Research and development in Sweden (2024)

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Tables and graphs

• R&D in Sweden

  Name	Type	Date
  Growth rate by sector of performance, current and fixed prices, 2022	Graph	2023-10-26
  	Table	2023-10-26
  	Graph	2023-10-26
  	Graph	2022-10-27
  	Graph	2020-10-29
  Number of full-time equivalents by sector of performance and function, 2018-2022	Graph	2023-10-26
  	Graph	2023-10-26
  	Table	2022-10-27

• Research and development in the business enterprise sector

  Name	Type	Date
  	Table	2022-10-27
  	Table	2022-10-27
  	Table	2022-10-27
  	Graph	2022-10-27
  	Graph	2022-10-27
  	Graph	2022-10-27
  	Graph	2022-10-27

• Research and development in the government sector

  Name	Type	Date
  	Table	2022-10-27
  	Table	2022-10-27
  	Table	2022-10-27
  	Table	2022-10-27

• Research and development in the higher education sector

  Name	Type	Date
  	Table	2022-10-27
  	Table	2022-10-27
  	Table	2022-10-27
  	Table	2022-10-27

Tables in the Statistical Database

• Totals

  Name	Date
  Total expenditure on intramural R&D by sector of performance and type of cost, SEK million. Year 2007 - 2022	2023-10-26
  Total expenditure on intramural R&D by sector of performance and source of finance, SEK million. Every other year 2007 - 2021	2023-06-08
  Total expenditure for extramural R&D by funding sector and recipient, SEK million. Every other year 2007 - 2021	2023-06-08
  Total personnel in intramural R&D by sector of performance, sex, occupation and form of employment. Year 2007 - 2022	2023-10-26
  Internal personnel in intramural R&D by sector of performance, occupation and region. Every other year 2007 - 2021	2023-06-08

• Business enterprise sector

  Name	Date
  R&D intensity in the Business Enterprise sector. Year 2013 - 2021	2023-06-29
  Business enterprise sector’s expenditure for intramural R&D by type of cost and industry. SEK million, every other year 2007 - 2021	2023-06-08
  Business enterprise sector’s expenditure for intramural R&D by source of funds and industry. SEK million, every other year 2007 - 2021	2023-06-08
  Business enterprise sector’s expenditure for intramural R&D by type of R&D and industry. SEK million, every other year 2013 - 2021	2023-06-08
  Business enterprise sector’s expenditure for intramural R&D by product filed and type of cost. SEK million, every other year 2007 - 2021	2023-06-08
  Business enterprise sector’s expenditure for intramural R&D by size class and industry. SEK million, every other year 2007 - 2021	2023-06-08
  Business enterprise sector’s expenditure for extramural R&D by receiving unit and industry. SEK million, every other year 2007 - 2021	2023-06-08
  Internal R&D personnel in the Business enterprise sector by sex, industry, and occupation. Headcount and full-time equivalents, every other year 2007 - 2021	2022-10-27
  Internal R&D personnel in the Business enterprise sector by sex, industry, and size class. Headcount and full-time equivalents, every other year 2007 - 2021	2022-10-27
  Internal R&D personnel in the Business enterprise sector with a doctoral degree by sex and industry. Headcount, every other year 2007 - 2021	2022-10-27

• Government sector

  Name	Date
  Government sector’s expenditure for intramural R&D by region and type of cost. SEK million, every other year 2007 - 2021	2022-10-27
  Government sector’s expenditure for intramural R&D by region and type of R&D. SEK million, every other year 2013 - 2021	2022-10-27
  Government sector’s expenditure for intramural R&D by region and socio-economic objective. SEK million, every other year 2007 - 2021	2022-10-27
  Government sector’s expenditure for intramural R&D by region and source of funds. SEK million, every other year 2007 - 2021	2023-02-22
  Government sector’s expenditure for intramural R&D by region and fields of research and development. SEK million, every other year 2015 - 2021	2022-10-27
  Government sector’s expenditure for extramural R&D by region and receiving unit. SEK million, every other year 2007 - 2021	2022-10-27
  Government sector’s expenditure for extramural R&D by region and source of funds. SEK million, every other year 2007 - 2021	2022-10-27
  Government sector’s expenditure for extramural R&D by region and socio-economic objective. SEK million, every other year 2007 - 2021	2022-10-27
  Internal R&D personnel in the Government sector with a doctoral degree by sex and region. Headcount, every other year 2007 - 2021	2022-10-27
  Internal R&D personnel in the Government sector by sex, region, occupation, and fields of research and development. Headcount, every other year 2007 - 2021	2023-11-06

• Higher education sector

  Name	Date
  Higher education sector’s expenditure for intramural R&D by higher education institution, type of cost and fiends of research and development. SEK million, every other year 1993 - 2021	2022-12-02
  Higher education sector´s expenditure for intramural R&D by fields of research and development, higher education institution, type of cost and source of funds. SEK million, Every other year 2011 - 2021	2022-12-02
  Internal R&D personnel in the Higher education sector. Headcount and full-time equivalents, every other year 2005 - 2021	2022-10-27
  Internal R&D personnel in the Higher education sector by sex and higher education institution. Headcount, number of full-time employees and full-time equivalents, every other year 2005 - 2021	2022-10-27
  Internal R&D personnel in the Higher education sector by region, sex and fields of research and development. Full-time equivalents, every other year 2013 - 2021	2022-10-27
  Internal R&D personnel in the Higher education sector by sex, higher education institution, employment category and fields of research and development. Full-time equivalents, every other year 2013 - 2021	2022-10-27
  Internal R&D personnel in the Higher education sector by sex, higher education institution, employment category, fields of research and development and activity. Full-time equivalents and share of total work hours, every other year 2013 - 2021	2022-10-27
  Internal R&D personnel in the Higher education sector by sex, employment category and extent of employment. Work hours, every other year 2013 - 2021	2022-10-27
  Internal R&D personnel in the Higher education sector by sex, higher education institution, employment category and level of education. Full-time equivalents, every other year 2013 - 2021	2022-10-27

