Government sector
Entities cariing out R&D	156	159	166	170	169	171	171	169
R&D workplaces	195	199	205	210	209	211	211	208
R&D personnel - headcount ¹⁾	16,615	17,941	18,598	19,009	19,065	18,815	18,866	18,190
R&D personnel - full-time equivalent ²⁾	13,099	13,689	14,163	14,530	14,438	14,446	14,234	13,805
Researchers - headcount ¹⁾	9,865	10,569	10,807	10,819	11,080	11,167	11,125	10,946
Researchers - full-time equivalent ²⁾	7,500	7,908	7,879	7,968	8,169	8,326	8,245	8,096
R&D expenditure - CZK million	14,549	15,582	16,800	18,171	19,437	20,306	21,344	21,760
R&D Expenditure financed from EU sources - CZK million	1,101	1,779	1,734	2,045	1,690	1,860	2,047	1,684
Revenues from the sale of R&D services (contract research) - CZK million	480	506	545	626	588	564	652	702

1) Registered number of employees fully or partially active in R&D activities as of December 31 of the monitored year
2) Recalculated number of persons for full annual working time dedicated to R&D
Source: CZSO, Annual survey on research and development VTR 5-01

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total	15,201	15,803	18,226	19,647	20,007	20,911	20,845	19,885
men	9,217	9,641	10,878	11,612	11,882	12,423	12,413	11,741
women	5,984	6,162	7,348	8,035	8,125	8,488	8,432	8,144
type of workplace
Public universities	14,098	14,686	17,079	18,392	18,720	19,559	19,469	18,488
University hospitals	786	779	819	922	961	1,020	1,066	1,058
Private universities	318	338	328	333	325	331	310	339
main field of science
Natural sciences	4,388	4,584	5,332	5,885	6,059	6,570	6,202	6,184
Engineering and technology	4,731	4,878	5,154	5,571	5,324	5,223	5,445	5,046
Medical and health sciences	2,136	2,209	2,671	2,996	3,164	3,355	3,381	3,200
Agricultural and veterinary sciences	884	938	1,275	1,365	1,882	2,082	2,113	2,021
Social sciences	1,841	1,940	2,317	2,163	2,007	2,068	2,083	1,972
Humanities and the arts	1,222	1,253	1,476	1,667	1,572	1,613	1,621	1,461

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total	13,099	13,689	14,163	14,530	14,438	14,446	14,234	13,805
men	6,908	7,151	7,336	7,506	7,596	7,500	7,342	7,066
women	6,191	6,538	6,827	7,024	6,842	6,945	6,892	6,740
type of workplace
Czech Academy of Sciences	8,688	9,128	9,177	9,494	9,556	9,547	9,483	8,926
Other public research institutions	1,797	1,720	1,856	1,852	1,946	1,948	1,898	1,782
Libraries, archives, museums	981	1,062	1,197	1,266	1,288	1,277	1,170	1,118
Health establishments	709	721	847	892	840	827	814	829
other	924	1,058	1,085	1,025	808	846	870	1,150
main field of science
Natural sciences	7,909	8,265	8,391	8,661	8,898	8,917	8,877	8,628
Engineering and technology	438	384	413	423	425	419	420	385
Medical and health sciences	968	987	1,126	1,186	1,006	987	966	975
Agricultural and veterinary sciences	1,097	1,131	1,130	1,145	1,146	1,162	1,105	1,039
Social sciences	723	852	905	858	598	598	592	564
Humanities and the arts	1,964	2,070	2,197	2,256	2,365	2,362	2,274	2,214

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total	16,382	17,741	22,073	24,326	24,502	24,748	25,902	26,203
Type of expenditures
Wages and salaries	8,674	9,852	11,499	12,529	13,422	13,649	14,145	13,858
Other current expenditure	7,058	7,303	8,407	9,525	9,147	9,266	10,385	10,652
Capital expenditure	650	586	2,167	2,272	1,933	1,832	1,372	1,692
Source of funds
Business enterprise	870	966	1,113	1,020	997	1,070	1,086	1,258
Government – national	14,181	14,974	16,834	18,202	18,723	18,813	19,387	20,097
Government – foreign	803	995	3,122	4,029	3,461	3,761	3,900	3,091
other	529	806	1,003	1,075	1,322	1,104	1,529	1,756
type of workplace
Public universities	15,267	16,379	20,720	22,827	22,876	23,198	24,328	24,593
University hospitals	931	1,153	1,138	1,282	1,390	1,325	1,338	1,359
Private universities	184	209	214	217	237	225	236	250
main field of science
Natural sciences	5,469	5,913	7,488	8,644	8,504	8,857	9,531	9,285
Engineering and technology	5,502	5,829	7,283	7,855	7,390	7,116	7,202	7,570
Medical and health sciences	2,342	2,653	3,025	3,214	3,581	3,544	3,821	4,222
Agricultural and veterinary sciences	670	742	1,078	1,159	1,567	1,685	1,580	1,429
Social sciences	1,326	1,484	1,802	1,889	1,868	1,928	2,045	2,023
Humanities and the arts	1,074	1,120	1,397	1,566	1,593	1,618	1,723	1,674

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023
Total	14,549	15,582	16,800	18,171	19,437	20,306	21,344	21,760
Type of expenditures
Wages and salaries	6,949	7,629	8,607	9,586	10,086	10,653	11,030	11,126
Other current expenditure	5,325	5,287	5,602	5,981	6,434	6,896	7,532	8,199
Capital expenditure	2,276	2,667	2,592	2,603	2,916	2,758	2,782	2,435
Source of funds
Business enterprise	1,966	1,376	1,223	1,360	2,537	2,199	2,342	2,725
Government – national	11,242	12,141	13,633	14,557	15,004	15,900	16,656	16,876
Government – foreign	1,221	1,914	1,846	2,140	1,779	2,042	2,241	2,038
other	120	151	99	114	116	165	105	121
type of workplace
Czech Academy of Sciences	10,905	11,661	12,216	13,076	14,600	15,075	15,714	14,611
Other public research institutions	1,302	1,502	1,536	1,661	1,594	1,677	1,660	1,667
Libraries, archives, museums	759	735	1,042	1,191	1,266	1,372	1,378	1,420
Health establishments	601	725	866	917	864	826	1,084	1,040
other	982	959	1,140	1,325	1,112	1,357	1,509	3,021
main field of science
Natural sciences	10,107	10,800	11,417	12,357	14,025	14,713	15,218	15,682
Engineering and technology	574	611	601	618	596	638	665	620
Medical and health sciences	919	1,083	1,269	1,355	1,074	1,032	1,342	1,256
Agricultural and veterinary sciences	814	929	908	1,010	965	1,003	1,028	986
Social sciences	773	766	1,000	1,107	925	965	1,044	1,063
Humanities and the arts	1,362	1,394	1,605	1,724	1,852	1,956	2,047	2,154

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