Nearly EUR 6.9 billion was spent on research and development activities in Finland in 2008. In 2009 R&D expenditure is estimated to remain more or less on level with 2008.

R&D expenditure has been growing without interruption since the early 1990s, mainly owing to business enterprises but in recent years also due to risen expenditure in the higher education sector. Business enterprises nowadays account for 74 per cent of R&D expenditure. The increase in business enterprise R&D expenditure is due to the electronics industry.

>> GDP share of R&D expenditure in certain countries
>> R&D expenditure by operating sector and source of financing