Regional Total Research and Development, 2009
The latest National Statistics on gross domestic expenditure on research and development (GERD) for the UK, including estimates by English region and UK country, were released on at 9:30am on 18 March 2011 by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
Statistics on gross domestic expenditure on research and development include data by government office region for 2009. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 26 March 2010.
The key points from the latest release are:
- An estimated total of £607 million was spent on R&D in 2009 in Wales.
- This represented around 2.3 per cent of total UK R&D expenditure, and around 1.4 per cent of total Gross Value Added in Wales.
- Business enterprise R&D accounted for 53 per cent of the total, with higher education accounting for 43 per cent and government making up the remaining 4 per cent.
- In a small region such as Wales, the level of R&D expenditure can be influenced greatly by a small number of major projects commencing or ending. Therefore although the time series is volatile, the figures for 1993 to 2009 show an overall upward trend, with an annual average growth in real terms of 4 per cent.
Further information
Contact
Tel: 029 2082 5017
E-mail: economic.stats@wales.gsi.gov.uk
Next update
March 2012 for 2010 total research and development expenditure (including government and higher education)
December 2011 for 2010 BERD expenditure (provisional - to be confirmed on the 'Due Out Soon' page)