EU FACTS AND FIGURES FROM THE #SRIPreport

TOP10

1EUROPE is leading in R&I for the GREEN TRANSITION

BIOECONOMYCLIMATE

patent applications

top-cited scientific

publications

24%

25%

14%

21%

23%

19%

25%

27%

11%

18%

26%

19%

An R&D INVESTMENT GAP

BUSINESS R&DPUBLIC R&D

EUR 100 BN more per year needed

to reach target of 3% OF THE EU’S GDP

R&D INTENSITY2018

0.83%

3.64%

4.53%

0.63%

2.59%

3.26%

0.66%

2.05%

2.83%

0.49%

1.69%

2.19%

0.72%

1.45%

2.19%

2

3

2/3 of the EU’s productivity growth driven by R&I

R&I at the core of the PRODUCTIVITY OF OUR ECONOMY

A global LEADER in SCIENTIFIC EXCELLENCE4

Share of top 10% HIGHLY-CITED PUBLICATIONS, 2016

‘ ’6.5%

26%

19%

23%

Not yet a GLOBAL DIGITAL LEADER5

WORLD AI FIRMS2018

EU28

19% 32%

23%others26%

LOWER AVAILABILITY of VENTURE CAPITAL for SCALING-UP

6

2018

VS

• more venture capital funds raised in the US

• more unicorns8X

The rise of ‘SUPERSTAR’ FIRMS

7 of 10 top companies by market cap are US or Chinese

tech giants (2019)

7of global businessR&D

Top 100 R&D investors

account for

47%

Increase in the POLARISATIONOF THE LABOUR MARKET

8

share of medium-skilled jobs

share of low-skilled and high-skilled jobs

EU, 1995-2018

-8.2 PERCENTAGE POINTS

High REGIONAL CONCENTRATION OF R&D activities9

10% of the EU’s

regions account 50% R&D investment

FOR

SENIOR EXECUTIVES IN THE LARGEST PUBLICLY

LISTED COMPANIES(2019)

Persisting GENDER GAPS in R&IWomen’s share in the EU

RESEARCHERS(2017)

HEADS OF HIGHER EDUCATION

INSTITUTIONS(2017)

10

30%18%

21.5%

Research and Innovation

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