On 15 September 2021, Eurostat published new figures on government budget allocations for R&D (GBARD) across the EU. In 2020, the allocations stood at €100,786 million, equivalent to 0.8% of GDP. Considered by person, government budget allocations for R&D at EU level stood at €225, which is a 22% increase compared with 2010 (€184 per person). The highest allocations were recorded in Luxembourg (€648 per person), followed at a distance by Denmark (€519) and Germany (€443). On the other hand, EU countries with the lowest R&D budget allocations per person were Romania (€15 per person), Bulgaria (€21), Hungary (€39) and Latvia (€42).

According to Eurostat, over the last decade, the largest percentage increases in government budget allocations for R&D at € per person were recorded in Latvia (from €14 in 2010 to €42 in 2020), Greece (from €62 to €148) and Estonia (from €77 to €141). These allocations decreased in Portugal (from €92 in 2010 to €71 in 2020), Spain (from €179 to €144), Romania (from €17 to €15), France (from €253 to €235), Ireland (from €181 to €175) and Finland (from €387 to €373).

https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/-/DDN-20210915-1