Italy spent the equivalent of
1.3% of GDP on research and development in 2013, national
statistics agency Istat said on Thursday.
This was up from 1.27% in 2012 and translated into roughly
21 billion euros, Istat added.
Jobs in research and development also increased by 2.7%
over 2012 to 246,764., the agency said.
The private sector accounted for 57.7% of spending in
research and development, up from 57.2% in 2012.
Sector spending grew in all parts of the country, with the
greatest rise reported in the south (+5.3%) and northeast (4%),
Istat reported.
However, in absolute terms spending on research and
development in the south accounted for only 16.5% of the total,
compared to 36.5% in the northwest, 23.8% in the northeast and
23.2% in the centre.
Spending in research and development by private companies
is expected to grow by 1% and by private no-profit institutions
by 1.3% in 2015, according to Istat forecasts.
Instead public sector spending in 2015 is expected to fall
by 2.9%.
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