I'm looking at a study and it's comparing these two: 現状（２６年度）and 調査結果（３０年度）.

So it's comparing the "present condition" and the "research results" but what
does the XX年度 mean?
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What's 年度? (Comparing research results)
年度 is the financial year (or maybe academic year if it's a research paper), so
2020年度 would the the financial year of 2020. So why do the numbers look weird?
I think in your example the year is measured in eras so ３０年度 would be the 30th
year of the 平成 (Heisei) era. This ended with 平成31 in 2019.
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