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Appendix table 1. Development of central government's total expenditure and funding of R&D activities in 2015 to 2021

Year 1)	Central government expenditure (EUR milion)	Central government expenditure excluding debt servicing (EUR million)	R&D funding (EUR million)	Share of R&D funding in central government expenditure, % 3)	Central government expenditure, change from previous year %	Central government expenditure excluding debt, change from previous year %	R&D funding, change from previous year %
2015	53,700	52,170	2,002	3.8	-1.0	-0.7	0.0
2016	54,419	52,898	1,836	3.5	1.3	1.4	-8.3
2017	55,042	53,711	1,886	3.5	1.1	1.5	2.7
2018	55,242	54,092	1,951	3.6	0.4	0.7	3.5
2019	55,306	54,113	2,009	3.7	0.1	0.0	3.0
2020 2)	68,750	67,838	3,099	4.6	24.3	25.4	54.2
2021 2)	64,197	63,432	2,417	3.8	-6.6	-6.5	-22.0

1) 2015-2020: State budget + supplementary budgets, 2021: State budget.
2) Data may become revised based on supplementary budgets.
3) Share of funding in Central government expenditure (excluding debt servicing).

Source: Government R&D funding in the state budget, Statistics Finland

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Updated 25.2.2021