National Statistics Online - Product - Gross Domestic Expenditure on Research and Development (GERD) (First Release)
Gross Domestic Expenditure on Research and Development (GERD) (First Release)
Product
The most reliable estimate of national R&D spending and draws together information on R&D spending in the public and private sectors: Business enterprises, Government, Higher education, private non-profit.
It is the measure most commonly used for international comparisons and covers all R&D performed in the country concerned irrespective of who pays for it. UK GERD covers all R&D in the UK including that funded from abroad; but excludes R&D performed abroad even if funded from the UK.