High Technology Indicators 
High Technology Indicators. 2021
Indicators related to R+D in companies by type of indicator and high tech sectors.  
Units: Specified in each indicator

	Internal R&D expenditure (thousands of euros)	Internal R&D expenditure / Total expenditure in high and medium-high technology sectors (%)	Internal R&D expenditure / Total expenditure in all business sectors (%)	Internal R&D / Research staff	Total internal R&D staff (FTE). Total	Total internal R&D staff (FTE). Women	Total internal R&D staff (FTE) / Total staff in high and medium-high technology sectors (FTE) (%)	Total internal R&D staff (FTE) / Total staff in all business sectors (FTE) (%)	Research staff (FTE). Total	Research staff (FTE). Women	Research staff (FTE) / Total staff in high and medium-high technology sectors (FTE) (%)	Research staff (FTE) / Total staff in all business sectors (FTE) (%)	
A. High and medium-high technology manufacturing sectors (B+C)	3,878,153	51.5	35.6	257.0	32,751.0	10,464.0	40.5	26.1	15,088.8	4,470.8	35.3	23.3	
B. High-tech manufacturing sectors	1,636,545	21.7	15.0	242.0	13,426.0	5,472.4	16.6	10.7	6,763.8	2,242.2	15.8	10.4	
B.1 Pharmaceutical product manufacturing (CNAE 21)	841,684	11.2	7.7	391.0	6,037.0	4,004.4	7.5	4.8	2,152.9	1,344.3	5.0	3.3	
B.2 Computer, electronic and optical product manufacturing (CNAE 26)	219,709	2.9	2.0	116.9	3,232.4	531.4	4.0	2.6	1,878.8	308.5	4.4	2.9	
B.3 Manufacture of other transport materials (CNAE 30)	575,152	7.6	5.3	210.5	4,156.6	936.9	5.2	3.3	2,732.2	589.0	6.4	4.2	
C. Medium - high-technology manufacturing sectors	2,241,608	29.7	20.6	269.3	19,325.0	4,991.6	23.9	15.4	8,325.0	2,228.6	19.5	12.8	
C.1 Chemical industry (CNAE 20)	370,081	4.9	3.4	171.9	4,607.5	2,276.6	5.7	3.7	2,152.9	1,087.4	5.0	3.3	
C.2 Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment (CNAE 25)	10,111	0.1	0.1	116.4	137.5	25.1	0.2	0.1	86.9	15.0	0.2	0.1	
C.3 Manufacture of electrical material and equipment, manufacture of NCOP machinery and equipment, manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers (CNAE 27 to 29)	1,663,549	22.1	15.3	304.0	12,907.3	2,211.0	16.0	10.3	5,471.6	946.6	12.8	8.4	
C.4 Manufacture of other transport material except: shipbuilding, aeronautical and space construction and their machinery (CNAE 30 except 30.1 and 30.3)	149,235	2.0	1.4	546.7	1,085.0	257.9	1.3	0.9	273.0	59.5	0.6	0.4	
C.5 Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies (CNAE 32.5)	48,632	0.7	0.5	142.7	587.7	221.1	0.7	0.5	340.7	120.6	0.8	0.5	
D. High-technology services	3,659,007	48.5	33.6	132.4	48,026.6	15,142.8	59.5	38.3	27,635.4	8,705.1	64.7	42.6	
D.1 Motion picture, video and television programme activities, sound recording and music publishing activities Radio and television programming and broadcasting activities. Telecommunications programming, consulting and other IT information activities (CNAE 59 to 63)	1,613,268	21.4	14.8	125.9	26,372.0	5,670.0	32.6	21.0	12,818.1	2,634.1	30.0	19.8	
D.2 Research and development (CNAE 72)	2,045,740	27.1	18.8	138.1	21,654.7	9,471.8	26.8	17.3	14,817.3	6,072.1	34.7	22.8	
Total high and medium-high technology sectors (A+D)	7,537,161	100.0	69.1	176.4	80,777.7	25,606.5	100.0	64.3	42,724.2	13,176.1	100.0	65.8	
Total business sector	10,901,728	144.6	100.0	167.9	125,529.2	39,629.6	155.4	100.0	64,911.9	20,116.2	151.9	100.0	
Notes:
1) '.'=data point not available
 2) FTE: Full Time Equivalence 
 3) Source: Statistics on Scientific Research and Technological Development activities
 4) High Technology Sector as per CNAE 2009: 20, 21, 25.4, 26, 27-29, 30 except 30.1, 32.5, 59-63 and 72.
Source: National Statistics Institute