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# JRC Scoreboard finds EU R&D growth lags US and China, ICT spending fell
- URL: https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/news/2025-12-22-jrc-industrial-rd-scoreboard/
- Published: 2025-12-22T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-08T12:02:23.000Z
- Description: The JRC's 2025 Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard found EU firms spent EUR 233.8 billion on R&D in 2024, growing 2.9 percent against 7.8 percent for the US. It found EU ICT R&D investment fell 8.9 percent while five US firms now take 15 percent of global R&D.
- Author: Reidar Balstad
- Tags: Industry, investment and R&D, #news, #verified, #editor-read

Verified Editor-read [European Commission Joint Research Centre, 22 December 2025](https://joint-research-centre.ec.europa.eu/jrc-news-and-updates/2025-eu-industrial-rd-investment-scoreboard-2025-12-22%5Fen?ref=sovereigntymonitor.eu)

**What it does not test.** Does not establish the cause of the EU's slower R&D growth or prescribe any policy response.

**How this item counts.** This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the [European Sovereignty Index](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/sovereignty-index/).

**How this item was made.** Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-07\. [How the record is made](https://sovereigntymonitor.eu/method/#how-the-record-is-made)