The private sector comprises of the business sector (BES) and the private non profit (PNP) sector.

R&D funded by Abroad (EC included). Created by filtering the original Eurostat dataset.

R&D investments of the public sector (GOV + HES) financed by business enterprises (BES).

Based on Community Innovation Survey data (CIS 2012-16)

The indicator is produced using two datasets on education due to the change of the classification system from 2013 onwards.

Unemployment rates are given for men and women and for the three levels of education, i.e. Primary, Secondary and Tertiary.

The number and share of high-growth firms (growth by 10% or more, based on employment) and their employees by NACE sector levels 1 and 2 complemented with aggregated sectors defined by RIO.

Business enterprise R&D expenditure (BERD) financed by public funding (i.e. by the government) Other sources of public funding (i.e. Higher Education and EU funding) are not included. Created by filtering the original Eurostat dataset.

R&D expenditure of the public sector (government and higher education) as % of GDP and as share of the total R&D expenditure. Created by filtering the original Eurostat dataset.

Number of births and deaths of firms compared to the population of active firms. Available by country and by NACE industry.

Total R&D expenditure by sector of performance (GOV, HES, BES, PNP). Created by filtering the original Eurostat dataset.

Annual growth rate of labour productivity defined as real value added per person or real value added per hours worked. Available by country and by NACE industry.

Labour productivity by size class compared to the labour productivity of large (250+ persons employed) firms. Labour productivity is defined as nominal value added per person. Available by country, by NACE industry and by size (micro, small, medium or large).

Total intramural R&D expenditure only, no breakdown. Created by filtering the original Eurostat dataset.

Value added at factor cost. Created by filtering the original Eurostat dataset.

Total R&D expenditure by source of funding (GOV, HES, BES, PNP, ABR). Created by filtering the original Eurostat dataset.

The R&D performed by the public sector consists of the aggregation of the R&D performed by the government (GOV) and higher education (HES) sector. Created by filtering the original Eurostat dataset.

Indicator prepared by DG RTD based on Eurostat data. It contains estimated or provisional data. The GDP used by Eurostat for the calculation of the official R&D intensities is of 15 November, 2015

Patents are presented both by application and priority date.