France output current prices: scientific research and R&D
France output current prices: scientific research and R&D stood at 80,173 EUR million in 2025, according to INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM). It is one of the indicators in the Annual national accounts table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 1959 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Annual national accounts table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Output, current prices | |||||||||||
| Scientific research and development | 80,173 | 77,521 | 74,841 | 71,291 | 67,791 | 64,458 | 65,152 | 63,104 | 61,567 | 60,735 | |
| Other professional, scientific and technical activities | 46,649 | 46,203 | 44,141 | 41,296 | 37,453 | 32,057 | 35,871 | 34,058 | 31,984 | 30,550 |
Understanding france output current prices: scientific research and R&D
Experimental development work, basic scientific inquiry, applied research in natural sciences, and biotechnology laboratory investigations generate the monetary values in this series. Gross output at current prices aggregates research grants, contract research revenues, and capitalized in-house R&D expenditure within dedicated scientific institutions and corporate laboratories. Sibling categories separate technical consulting and engineering design from primary research, maintaining clear boundaries around scientific discovery activities.
Reading these statistics requires accounting for public funding cycles, corporate research budget allocations, and the multi-year nature of scientific projects. Because the series is expressed in current prices, comparisons across time periods reflect both research personnel wage inflation and changes in total project funding. Analysts should consult constant-price volume measures and R&D personnel employment series to evaluate real research effort. Revisions frequently occur as grant accounting reconciliations and detailed institutional surveys replace provisional estimates.
Frequently asked questions
- How does this research series differ from engineering and architectural consulting?
- This branch focuses strictly on scientific research and experimental development, whereas engineering and consulting cover commercial design and technical testing.
- Are internal corporate research expenditures captured in this output total?
- Yes, R&D conducted within enterprises for their own future product development is estimated and included as part of gross output when capitalized.
- What causes revisions to early estimates of scientific research output?
- Provisional figures are updated once comprehensive government science funding reports and detailed institutional financial audits are finalized.