СРАВНИТЕЛЕН АНАЛИЗ НА РАЗХОДИТЕ ЗА НАУЧНО- ИЗСЛЕДОВАТЕЛСКА И РАЗВОЙНА ДЕЙНОСТ В СТРАНАТА
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE COSTS FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE COUNTRY

Summary/Abstract: The report presents summarized statistical data on research and development (R&D) in the period 2000-2018 in the Republic of Bulgaria. Summary data are presented graphically by various criteria - statistical regions, districts and municipalities, by size of enterprises, by sources of funding, by fields of science and by types of expenditures. Data on the employment of staff by gender in categories, staff engaged in R&D, by sectors, by statistical regions, by fields of science, by level of education, staff engaged in R&D - general and researchers are presented. A sample is also presented for researchers by age groups and gender in the public sector and the higher education sector, by size of enterprises, as well as for budget expenditures for R&D for socio-economic purposes. The data are analyzed, and conclusions are made about the development trends of research and development in the study period. An analysis, comments and conclusions have been made regarding the distribution of R&D investments in the country. The main conclusion is that the expenditures for research and development in the studied period increase but remain strongly unbalanced and are among the lowest in the EU in relation to the size of the national economy and the gross domestic product of Bulgaria.

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