Press release dated 23/06/2011

TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH STATISTICS OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY (R&D) 2010

Advance Data 2010

According to provisional data, spending on R&D increased by 5.1% in the Basque Country in 2010

The full-time equivalent R&D workers was up by 5.2%:

In 2010, spending on Technological Development and Scientific Research activities (R&D) was up by 5.1% in the Basque Country, according to the provisional results prepared by EUSTAT.

With regard to the total full-time equivalent R&D workers of the Basque Country, there was a 5.2% rise in number.

This increased spending and the number of R&D workers was underpinned by the positive performance posted by the implementation sectors.

Special mention should be made of the Business sector, which registered increases of 6.3% in internal expenditure and 6.9% in the number of people working in R&D.

In the Higher Education sector, spending and the number of R&D workers were up by 2.2% and 3.3%, respectively.

Finally, spending rose by 1.2% in the Public Administration sector, while the number of people employed in R&D fell by 6.5%.

Methodological note: Eustat prepared Advance Data on the performance of R&D spending and people employed for the first time in 2010. The data was prepared based on the companies, universities and entities that represented, overall, 82.7% of the total expenditure of the previous year and which was used to issue advance data in June of the results that will be published in November this year.

For further information:

Basque Statistics Office C/ Donostia-San Sebastián, 1 01010 Vitoria-Gasteiz Tel: +34-945-01 75 00 Fax:+34-945-01 75 01 E-mail: eustat@eustat.eus Contact: Jose Miguel Escalada Tel::+34-945-01 75 96 Fax:+34-945-01 75 01 Further press releases on Technological Development and Scientific Research Statistics Technological Development and Scientific Research Statistics Databank