Science, Technology and Information Society

Research and development expenditure

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	¹⁾ 2008
	€ million
Business enterprises	3 136	3 284	3 375	3 528	3 684	3 877	4 108	4 513	4 661
Public sector ²⁾	497	501	530	515	530	555	574	565	560
University sector ³⁾	789	834	926	962	1 040	1 042	1 079	1 165	1 225
Total	4 423	4 619	4 830	5 005	5 253	5 474	5 761	6 243	6 446
as % of GDP	3,3	3,3	3,4	3,4	3,4	3,5	*3,5	*3,5	*3,4
	%
Business enterprises	70,9	71,1	69,9	70,5	70,1	70,8	71,3	72,3	72,3
Public sector²⁾	11,2	10,8	11,0	10,3	10,1	10,1	10,0	9,0	8,7
University sector ³⁾	17,8	18,1	19,2	19,2	19,8	19,0	18,7	18,7	19,0
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
1) Estimate on the basis of inquiry responses and other calculations 2) Incl. private non-profit sector 3) Incl. central university hospitals and polytechnics * preliminary data

Table in Excel format suoluk_koul3.xls

Last Modified: 19.3.2009

	Unit	1980	1990	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Fixed telephone connections	1 000	1 740	2 670	I 2 849	2 806	I 2 726	2 568	2 390	2 140	1 928	1 750	1 655
Mobile telephone connections	1 000	23	258	3 729	4 176	4 517	4 747	4 999	5 385	5 679	6 069	6 901
Broadband subscriptions	1 000	. .	. .	10	61	I 237	472	785	1 211	1 427	1 733	2 084
Fixed telephone connections	No./1 000 inh.	363	534	550	540	I 524	492	456	407	365	330	311
Mobile telephone connections	No./1 000 inh.	5	52	720	804	868	909	955	1 025	1 076	1 145	1 296
Broadband subscriptions	No./1 000 inh.	. .	. .	2	12	l 46	90	150	230	270	327	391
l line across a time series shows substantial breaks in the homogeneity of a series

Table in Excel format suoluk_liik5.xls

Last Modified: 17.6.2009

Table in Excel format suoluk_liik6.xls

Last Modified: 19.3.2009

Last updated 9.11.2009

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