3.2%

8.9%8.4%

3.6%4.7% 4.7%

14.5%

26.7%

5.1%3.9%

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€6037.9

€208.3

€4708.9

€312.5

€3151.2

€109.4

€3169.5

€96.4

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€823.4

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EUWORLD US JAPAN CHINA

Net Sales & R&D (bn €)

Employment (million)

R&D NS E R&D NS R&D NS EE E R&D NSR&D NS E

11.29.010.8 19.455.7

EUWORLD US JAPAN CHINA

Global R&D investment €208.3 billion

€ 823.4 billion worldwide

€96.7 bnRest of the World

€109.4 bnJapan

€312.5 bnUS

€96.4 bnChina

EU

%38 13% 12%12%25%

By sector (World) By sector (EU)

€26.8bnICT

Producers

€45.3bnHealth Industries

€64.6bnAutomobiles

& other transport

€14.7bnICT Services

€12.1bnIndustrials

€5.2bnChemicals

€9.3bnAerospace& Defence

€30.2bnOthers

23.3%ICT Producers

20.7%Health Industries

17.2%Automobiles & other transport

15.4%ICT Services

5.5%Industrials

2.7%Chemicals

2.5%Aerospace & Defence

12.7%Others

ICT Producers Health Industries Automobiles & other transport ICT Services Industrials Chemicals Aerospace & Defence Others

2500companies

769US

318Japan

507China

316Rest of the World

551 EU companies

ANNUAL PERFORMANCE - 2500 WORLD'S TOP R&D INVESTORSTHE 2019 EU INDUSTRIAL R&D INVESTMENT SCOREBOARD

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4.7%+€208.3 bn€196.9 bn

2017 2018

Worldwide, Industrial R&D investments increased by

€752.1 bn €823.4 bn2017 2018

+ 8.9%

EU companies investment on R&D increased

Source: The 2019 EU Industrial R&D Investment ScoreboardURL: https://iri.jrc.ec.europa.eu/scoreboard/2019-eu-industrial-rd-investment-scoreboard

© European Union, 2019Reuse is authorised, provided the source of the document is acknowledged

and its original meaning or message is not distorted.

The number of employees by the 2500 companies keeps increasing steadily (+3.6%).

The 2019 Scoreboard comprises the 2500 companies investing the largest sums in R&D in the world in 2018. These companies, based in 46 countries, each invested over €30 million in R&D for a total of €823.4bn which is approximately 90% of the world's business-fun-ded R&D.

UK127

IRELAND27

BELGIUM12

LUXEMBURG4

AUSTRIA 17

PORTUGAL2

FRANCE68

SPAIN14

ITALY26

GREECE2

SLOVENIA 1

HUNGARY 1POLAND 1

GERMANY 130

DENMARK 30

SWEDEN33 FINLAND

17NETHERLANDS39

CANADA28

US769

EU551

SWITZERLAND58

ISRAEL22

CHINA507

SOUTH KOREA70

JAPAN318

TAIWAN89

INDIA31

AUSTRALIA12

NORWAY10

The world map includes only countries with at least 10 companies

€30.9 bnFrance

€19.1 bnNetherlands

€9.3 bnIreland

€5.7 bnItaly

€4.7 bnSpain

€5.7 bnOther 8 EU countries

€29.3 bnUK

€82.9 bnGermany

€9.6 bnSweden

€5.8 bnDenmark

€5.3 bnFinland

R&D is very much concentrated by country and world member states. The top 3, top 5 and top 10 countries account respectively for 63%, 77% and 92% of the total R&D investment.

The 551 EU companies invested €208.3bn in R&D, an important increase in this period (4.7%) al-though at a slower pace than in the previous year.

EU R&D INVESTMENTS BY MEMBER STATES

The 2500 companies raised their total R&D by a substantial 8.9% over the previous year, the ninth consecutive year of significant increases.

Worldwide, net sales continued the positive trend shown in the past year, increasing at a similar rate than R&D investments.