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JRC Scoreboard finds EU R&D growth lags US and China, ICT spending fell

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.

Verified Editor-read European Commission Joint Research Centre, 22 December 2025

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.

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