• Private non-profit sector

  Name	Date
  Internal R&D personnel in the private non-profit sector by sex. Headcount and full-time equivalents, every other year 2003 - 2017	2018-12-14
  Private non-profit sector’s intramural R&D expenditure by source of funds. SEK million, every other year 2011 - 2017	2018-12-14
  Private non-profit sector’s intramural R&D expenditure by type of cost. SEK million, every other year 2011 - 2017	2018-12-14
  Private non-profit sector’s intramural R&D expenditure by receiving unit. SEK million, every other year 2011 - 2017	2018-12-14

• Older statistics

  Name	Date
  Regional distribution of enterprises R&D. Every other year 2007 - 2017	2018-11-21
  R&D intensity in the Business Enterprise sector. Year 2013 - 2015	2017-06-08
  Enterprises expenditures for intramural R&D by product group and industry. SEK million, every other year 2009 - 2013	2015-05-11
  Total expenditure for intramural R&D by type of unit, region and type of cost. Every other year 2007 - 2017	2018-10-12
  Total expenditure for intramural R&D, by government agency and type of cost. Every other year 2005 - 2017	2018-10-12
  Total expenditure for extramural R&D assignments/support by type of unit, region and receiving units. Every other year 2007 - 2017	2018-10-12
  Total expenditure for extramural R&D support/assignments, by government agency and receiving units. Every other year 2005 - 2017	2018-10-12
  Total expenditure for intramural R&D and extramural R&D assignments/support by type of unit, region and source of funds. Every other year 2007 - 2017	2018-10-12
  Total expenditure for intramural R&D and extramural R&D assignments/support by type of unit, region and socio-economic objective. Every other year 2007 - 2017	2018-10-12
  Total expenditure for intramural R&D and extramural R&D assignments/support, by government agency and source of funds. Every other year 2005 - 2017	2018-10-12
  Total expenditure for intramural R&D and extramural R&D assignments/support, by government agency and socio-economic objective. Every other year 2005 - 2017	2019-03-22
  Total expenditure for intramural R&D and extramural R&D assignments/support focusing on general advancement of knowledge, by government agency and field of science. Every other year 2005 - 2017	2018-10-12
  2005 - 2017	2018-10-12
  R&D personnel (headcount and full time equivalents) and total expenditure for intramural R&D and extramural R&D assignments/support by county and type of unit. Every other year 2007 - 2017	2018-10-12
  R&D personnel (headcount and full time equivalents) and total expenditure for intramural R&D and extramural R&D assignments/support, by government agency. Every other year 2005 - 2017	2018-10-12
  R&D personnel (headcount and full time equivalents) in intramural R&D by region, type of unit, sex and occupation. Every other year 2007 - 2017	2018-10-12
  R&D personnel (headcount) in intramural R&D by type of unit, region, sex and field of science. Every other year 2011 - 2017	2018-10-12
  R&D personnel (headcount) in intramural R&D, by government agency, sex and field of science. Every other year 2011 - 2017	2018-10-12
  R&D personnel (headcount) holding a doctoral degree, by government agency and sex. Every other year 2007 - 2017	2018-10-12
  R&D personnel (headcounts and full time equivalents) in intramural R&D activities, by government agency, sex and occupation. Every other year 2007 - 2017	2018-10-12
  Total expenditure for intramural R&D and extramural R&D assignments/support by source of funds. Every other year 2005	2010-07-15
  Total expenditure for intramural R&D and extramural R&D assignments/support by socio-economic objective. Every other year 2005	2007-07-06
  Total expenditure for extramural R&D assignments/support by receiving units. Every other year 2005	2010-07-15
  R&D personnel (headcounts and full time equivalents) in intramural R&D by type of unit, sex and level of education. Every other year 2005	2007-07-06
  R&D personnel (headcount and full time equivalents) and total expenditure for intramural R&D and extramural R&D assignments/support. Every other year 2005	2012-10-18
  Total R&D person years performed by employees of a higher education institution by region, sex and field of science. Every second year 2013 - 2017	2018-10-26
  Total R&D person years performed by employees of a higher education by sex, type of higher education institution, employee category and field of science. Every second year 2013 - 2017	2018-10-26
  Total R&D person years performed by employees of a higher education by sex, type of higher education institution, employee category and employee level of education. Every second year 2005 - 2017	2018-10-26
  Relative distribution of work hours and person years for employees of higher education institutions by sex, higher education institution, employee category, field of science and work duties. Every second year 2013 - 2017	2018-10-26
  Average work hours per week by employees of higher education institutions by sex, employee category and type of employment. Every second year 2005 - 2017	2018-10-26
  Current costs for R&D in higher education sector by field of science (using national classification), higher education institution and funding source. Every second year 1995 - 2011	2014-03-06
  Current costs for R&D in higher education institutions (according to the Swedish standard classification of fields of research), higher education institution and funding source. Every second year 2011 - 2019	2020-10-22
  R&D in the private non-profit sector. Current expenditures of intramural R&D. Every other year 1997 - 2015	2016-12-16
  R&D in the private non-profit sector. Extramural R&D expenditures by recipients. Every other year 1997 - 2015	2016-12-16

Publications

More information

• Annex tables: Research and development in Sweden 2019 - preliminary statistics (excel)