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  • Swedish enterprises’ R&D investments continues to increase strongly – most R&D intensive in the EU

    In 2023, the business enterprise sector’s intramural research and development (R&D) expenditure amounted to 166,1 billion SEK, an increase of 14,4 SEK billion, or 9,4 percent, in fixed prices compared to 2021. Intramural R&D expenditure as percentage of GDP was 2,68 percent. Except for in 2021, Swedish firms has been the most R&D intensive in the EU in the last decade.

  • Intramural R&D growth strongest in the regions

    In 2023, the Government sector’s expenditure for intramural R&D amounted to SEK 9.1 billion. As a share of total expenditure for intramural R&D in Sweden, the Government sector accounted for 4.1 percent. In current process, expenditure increased by SEK 621 million compared to 2022, an increase driven by the regions.

  • Sweden’s Higher education sector among the most research intensive in Europe

    In 2023, the Higher education sector's R&D expenditure amounted to SEK 47.9 billion, 0.77 percent of GDP. The research intensity in Sweden's higher education sector is high in comparison with other countries within the EU/EFTA and only in Denmark was the Higher education sector’s proportion of GDP higher during 2023.

  • R&D activity in Sweden grows in 2023

    Intramural research and development (R&D) expenditure in Sweden increased by 3 percent, from SEK 216 billion to SEK 224 billion in fixed prices, between 2022 and 2023. R&D personnel also increased compared to the previous year, with 1 percent to a total of about 106 000 full-time equivalents in 2023. Data for 2023 also show that Swedish enterprises spent SEK 14.6 billion on energy related R&D.

  • Preliminary statistics for 2023 show increased R&D expenditure in Sweden

    In 2023, intramural R&D expenditure in Sweden amounted to SEK 221.8 billion. This was an increase by SEK 5.9 billion compared to 2022 in fixed prices. The increase means that Sweden’s R&D intensity measured at 3.57 percent in 2023, which is an increase by 0.45 percentage points over the last decade.