At the same time, the number of researchers decreased by 1.1% compared to the previous year, to 3,300 people.
By comparison, according to Eurostat, in 2025, EU governments allocated approximately 130,200 million euros from their budgets to R&D (GBARD) from their budgets, equivalent to 0.69% of GDP, which amounts to 288.9 euros per EU resident.
The distribution of these funds is highly uneven. Luxembourg has the highest budgetary allocations (917.2 euros per capita). It is followed by Denmark at 627.1 euros, Germany at 553.5 euros, and Sweden at 416.7 euros.
In other regions, the figures are much lower: Bulgaria at 92.3 euros, Malta at 73.7 euros, Hungary at 57.4 euros, and Romania at 18.8 euros (which is not far from Moldova).
Last year, Ukraine spent 0.33% of its GDP on R&D (some data is classified). In Russia, spending on research and development has consistently amounted to about 0.9–1% of GDP. At the same time, in 2025, the amount of tax incentives for R&D rose to 405.7 billion rubles, and federal budget funding for civilian science was increased. Per capita, this amounts to approximately $440–450.
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