List of sovereign states by research and development spending

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$2000-$2249
$1750-$1999
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$1250-$1499
$1000-$1249
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World map of sovereign states by research and development spending per capita, according to OECD
  $2000-$2249
  $1750-$1999
  $1500-$1749
  $1250-$1499
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This is a list of countries by research and development (R&D) spending in real terms, based on data published by World Bank, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Contents

According to World Bank, ″Gross domestic expenditures on research and development (R&D) include both capital and current expenditures in the four main sectors: Business enterprise, Government, Higher education and Private non-profit. R&D covers basic research, applied research, and experimental development.″ [3]

According to United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, ″Research and development (R&D) expenditure as a proportion of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is defined as the total intramural expenditure on research and experimental development (R&D) performed in the national territory during a specific reference period expressed as a percentage of national gross domestic product (GDP).″ [4]

According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, ″Gross domestic spending on R&D is defined as the total expenditure (current and capital) on R&D carried out by all resident companies, research institutes, university and government laboratories, etc., in a country. It includes R&D funded from abroad, but excludes domestic funds for R&D performed outside the domestic economy.″ [2]

As of 2022, Israel leads the world in R&D spending as a percentage of GDP, followed by South Korea, the United States, Japan, Belgium and Sweden.

List

The following table provides information on R&D spending, based on data published by World Bank, [5] United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, [6] and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. [2] The indicator is measured in USD constant prices using 2015 base year and purchasing power parities (PPPs) by OECD and as percentage of GDP.

