ANNUAL PERFORMANCE - 2500 WORLD'S TOP R&D INVESTORS

THE 2019 EU INDUSTRIAL R&D INVESTMENT SCOREBOARD Worldwide, Industrial R&D

investments increased by
+ 8.9%
90% OF WORLD INDUSTRIAL R&D INVESTMENTS

+4.7%
i n c reased
t on R&D
men
v e s t
panies in
E Uc om
2500 COMPANIES

2017 2018 2017 2018

€196.9 bn €208.3 bn €752.1 bn €823.4 bn

551 EU companies
2500
companies 769 507 318 316
US China Japan Rest of the World

SWEDEN
CANADA 33 FINLAND
28 NORWAY 17
SOUTH KOREA NETHERLANDS
10
CHINA 70 The 2019 Scoreboard comprises 39
UK
507 the 2500 companies investing the 127 DENMARK 30
SWITZERLAND JAPAN largest sums in R&D in the world in
58 318 GERMANY 130
R&D INVESTMENTS BY REGION & SECTOR

US EU 2018. These companies, based in IRELAND

769 551 27 POLAND 1
ISRAEL 46 countries, each invested over BELGIUM
22 INDIA €30 million in R&D for a total of 12 HUNGARY 1
31 TAIWAN AUSTRIA 17
89 €823.4bn which is approximately FRANCE SLOVENIA 1
The world map 90% of the world's business-fun- 68
ITALY
includes only AUSTRALIA ded R&D. PORTUGAL 26
12 LUXEMBURG
2
countries with at SPAIN 4 GREECE
14 2
least 10 companies

EU

Global R&D investment €208.3 billion

R&D is very much concentrated

€ 823.4billion worldwide
38% 25% 13% 12% 12%
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.

€312.5 bn €109.4 bn €96.4 bn €96.7 bn

US Japan China Rest of the World

EU R&D INVESTMENTS
BY MEMBER STATES
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.

€82.9 bn €30.9 bn €29.3 bn €19.1 bn €9.6 bn €9.3 bn €5.8 bn €5.7 bn €5.3 bn €4.7 bn €5.7 bn
Germany France UK Netherlands Sweden Ireland Denmark Italy Finland Spain Other 8 EU countries

By sector (World) By sector (EU)

2.5%
23.3% 20.7% 17.2% 15.4% 5.5% 2.7% Aerospace 12.7% €45.3bn €14.7bn €5.2bn €30.2bn
ICT Producers Health Industries Automobiles & other transport ICT Services Industrials Chemicals & Defence Others Health Industries ICT Services Chemicals Others

€26.8bn €64.6bn €12.1bn €9.3bn

ICT Automobiles Industrials Aerospace
ICT Producers Health Industries Automobiles & other transport ICT Services Industrials Chemicals Aerospace & Defence Others Producers & other transport & Defence

26.7%

Growth rates (%)

ANNUAL CHANGE BY REGION/COUNTRY

The 2500 companies raised their total R&D by a substantial 8.9% over
20%
the previous year, the ninth consecutive year of significant increases.

R&D Net Sales Employment

WORLD US EU JAPAN 14.5% CHINA 15%

10%
10.3%10.4% 10%
8.9%
8.4%

5.1%
5% 4.7% 4.7% 3.9% 3.9% 3.2% 5%
3.6% 4.1%

1.0%
0 0

R&D NS E R&D NS E R&D NS E R&D NS E R&D NS E

Net Sales & R&D (bn €)

Worldwide, net sales continued the positive trend shown in the
past year, increasing at a similar rate than R&D investments.
s

WORLD US EU JAPAN CHINA

Net sale

€20351.6 €4708.9 €6037.9 €3151.2 €3169.5

&D
R

€823.4 €312.5 €208.3 €109.4 €96.4

Employment (million)
The number of employees by the 2500 companies keeps increasing steadily (+3.6%).

55.7 10.8 19.4 9.0 11.2

Source: The 2019 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard © European Union, 2019
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