Technology and innovation

• In the two-year period ended 30 June 2021, over half of all businesses (52%) reported being innovation-active.
• Of the innovation-active businesses, 36% collaborated and/or had a fee-for-service arrangement for innovation.
• 24% of innovation-active businesses collaborated for innovation.

• Expenditure on R&D performed by Australian government organisations during the 2020-21 financial year was $3,618 million, an increase of $288 million in comparison to 2018-19.  
• Expenditure on R&D performed by Australian private non-profit (PNP) organisations during the 2020-21 financial year was $1,399 million.

• Expenditure on Research and Experimental Development (R&D) performed by Australian higher education organisations during the 2020 calendar year was $12,668 million.

• Higher Education Expenditure on R&D (HERD) as a proportion of GDP decreased from 0.62% in 2018 to 0.61% in 2020.  

• During 2019-20, business expenditure on R&D (BERD) was $18,171 million.
• Business human resources devoted to R&D totalled 77,724 person years of effort (PYE).
• Businesses in the Professional, scientific and technical services industry recorded the largest increase in R&D expenditure (up $988 million or 19%) followed by Manufacturing (up $164 million or 4%) from 2017-18.
• 39% of total business R&D expenditure was in the field of Information and Computing Sciences.

• 21% of innovation-active businesses collaborated with others for innovation in 2019-20, compared to 14% in 2018-19.
• 55% of all businesses reported use of paid cloud computing in 2019-20, compared to 42% in 2017-18.
• Internet security incidents decreased to 8% in 2019-20.
• 78% of businesses reported receiving government financial assistance in 2019-20.

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