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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