NSTC data show business enterprises performed 85.6% of Taiwan’s R&D spending in 2024.
This statistic shows that Taiwan’s R&D system is heavily business-led. The business-enterprise sector alone performed more than ten times the government-sector R&D amount. The split fits Taiwan’s industrial structure, where firms rather than universities are the main site of applied research spending.
Source 1: R&D Expenditure by Sector of Performance
Publisher: National Science and Technology Council
Dataset/table: III-1-2 R&D Expenditure by Sector of Performance
Units: NT$ million
Date checked: 2026-05-07
Status: verified
Note: NSTC reports 2024 R&D expenditure by sector: total 1,049,307, business 898,610, government 86,673, higher education 62,892 and nonprofit 1,133 NT$ million.
NSTC labels the university category as High Education Sector. Percentages may not sum to exactly 100 because of rounding.
NSTC reports 2024 R&D expenditure by sector: total 1,049,307, business 898,610, government 86,673, higher education 62,892 and nonprofit 1,133 NT$ million.
Values use NSTC R&D expenditure by sector of performance for 2024, in NT$ millions. Shares are calculated as sector expenditure divided by total R&D expenditure.
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