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9.3 R&D expenditure of the regional 
governments
The research funding by the regional governments 
shown as a subtotal in Table 9-1 is listed from the 
regional government budget-based estimates of 
R&D expenditure reported by the offices of the re-
gional governments. The R&D expenditure of the re-
gional hospitals is estimated annually by Statistics 
Austria using a methodology agreed on with the re-
gional governments.
9.4 An international comparison of R&D in 2017
The overview in Table 9-9 shows Austria’s position 
compared to the other European Union Member 
States and the OECD in terms of the most important 
R&D-related indices (Source: OECD, MSTI 2019-2).

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9. Statistics
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List of Tables in the Statistical Annex
Table 9-1: Global estimate for 2019: Gross domestic expenditure on R&D funding of research
and experimental development carried out in Austria, 2005-2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Table 9-2: Global estimate for 2019: Gross domestic expenditure on R&D funding of research
and experimental development carried out in Austria as a percentage of GDP, 2005-2019 . . . . . . . . . 232
Table 9-3: Federal expenditure on research and research promotion, 2017-2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Table 9-4: Federal expenditure on research and research promotion
by socio-economic objective, 2005-2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Table 9-5: Federal expenditure on research and research promotion by
socio-economic objective and ministry, 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Table 9-6: General research-related university expenditure by the federal government
(“General University Funds”), 2000–2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Table 9-7: Research promotion schemes and contracts awarded by the federal government in 2019
by sector/area of performance and awarding ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Table 9-8: Research promotion schemes and contracts awarded by the federal government in 2019,
by socio-economic objective and awarding ministry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Table 9-9: An international comparison of research and experimental development (R&D), 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . 239

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