Research and Development Activity, Slovenia, 2017
In 2017 gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD) in Slovenia amounted to EUR 801.1 million or 1.9% of GDP
In 2017, EUR 801.1 million was spent in Slovenia on R&D, which is 1.3% less than in the previous year.
Less funds spent on R&D
In 2017 gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD) in Slovenia decreased compared with the previous year. According to provisional data, GERD amounted to EUR 801.1 million, which is 1.3% less than in 2016. The share of GERD in GDP1 also decreased; in 2017 it was 1.9%, in 2016 2.0%.
Most funds on R&D contributed and spent by the business sector
According to provisional data, the share of the business sector, which spends most of the funds on R&D, in GERD in 2017 amounted to 74.7%, followed by the government and higher education sectors with 13.8% and 11.2%, respectively. The share of the private non-profit sector in GERD in 2017 was 0.3%. On the other hand, the business sector is also the largest source of funds on R&D. In 2017 business enterprises contributed the most funds on R&D, namely 63.0%. Government provided additional 23.0%, 13.1% of funds came from abroad, while the remaining percent was contributed by higher education and private non-profit organizations together.
64.0% of persons involved in R&D were researchers
In 2017, 21,941 persons were involved in R&D in Slovenia. Most of them worked in the business sector, namely 61.7%, followed by higher education (23.8%), government (14.1%) and private non-profit (0.5%) sectors. Among persons involved in R&D in 2017, 14,035 or 64.0% were researchers, followed by technicians (25.5%) and other supporting staff (10.6%). More than a half, namely 52.8%, of the researchers involved in R&D in 2017 worked in the business sector, followed by higher education (31.2%), government (15.5%) and private non-profit (0.6%) sectors. The share of researchers was the highest in the higher education sector, where they represented 83.9% of total R&D personnel.
Higher workload of R&D personnel
If the number of persons is expressed in full time equivalent (FTE), provisional data show that 21,941 persons involved in R&D in 2017 performed by 2.2% higher workload compared with the previous year, namely equivalent to 14,713 persons with full-time employment. Researchers covered 63.2% of total workload in R&D in 2017; 25.6% was covered by technicians and 11.2% by other supporting staff.
1 Gross domestic expenditure on R&D as a percentage of GDP is calculated based on the latest available values of GDP.
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D by sector of performance1, Slovenia, 2017
1) Private researchers are newly classified into business enterprise sector, while non-profit institutions services households into private non-profit sector. Source: SURS |
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D by source of funds, Slovenia, 2017
1) The total does not add up due to rounding. Source: SURS |
Total R&D personnel1 by sector of employment2, Slovenia, 2017
1) Data include both internal and external R&D personnel. 2) Private researchers are newly classified into business enterprise sector, while non-profit institutions services households into private non-profit sector. 3) The total does not add up due to rounding. Source: SURS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In the R&D survey for 2017 methodological changes were made, which have an impact on the values of some data; thus data for 2017 are not fully comparable with the published data for the previous years.
In conformity with Frascati manual 2015 guidelines, extended definition of the higher education sector is used with data for 2017. Moreover, private researchers are considered as a part of the business enterprise sector (before part of the private non-profit sector), and non-profit institutions serving households as a part of the private non-profit sector (before part of the business enterprise sector). Total number of R&D personnel, expressed in headcounts (HC), includes both internal and external R&D personnel (before only internal). Both groups of R&D personnel are classified into three occupational categories: researchers, technicians and other supporting staff (before into five categories).
Data on R&D for 2017 are provisional; final data will be published on 5 March 2019.
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