{"id":104701,"date":"2025-08-11T09:51:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T06:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/etag2025.etag.ee\/research-information\/statistics\/ta-rahastamise-uldpilt\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:57:26","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T13:57:26","slug":"statistics-on-rd-funding-in-estonia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/research-info\/statistics\/statistics-on-rd-funding-in-estonia\/","title":{"rendered":"Statistics on R&amp;D funding in Estonia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"classic-editor\">\n<p class=\"wp-el wp-block-paragraph\">The following page gives an overview of the funding sources and incurred expenditures on R&amp;D in public and private sectors in Estonia and other countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-el wp-block-paragraph\">Dataset <a href=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/RD-funding-in-Estonia_ENG_30.12.2024-1.xlsx\" data-type=\"attachment\" data-id=\"125044\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-el wp-block-paragraph\">Please refer to the sources (including Estonian Research Council)!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-el\">1.1. Flows of funding and incurred expenditures on R&amp;D between sectors in Estonia in 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-el\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"794\" height=\"523\" src=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1.1_ENG-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-124977\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-el\">1.2. The budget of the research, development and innovation programme of the Ministry of Education and Research (million EUR) in 2016-2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-el\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-1.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"552\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-104705\" title=\"\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: Ministry of Education and Research (data last updated 30.12.2024).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-el\">1.3. Proportions between baseline funding and national research grants 2009-2025<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-el\"><a href=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-2.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-104707\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-2.png 1024w, https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/image-2-960x443.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: Ministry of Education and Research (data last updated 11.03.2025). Calculations by Estonian Research Council.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-el\">1.4. Intramural R&amp;D expenditure on R&amp;D as a percentage of GDP in 2015-2024<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-el\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1.4_ENG-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-124981\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-el wp-block-paragraph\">Source: Eurostat (data last updated 29.12.2025). Calculations by Estonian Research Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-el\">1.5. Intramural R&amp;D expenditure financed by government (%) 2014-2023<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-el\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"586\" height=\"412\" src=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1.5_ENG-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-124985\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-el wp-block-paragraph\">Source: Eurostat (data last updated 29.12.2025). Calculations by Estonian Research Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-el\">1.6. Public sector and private sector R&amp;D expenditures as a percentage of GDP in 2024 in European Union<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-el\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"759\" src=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1.6_ENG-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-124989\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-el wp-block-paragraph\">Source: Eurostat (data last updated 29.12.2025). Calculations by Estonian Research Council.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-el\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-el wp-block-paragraph\">Page last updated: 31.12.2025<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"ama-block block-people\"><div class=\"block__header\"><div class=\"d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center\"><h2>Contact<\/h2><\/div><\/div><div class=\"block__body\"><div class=\"person-item\"><div class=\"item__thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/maarjas.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"item__content\"><p class=\"is-title\">Maarja Sillaste<\/p><p>R&#038;D Analyst<\/p><div class=\"contact-methods \"><p><a href=\"tel:+3727300371\">+372 730 0371<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"mailto:maarja.sillaste@etag.ee\">maarja.sillaste@etag.ee<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"person-item\"><div class=\"item__thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/etag.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/kadri.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/div><div class=\"item__content\"><p class=\"is-title\">Kadri Raudvere<\/p><p>R&#038;D Analyst<\/p><div class=\"contact-methods \"><p><a href=\"tel:+37256981582\">+372 5698 1582<\/a><\/p><p><a href=\"mailto:kadri.raudvere@etag.ee\">kadri.raudvere@etag.ee<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The following page gives an overview of the funding sources and incurred expenditures on R&amp;D in public and private sectors&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":104699,"menu_order":422,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-104701","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104701"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":125051,"href":"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104701\/revisions\/125051"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/etag.ee\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}