Research and development expenditure
Country WB [7] UNECE [8] OECD [9] [10]
Research and development expenditureResearch and development expenditureGross domestic spending on R&D
 % of GDPYear % of GDPYear % of GDPmil USD  PPC Year
Flag of Albania.svg  Albania 0.15%2008
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 0.53%2017
Flag of American Samoa.svg  American Samoa 0.40%2006
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola 0.03%2016
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 0.52%2021
Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 0.21%20220.21%2022
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 1.83%2019
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 3.26%20213.26%20213.20%15,247.242022
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan 0.15%20220.15%2022
Flag of Bahrain.svg  Bahrain 0.10%2014
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 0.48%20220.48%2022
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 3.43%20213.43%20213.41%19,815.992022
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 0.23%2020
Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 0.16%2009
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.19%20220.19%2022
Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 0.56%2013
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 1.15%2020
Flag of Brunei.svg  Brunei 0.28%2018
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 0.77%20210.77%2021
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg  Burkina Faso 0.25%2021
Flag of Burundi.svg  Burundi 0.21%2018
Flag of Cape Verde.svg  Cabo Verde 0.07%2011
Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia 0.12%2015
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1.55%20221.55%20221.71%32,444.092022
Flag of Chad.svg  Chad 0.30%2016
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 0.33%2020
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2.43%2021
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 0.29%2020
Flag of Costa Rica.svg  Costa Rica 0.28%2021
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1.24%20211.24%2021
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba 0.32%2021
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 0.83%20210.83%2021
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2.00%20212.00%20211.96%8,065.572022
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Côte d'Ivoire 0.07%2016
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.41%2015
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2.81%20212.81%20212.89%9,482.752022
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Ecuador 0.44%2014
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt 1.02%2022
Flag of El Salvador.svg  El Salvador 0.16%2021
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1.75%20211.75%20211.78%851.982022
Flag of Eswatini.svg  Eswatini 0.27%2015
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 0.27%2017
Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg  Faroe Islands 0.85%2003
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2.99%20212.99%20212.96%7,630.492022
Flag of France.svg  France 2.22%20212.22%20212.18%63,972.562022
Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 0.58%2009
Flag of The Gambia.svg  Gambia 0.07%2018
Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia 0.24%20220.24%2022
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3.14%20213.14%20213.13%131,833.552022
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 0.38%2010
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1.46%20211.46%20211.49%4,673.542022
Flag of Greenland.svg  Greenland 0.65%2004
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam 0.26%2005
Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala 0.06%2021
Flag of Honduras.svg  Honduras 0.06%2019
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 1.07%2022
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1.64%20211.64%20211.39%4,632.642022
Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 2.81%20212.81%20212.60%533.652022
Flag of India.svg  India 0.65%2020
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 0.28%2020
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 0.79%2019
Flag of Iraq.svg  Iraq 0.04%2021
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 1.13%20211.13%20210.96%5,346.652022
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 5.56%20215.56%20216.02%24,338.762022
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1.45%20211.45%20211.32%31,678.332022
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 0.06%2002
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3.30%20213.41%180,459.432022
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 0.70%2016
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 0.12%20220.12%2022
Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 0.41%2022
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 0.08%2022
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg  Kyrgyzstan 0.08%20220.08%2022
Flag of Laos.svg  Laos 0.04%2002
Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 0.74%20210.74%20210.76%441.572022
Flag of Lesotho.svg  Lesotho 0.05%2015
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 1.11%20211.11%20211.02%1,086.652022
Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1.04%20211.04%20210.98%715.642022
Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 0.49%2022
Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar 0.01%2017
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 0.95%2020
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 0.17%2021
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta 0.67%20210.67%2021
Flag of Mauritania.svg  Mauritania 0.01%2018
Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 0.31%2022
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 0.27%2022
Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 0.23%20220.23%2022
Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco 0.04%2005
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 0.00%2022
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 0.36%20190.36%2019
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco 0.66%2010
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 0.31%2015
Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar 0.04%2022
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 0.35%2014
Flag of Nepal.svg  Nepal 0.30%2010
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2.31%20212.31%20212.30%22,861.222022
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1.45%2021
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua 0.11%2015
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 0.28%2019
Flag of North Macedonia.svg  North Macedonia 0.38%20220.38%2022
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1.94%20211.94%20211.56%7,209.062022
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 0.28%2022
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 0.16%2021
Flag of Palestine.svg  Palestine 0.45%2013
Flag of Panama.svg  Panama 0.18%2022
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 0.03%2016
Flag of Paraguay.svg  Paraguay 0.14%2021
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 0.16%2022
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 0.32%2018
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1.44%20211.44%20211.45%19,638.972022
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1.73%20221.73%20221.70%6,039.442022
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico 0.43%2015
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 0.68%2021
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo 0.41%2022
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 0.47%20210.47%2021
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0.94%20220.94%2022
Flag of Rwanda.svg  Rwanda 0.76%2019
Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia 0.27%1999
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.11%2002
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia 0.46%2022
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 0.58%2015
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 0.97%20220.97%2022
Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 0.22%2016
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2.16%2020
Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 0.92%20210.92%20210.98%1,843.372022
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2.13%20212.13%20212.11%1,708.272022
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 0.60%2020
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 4.93%20215.21%119,643.782022
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1.43%20211.43%20211.44%25,758.292022
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 0.12%2020
Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 0.22%2005
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3.42%20213.42%20213.41%19,031.002022
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 3.36%20213.36%2021
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 0.02%2015
Flag of Tajikistan.svg  Tajikistan 0.09%20200.09%2020
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania 0.51%2013
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1.21%2021
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo 0.20%2014
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago 0.05%2021
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 0.75%2019
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1.40%20211.40%20211.32%36,986.662022
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 0.14%2014
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 0.33%20220.33%2022
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 1.50%2021
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2.91%20212.91%2021
Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  United States Virgin Islands 0.03%2007
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 3.46%20213.46%20213.59%761,582.952022
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 0.42%2021
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 0.16%20220.16%2022
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 0.69%2016
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam 0.43%2021
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia 0.28%2008
Flag of Europe.svg  European Union 2.11%408,322.10 2022
OECD 2.73%1,707,220.86 2022

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