3.2%
8.9%8.4%
3.6%4.7% 4.7%
14.5%
26.7%
5.1%3.9%
1.0%
3.9%
10.3%10.4%
4.1%
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Growth rates (%)
R&D Net Sales Employment
€6037.9
€208.3
€4708.9
€312.5
€3151.2
€109.4
€3169.5
€96.4
Net
sal
es
€20351.6
€823.4
R&D
EUWORLD US JAPAN CHINA
Net Sales & R&D (bn €)
Employment (million)
R&D NS E R&D NS R&D NS EE E R&D NSR&D NS E
11.29.010.8 19.455.7
EUWORLD US JAPAN CHINA
Global R&D investment €208.3 billion
€ 823.4 billion worldwide
€96.7 bnRest of the World
€109.4 bnJapan
€312.5 bnUS
€96.4 bnChina
EU
%38 13% 12%12%25%
By sector (World) By sector (EU)
€26.8bnICT
Producers
€45.3bnHealth Industries
€64.6bnAutomobiles
& other transport
€14.7bnICT Services
€12.1bnIndustrials
€5.2bnChemicals
€9.3bnAerospace& Defence
€30.2bnOthers
23.3%ICT Producers
20.7%Health Industries
17.2%Automobiles & other transport
15.4%ICT Services
5.5%Industrials
2.7%Chemicals
2.5%Aerospace & Defence
12.7%Others
ICT Producers Health Industries Automobiles & other transport ICT Services Industrials Chemicals Aerospace & Defence Others
2500companies
769US
318Japan
507China
316Rest of the World
551 EU companies
ANNUAL PERFORMANCE - 2500 WORLD'S TOP R&D INVESTORSTHE 2019 EU INDUSTRIAL R&D INVESTMENT SCOREBOARD
2500
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BY
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4.7%+€208.3 bn€196.9 bn
2017 2018
Worldwide, Industrial R&D investments increased by
€752.1 bn €823.4 bn2017 2018
+ 8.9%
EU companies investment on R&D increased
Source: The 2019 EU Industrial R&D Investment ScoreboardURL: https://iri.jrc.ec.europa.eu/scoreboard/2019-eu-industrial-rd-investment-scoreboard
© European Union, 2019Reuse is authorised, provided the source of the document is acknowledged
and its original meaning or message is not distorted.
The number of employees by the 2500 companies keeps increasing steadily (+3.6%).
The 2019 Scoreboard comprises the 2500 companies investing the largest sums in R&D in the world in 2018. These companies, based in 46 countries, each invested over €30 million in R&D for a total of €823.4bn which is approximately 90% of the world's business-fun-ded R&D.
UK127
IRELAND27
BELGIUM12
LUXEMBURG4
AUSTRIA 17
PORTUGAL2
FRANCE68
SPAIN14
ITALY26
GREECE2
SLOVENIA 1
HUNGARY 1POLAND 1
GERMANY 130
DENMARK 30
SWEDEN33 FINLAND
17NETHERLANDS39
CANADA28
US769
EU551
SWITZERLAND58
ISRAEL22
CHINA507
SOUTH KOREA70
JAPAN318
TAIWAN89
INDIA31
AUSTRALIA12
NORWAY10
The world map includes only countries with at least 10 companies
€30.9 bnFrance
€19.1 bnNetherlands
€9.3 bnIreland
€5.7 bnItaly
€4.7 bnSpain
€5.7 bnOther 8 EU countries
€29.3 bnUK
€82.9 bnGermany
€9.6 bnSweden
€5.8 bnDenmark
€5.3 bnFinland
R&D is very much concentrated by country and world member states. The top 3, top 5 and top 10 countries account respectively for 63%, 77% and 92% of the total R&D investment.
The 551 EU companies invested €208.3bn in R&D, an important increase in this period (4.7%) al-though at a slower pace than in the previous year.
EU R&D INVESTMENTS BY MEMBER STATES
The 2500 companies raised their total R&D by a substantial 8.9% over the previous year, the ninth consecutive year of significant increases.
Worldwide, net sales continued the positive trend shown in the past year, increasing at a similar rate than R&D investments.
