Benchmarking Regional Innovation: A Comparison of Bavaria, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland

Table 1: Basic Regional Indicators, R&D and Patent Comparisons

	Bavaria	Republic of Ireland	Northern Ireland	Federal Republic of Germany	United Kingdom
Population 1996 (000s)	12018.7	3626.1	1663.3	81914.8	58801.5
Population Density 1996 Persons/km²	170.4	51.6	117.5	229.4	241.2
GDP per capita 1995-97 (EU15=100)	127	96	80	110	99
Unemployment rate April 1998 (%) Patent applications Per capita 1996 R&D Expenditure as % of GDP in 1996	5.7	7.9	8.8	9.8	6.2
	270.91	39.38	16.05	181.47	82.25
	1.60	1.30	0.96	1.50	1.93
Of which: Business Sector	1.04	0.64	0.48	0.83	1.27
Government Sector	0.22	0.10	0.14	0.25	0.28
Higher Education	0.34	0.56	0.34	0.42	0.38

Note: GDP per capita figures were originally in ECU per capita and expressed as a
percentage of the EU15.

Source: Statistics in Focus, Eurostat

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