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According to the quoted source, the data was registered in 2006, when the EU states spent, on R&D, and average 1.84% of the GDP, the numbers varying between some 0.42%, in Cyprus (provisional value), and 3.82% in Sweden.
According to Eurostat, aside from Sweden, Finland and Germany are topping the chart of states that invest in R&D, with 3.45%, and 2.51% respectively.
Last ranked are, aside from Cyprus and Romania, Bulgaria – which invests 0.48 % ofn the GDP in R&D – and Slovakia (0.49% of the GDP).