This statistic represents the percentage of expenditure on research and development of total revenue from 2013 to 2017, by industrial sector. The data were generated from the numbers of the 2,500 top companies worldwide. In 2017, spending on research and development accounted for about 2.6 percent of total revenue in the chemical industry.
Percentage of spending on research and development of total revenue from 2013 to 2017, by industrial sector*
EFPIA stands for European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations.
This statistic was assembled from several editions of this report.
* Data relate to the top 2,500 companies with registered offices in the EU (577), Japan (339), the US (778), China (438) and the Rest of the World (368), ranked by total worldwide R&D investment (with investment in R&D above € 25 million).
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EFPIA. (June 20, 2019). Percentage of spending on research and development of total revenue from 2013 to 2017, by industrial sector* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 07, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/270324/expenditure-on-research-and-development-by-industry-sectors/
EFPIA. "Percentage of spending on research and development of total revenue from 2013 to 2017, by industrial sector*." Chart. June 20, 2019. Statista. Accessed July 07, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/270324/expenditure-on-research-and-development-by-industry-sectors/
EFPIA. (2019). Percentage of spending on research and development of total revenue from 2013 to 2017, by industrial sector*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 07, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/270324/expenditure-on-research-and-development-by-industry-sectors/
EFPIA. "Percentage of Spending on Research and Development of Total Revenue from 2013 to 2017, by Industrial Sector*." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/270324/expenditure-on-research-and-development-by-industry-sectors/
EFPIA, Percentage of spending on research and development of total revenue from 2013 to 2017, by industrial sector* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/270324/expenditure-on-research-and-development-by-industry-sectors/ (last visited July 07, 2020)
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