| Characteristic | Innovation expenditure in billion euros |
|---|---|
| 2013 | 0.26 |
| 2014 | 0.33 |
| 2015 | 0.39 |
| 2016 | 0.24 |
| 2017 | 0.27 |
| 2018 | 0.24 |
| 2019 | 0.34 |
| 2020 | 0.44 |
| 2021 | 0.43 |
| 2022 | 0.4 |
| 2023 | 0.31 |
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January 2025
Germany
2013 to 2023
15.500*
German companies with at least five employees
Panel survey
According to the source, the German Innovation Survey has been conducted on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) by the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW, Mannheim) in cooperation with infas (Institute for Applied Social Sciences) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI) since 1993. The survey is aimed at all companies in Germany with at least 5 employees and an economic focus in the listed industry groups. The definitions and measurement concepts correspond to the international standards of the OECD and Eurostat. The innovation survey is part of the Europe-wide innovation survey (Community Innovation Survey - CIS) coordinated by Eurostat every two years. All values are extrapolated to the population of companies with 5 or more employees in Germany.
* Around 15,500 companies took part in the 2023 innovation survey (= 50% of the sample size), including 365 from the waste management and recycling industry.Â
Figures for previous years were partially retrieved from respective earlier source reports.Â
