Higher education sector contributions make up the largest share of R&D expenditure (40%), followed by the business sector (35%), the science councils sector (11%), the not-for-profit sector (8%) and lastly the government sector (6%). Only the government and higher education sectors increased the amount invested in R&D in 2018/19, while the business, not-for-profit, and science councils sectors decreased from 2017/18 to 2018/19.