Central Government Budget Appropriations and Outlays on R&D, 2019
Central government budget outlays on R&D amounted to 13 billion 24 million TL in 2018
Central government budget outlays on Research and Development (R&D) activities amounted to 13 billion 24 million TL as in comparison with the previous year increased by 21.6% in 2018. According to this result, Central Government Budget expenditures on R&D accounted for 0.35% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and 1.4% of the Central Government Budget expenditure in 2018.
According to provisional results based on initial budget appropriations, Turkey has allocated 15 billion 597 million TL on R&D for the budgetary year 2019.
Indirect R&D support was 4 billion 599 million TL for the year 2018
Total amount of indirect R&D support (R&D tax relieves) was 4 billion 599 million TL for the year 2018.
Central government budget appropriations and outlays on R&D and indirect R&D support(1), 2008-2019(2)
(1)Indirect R&D support was calculated by using the Ministry of Treasury and Finance’s data.
(2)2019 value based on initial appropriations.
Most important socio-economic objective was General University Funds
The largest share of Central Government Budget appropriations on R&D was directed to the socio-economic objective ‘General advancement of knowledge: R&D financed from General University Funds (GUF)’ with 40.4% for the year 2019. This share was 34.4% for ‘Defense’, 6.8% for ‘Industrial production and technology’, 4.3% for ‘General advancement of knowledge: R&D financed from other sources than GUF’ and 4% for ‘Education’ respectively.
Socio-economic objectives, 2019
The next release on this subject will be in July, 2020.
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EXPLANATIONS
Measuring R&D activities financed by Government (Central Government) based on initial budget appropriations (provisional) and actual outlays (final) are important to identify Government support for R&D or priority of R&D support in Central Government Budget. This covers not only government-financed R&D performed in government establishments, but also government-financed R&D in the other three national sectors (business enterprise, private non-profit, higher education) as well as abroad (including international organisations).
Indirect R&D support covers tax incentives and exemptions based on the Law 193, 5520, 4691, 5746 and 3065. These figures were calculated by using data from the Ministry of Treasury and Finance.
Source: TÜİK
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