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Press release No. 161 of 21 April 2023 Approximately 351 billion euros for education, science and research in 2021
...According to provisional calculations, public budgets and the private sector spent a total of 351.3 billion euros on education, science and research in Germany in 2021. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was an increase of 17.1 billion euros, or 5%, compared with the previous year. The expenditure accounted for 9.8% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2021 and thus was on the same level as in the preceding year. ...
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Press release No. 117 of 17 March 2022 Approximately 334 billion euros for education, science and research in 2020
...According to provisional calculations, public budgets and the private sector spent a total of 334.1 billion euros on education, science and research in Germany in 2020. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was an increase of 4.3 billion euros, or 1.3%, compared with the previous year. In 2020, the relevant expenditure accounted for 9.9% of the gross domestic product (GDP), following 9.5% in the preceding year. ...
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Press release No. 085 of 3 March 2022 600 million euros spent on non-university research related to Covid-19 in 2020
...Non-university research totalled 15.6 billion euros in 2020 Total expenditure on research and development amounted to 105.9 billion euros, or 3.1% of GDP, according to provisional calculations WIESBADEN – In 2020, non-university institutions in Germany spent 15.6 billion euros on research and development. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was an increase of approximately 4% compared with the previous year. ...
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Press release No. 079 of 23 February 2021 Research and development expenditure accounted for 3.2% of the gross domestic product in 2019
...According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), 109.5 billion euros were spent on research and development in Germany in 2019. Research and development expenditure accounted for 3.2% of the gross domestic product (GDP)....
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Press release No. 062 of 27 February 2020 Research and development expenditure accounted for 3.1% of the gross domestic product in 2018
...According to provisional calculations of the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), 104.8 billion euros were spent on research and development in Germany in 2018. Research and development expenditure accounted for 3.1% of the gross domestic product (GDP)....