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Research and innovation

The new frontiers of knowledge and advanced solutions for economic and social development are the key to achieving continuous growth.

Creating a dynamic ecosystem capable of attracting talent and capital and of transforming local challenges into opportunities for sustainable advancement.

Tuscany by the numbers

7,04
Researchers according to the Ocse–Eurostat definition per 1.000 inhabitants of the average resident population in the reference year
R&I employees per 1.000 inhabitants

(The mean for Italy: 5.74)
(Data from ISTAT, 2022)

1,53 %
R&D expenditure as a percentage of regional GDP

(Italy: 1,40)
(Data from ISTAT, 2022)

0,87 %
Expenditure on research and development by public and private enterprises as a percentage of GDP
Enterprise R&D expenditure as a percentage of regional GDP

(Italy: 0,84%)
(Data from ISTAT, 2022)

38,90 %
Enterprises with at least 10 employees that introduced technological innovations (product and process) in the reference three-year period, as a percentage of the total number of enterprises with at least 10 employees
Innovation rate of the production system

(Data from ISTAT, 2018–2020)

407
Number of European R&I projects with at least one participant from Tuscany (Universities, public research organisations or enterprises)

(Data from CORDIS for the last two years)

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The research system

Policies supporting research

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The following open data sets were used:

The National Register of Students (ANS) is an administrative archive listing the students registered in the Italian university system. Through this portal, the MIUR allows for the archive to be consulted in real time, with information on enrolments, registrations and degrees of all universities authorized to issue a university degree (both state and non-state).
The data portal of higher education edited and managed by the Statistical Office of MIUR (Source MIUR).

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