Business enterprise R-D expenditure by industry presents research and development (R&D) expenditure statistics performed in the business enterprise sector by industry according to the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC) revision 3.1. Data are presented from 1987 onwards. This breakdown between industries is, in principle, made at the enterprise level, although some countries are able to break down R&D data for multi product enterprises between their main lines of business. This dataset comprises statistics on R-D expenditure by industry including agriculture, mining, manufacturing, electricity, construction and services sector