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Research and development activities in Poland in 2019

30.10.2020

According to data published today by Statistics Poland, in 2019, gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD) increased by 18.1% compared to the previous year and exceeded 30 billion PLN. The R&D intensity indicator, which describes the share of gross domestic expenditure on R&D in GDP, increased to 1.32% (compared to 1.21% in 2018).

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This is the result of all the reforms undertaken to increase the level of innovation in our country, including mainly those aimed at creating a legal framework that encourages entrepreneurs to undertake research and development activities, stimulating the creation and development of innovation. An example of such solutions is the R&D tax relief and IP Box relief.

– says Deputy Prime Minister, head of the Ministry of Economic Development, Labour and Technology Jarosław Gowin.

Among the executive sectors, the enterprise sector has allocated the largest amount – 19.0 billion PLN – on scientific research and development activities, which made up a total of 62.8% of gross domestic expenditure on R&D (compared to 66.1% in 2018). The second largest sector in terms of expenditure was higher education (35.6%). Compared to the previous year, 2019 saw an increase in R&D expenditures in all executive sectors, with the exception of government sector, with the largest one recorded in the higher education sector (32.7%). Taking into account the scale of investments in R&D, an increase of 12.3% in the enterprise sector is also a positive trend.

The main sectors financing scientific research and development works in 2019 were the enterprise sector and the government sector, whose resources accounted for 50.7% and 38.8% of all internal expenditures on R&D activities respectively.

The beneficial changes in the scope of R&D activity can also be seen on the example of systematically improving data concerning the number of entities in R&D activity and personnel involved in R&D activity.

Although in terms of the R&D intensity rate, Poland still has some ground to make up compared to the EU average (in 2018 the GERD/GDP ratio for the EU-28 was 2.11%), we are catching up thanks to the continued high dynamics of the growth of expenditures, mainly seen in the enterprise sector.

Entrepreneurs see the need to invest in research and development activities and the resulting benefits, which is reflected in the amount of funds allocated for this purpose. The results presented by Statistics Poland can be seen as a proof that companies see the changes in the law so far as positive.

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