Research & Development statistics record the expenditures and personnel engaged in the country's research and development activities and are used in the production of a series of important growth indicators.
3,084.82 M€
total R&D expenditure in Greece in 2022 (preliminary data)
1.49%
the percentage of R&D expenditure on GDP in 2022 (preliminary data)
1,514.36 M€
business enterprise sector R&D expenditure in 2022 (preliminary data)
GERD up by 16.6% in Greece in 2022
In 2022, R&D expenditure in Greece reached 3,070.30 million euro, increased by 424.35 million euro compared to 2021 (16.0% increase). More specifically, according to R&D expenditure data, there is an increase in all sectors of activity: the business sector, the higher education sector, the government sector and the sector of private non-profit institutions.
Based on the value of GDP in 2022, which shows an increase of 13.8% compared to 2021, the R&D expenditures as a % of GDP ("R&D Intensity") equals to 1.49% compared to 1.46% in 2021, showing a decrease of 0.05 percentage units.
The increase in R&D expenditures in 2022 was accompanied by an increase in employment in R&D activities. The number of Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs), which equate to full-time "positions", compared to 2021, increased by 12.3% for total R&D personnel and by 13.8% for researchers. Total R&D personnel in 2022 amounts to 69,307 full-time positions (FTEs) and researchers to 51,611 FTEs.