Norway (2023)
0.8
% of GDP
+0.1pp YoY
YoY Change
+0.1pp
percentage points
Trend
up
Series length
16
years of data

Data

Norway Government-Funded R&D Expenditure (2023) — source data. Eurostat.
Year % of GDP Change
2023 0.8 +0.1pp
2022 0.7 -0.1pp
2021 0.8 -0.2pp
2020 1 unchanged
2019 1 +0.1pp
2018 0.9 unchanged
2017 0.9 unchanged
2016 0.9 +0.1pp
2015 0.8 +0.1pp
2013 0.7 unchanged
2011 0.7 -0.1pp
2009 0.8 +0.1pp
2007 0.7 +0.1pp
2005 0.6 -0.1pp
2003 0.7 +0.1pp
2001 0.6 n/a

About this Dataset

Norway recorded 0.8 % of GDP in 2023. The latest change was +0.1pp. Across 2001–2023 the series ranges from 0.6 in 2001 to 1 in 2020.

This page tracks R&D expenditure funded by government as a share of GDP in Norway from 2000 to present. Government R&D funding underpins basic research, public science infrastructure, and defence research that the private sector typically under-provides.

Data sourced from Eurostat via SDMX REST API. Values use harmonised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks R&D expenditure funded by government as a share of GDP in Norway from 2000 to present. Government R&D funding underpins basic research, public science infrastructure, and defence research that the private sector typically under-provides. It is published by Eurostat and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2023. Eurostat typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2001–2023 (16 observations).

The series peaked at 1 % of GDP in 2020 and reached its lowest recorded value of 0.6 in 2001. The latest reading of 0.8 in 2023 represents a change of +0.1pp.