Values are in million USD purchasing power parity. Biotechnology firms use biotechnology to produce goods or services and/or to perform biotechnology R&D.
For Germany, total public federal bioeconomy R&D expenditures excluding the higher education sector.
For Italy, excluding the higher education sector.
For Latvia, this includes medical biotechnology, environmental biotechnology, industrial biotechnology, and agricultural biotechnology.
For Poland, including the private non-profit sector.Â
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Public expenditure on biotechnology research & development in Europe 2023
In 2023, Spain had the highest public expenditure on biotechnology research and development, amounting to 2.5 billion U.S. dollars. Belgium followed with 1.03 billion U.S. dollars spent on biotechnology R&D.Â
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