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Intramural R&D expenditure, 1997-2025

SEK millions in current prices

Year SEK million
1997 50 151
1999 56 954
2001[1] 75 135
2003 71 953
2005[2] 71 702
2007 78 352
2009[3] 80 464
2011[3] 82 066
2013 85 934
2015 95 576
2017 110 933
2019 122 651
2021 135 230
2023[4] 166 121
2025 177 916

[1] Financial enterprises are included.

[2] Enterprises with 10–49 employees are included.

[3] Statistics Sweden has received corrected R&D data for the years 2009 and 2011. This means that the R&D data for these years have been revised 11 May 2015.

[4] From reference year 2023 a new method to ensure confidentiality has been implemented. This means that no values are suppressed. This change can affect the comparability with previous years on a detailed level.

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Last updated
2026-10-29

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