| Germany | Spain | France | Italy | Portugal | United Kingdom | USA | Japan | European Union | Basque Country. 2009 | Basque Country. 2010 | |
| Gross Domestic Product (GDP) | |||||||||||
| Total PPS (million) | 2,348,056 | 1,127,803 | 1,692,337 | 1,478,946 | 210,231 | 1,726,631 | 11,204,483 | 3,318,196 | 12,257,461 | 64,226 | 65,419 |
| Per capita (PPS) | 30,300 | 22,800 | 29,800 | 25,700 | 16,200 | 27,400 | 35,300 | _ | 24,400 | 29,652 | 29,988 |
| Population | |||||||||||
| Total (thousand) | 81,802 | 45,989 | 64,716 | 60,340 | 10,638 | 62,027 | 308,292 | 127,579 | 501,126 | 2,169 | 2,194 |
| Working (thousand) | 40,553 | 18,790 | 26,679 | 24,658 | 4,937 | 29,042 | 141,386 | 62,544 | 222,541 | 982 | 973 |
| Expenditure on R&D | |||||||||||
| Total PPS (million) | 63,276.3 | 15,445.1 | 36,136.1 | 18,651.2 | 3,323.9 | 30,602.2 | 308,629.7 | 115,739.6 | 225,603.5 | 1,289.9 | 1,360.2 |
| In relation to GDP(%) | 2.82 | 1.38 | 2.21 | 1.27 | 1.66 | 1.87 | 2.77 | 3.44 | 2.01 | 1.99 | 2.08 |
| Per capita (PPS) | 825.0 | 318.2 | 653.8 | 321.0 | 262.6 | 475.2 | 888.5 | 892.7 | 473.9 | 594.7 | 619.9 |
| Personnel (E.D.P.) | |||||||||||
| Total | 529,100 | 220,777 | 472,171 | 239,246 | 52,313 | 330,299 | _ | 882,739 | 2,554,862 | 16,690 | 17,532 |
| On the working population(‰) | 13.0 | 11.7 | 17.7 | 9.7 | 10.6 | 11.4 | _ | 14.1 | 11.5 | 17.0 | 18.0 |
| Researchers (E.D.P.) | |||||||||||
| Total | 311,500 | 133,803 | 289,478 | 101,821 | 45,909 | 243,338 | _ | 656,676 | 1,584,880 | 10,386 | 11,071 |
| On the working population(‰) | 7.7 | 7.1 | 10.9 | 4.1 | 9.3 | 8.4 | _ | 10.5 | 7.1 | 10.6 | 11.4 |
| Financing expenditure(%) | |||||||||||
| By the company | 67.3 | 45.0 | 50.7 | 45.2 | 48.1 | 44.4 | 67.3 | 78.2 | 54.2 | 54.0 | 54.0 |
| By the administration | 28.4 | 45.6 | 38.9 | 42.9 | 43.7 | 30.7 | 27.1 | 15.6 | 34.5 | 40.1 | 39.8 |
| By the university | 0.0 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 5.1 | 1.0 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| By other sources | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| By foreign sources | 4.0 | 5.7 | 8.0 | 7.8 | 3.0 | 17.7 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 8.6 | 3.0 | 3.7 |
| Execution of expenditure(%) | |||||||||||
| By the company | 68.2 | 51.9 | 61.9 | 51.5 | 46.7 | 62.0 | 72.6 | 78.5 | 61.4 | 76.3 | 77.1 |
| By the administration | 14.5 | 20.1 | 16.3 | 13.9 | 7.4 | 9.2 | 10.6 | 8.3 | 13.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| By the university | 17.3 | 27.8 | 20.6 | 31.4 | 35.4 | 26.5 | 12.8 | 11.6 | 23.9 | 18.0 | 17.2 |
| By private non-profit making institutions | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 10.6 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
(*)Data 2010 or the latest available year.
PPS= Purchasing Power Standard
E.D.P.= Equivalent to full time
Date November 17, 2011
Source: EUSTAT. Statistics on scientific research and technological development activities. EUROSTAT