This is by EUR 12.7 mln. or 5.1 % more compared with 2013. Based on preliminary GDP projections, 0.72 % of GDP was spent on R&D in higher education and general government sectors. Whereas in 2013 - 0.71 % of GDP.
Based on the data of Statistics Lithuania, the biggest share of R&D expenditure was in higher education sector - 75.4 % or EUR 196.4 mln.. The largest share of R&D expenditure was spent on: wages (50.5 % or EUR 131.7 mln.); property, plant and equipment (27.6 % or EUR 71.8 mln.) and other expenses (EUR 21.9 % or EUR 57 mln.).
Based on R&D areas, the biggest share of expenditure was spent on applied research (46.4 %), fundamental research (37.7 %) and experimental development (15.9 %).
Based on scientific areas, the biggest share of expenditure was in biomedical sciences (26.4 % or EUR 68.7 mln.), physical sciences (21 % or EUR 54.7 mln.), technological sciences (19.4 % or EUR 50.4 mln.). The lowest share of expenditure was in agricultural sciences (7.1 % or EUR 18.6 mln.).
Most R&D activities were covered using state budget funds (47.1 % or EUR 122.6 mln.), foreign funds (39 % or EUR 101.8 mln.) and funds of business enterprises (13.5 % or EUR 35.2 mln.).
Most foreign funds allocated for R&D in higher education and general government sectors were European Union funds and other international financial support redistributed via the budget (83.4 %).
18,800 employees were engaged in R&D in higher education and general government sectors (both as primary and non-primary workplace). 7,900 of them had an academic degree. The number of male researchers with an academic degree was 4,000 or 50.5 %, while the number of female researchers with an academic degree was 3,900 or 49.5 %.
