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This is alist of countries by research and development (R&D)spending inreal terms, based on data published by theWorld Bank, theUnited Nations Economic Commission for Europe and theOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
According to theWorld Bank: “Gross domestic expenditures onresearch 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 theUnited 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 theOrganisation 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, universities 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]
The following table provides information on R&D spending, based on data published by theWorld Bank,[5] theUnited Nations Economic Commission for Europe[6] and theOrganisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.[2] The indicator is measured in USD constant prices using the 2015 base year andpurchasing power parities (PPPs) by OECD and as percentage of GDP. As of 2022,Israel leads the world in R&D spending as a percentage ofGDP, followed bySouth Korea, theUnited States,Japan,Belgium andSweden.
| Country | WB[7] | UNECE[8] | OECD[9][10] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R&D expenditure | R&D expenditure | Gross domestic spending on R&D | |||||
| % of GDP | Year | % of GDP | Year | % of GDP | mil USDPPC | Year | |
| 0.15 | 2008 | ||||||
| 0.53 | 2017 | ||||||
| 0.40 | 2006 | ||||||
| 0.03 | 2016 | ||||||
| 0.52 | 2021 | ||||||
| 0.21 | 2022 | 0.21 | 2022 | ||||
| 1.83 | 2019 | ||||||
| 3.26 | 2021 | 3.26 | 2021 | 3.20 | 15,247.24 | 2022 | |
| 0.15 | 2022 | 0.15 | 2022 | ||||
| 0.10 | 2014 | ||||||
| 0.48 | 2022 | 0.48 | 2022 | ||||
| 3.43 | 2021 | 3.43 | 2021 | 3.41 | 19,815.99 | 2022 | |
| 0.23 | 2020 | ||||||
| 7 | 2021 | ||||||
| 0.19 | 2022 | 0.19 | 2022 | ||||
| 0.56 | 2013 | ||||||
| 1.15 | 2020 | ||||||
| 0.28 | 2018 | ||||||
| 0.77 | 2021 | 0.77 | 2021 | ||||
| 0.25 | 2021 | ||||||
| 0.21 | 2018 | ||||||
| 0.07 | 2011 | ||||||
| 0.12 | 2015 | ||||||
| 1.55 | 2022 | 1.55 | 2022 | 1.71 | 32,444.09 | 2022 | |
| 0.30 | 2016 | ||||||
| 0.33 | 2020 | ||||||
| 2.43 | 2021 | ||||||
| 0.29 | 2020 | ||||||
| 0.28 | 2021 | ||||||
| 1.24 | 2021 | 1.24 | 2021 | ||||
| 0.32 | 2021 | ||||||
| 0.83 | 2021 | 0.83 | 2021 | ||||
| 2.00 | 2021 | 2.00 | 2021 | 1.96 | 8,065.57 | 2022 | |
| 0.07 | 2016 | ||||||
| 0.41 | 2015 | ||||||
| 2.81 | 2021 | 2.81 | 2021 | 2.89 | 9,482.75 | 2022 | |
| 0.44 | 2014 | ||||||
| 1.02 | 2022 | ||||||
| 0.16 | 2021 | ||||||
| 1.75 | 2021 | 1.75 | 2021 | 1.78 | 851.98 | 2022 | |
| 0.27 | 2015 | ||||||
| 0.27 | 2017 | ||||||
| 0.85 | 2003 | ||||||
| 2.99 | 2021 | 2.99 | 2021 | 2.96 | 7,630.49 | 2022 | |
| 2.22 | 2021 | 2.22 | 2021 | 2.18 | 63,972.56 | 2022 | |
| 0.58 | 2009 | ||||||
| 0.07 | 2018 | ||||||
| 0.24 | 2022 | 0.24 | 2022 | ||||
| 3.14 | 2021 | 3.14 | 2021 | 3.13 | 131,833.55 | 2022 | |
| 0.38 | 2010 | ||||||
| 1.46 | 2021 | 1.46 | 2021 | 1.49 | 4,673.54 | 2022 | |
| 0.65 | 2004 | ||||||
| 0.26 | 2005 | ||||||
| 0.06 | 2021 | ||||||
| 0.06 | 2019 | ||||||
| 1.07 | 2022 | ||||||
| 1.64 | 2021 | 1.64 | 2021 | 1.39 | 4,632.64 | 2022 | |
| 2.81 | 2021 | 2.81 | 2021 | 2.60 | 533.65 | 2022 | |
| 0.65 | 2020 | ||||||
| 0.28 | 2020 | ||||||
| 0.79 | 2019 | ||||||
| 0.04 | 2021 | ||||||
| 1.13 | 2021 | 1.13 | 2021 | 0.96 | 5,346.65 | 2022 | |
| 5.56 | 2021 | 5.56 | 2021 | 6.02 | 24,338.76 | 2022 | |
| 1.45 | 2021 | 1.45 | 2021 | 1.32 | 31,678.33 | 2022 | |
| 0.06 | 2002 | ||||||
| 3.30 | 2021 | 3.41 | 180,459.43 | 2022 | |||
| 0.70 | 2016 | ||||||
| 0.12 | 2022 | 0.12 | 2022 | ||||
| 0.41 | 2022 | ||||||
| 0.08 | 2022 | ||||||
| 0.08 | 2022 | 0.08 | 2022 | ||||
| 0.04 | 2002 | ||||||
| 0.74 | 2021 | 0.74 | 2021 | 0.76 | 441.57 | 2022 | |
| 0.05 | 2015 | ||||||
| 1.11 | 2021 | 1.11 | 2021 | 1.02 | 1,086.65 | 2022 | |
| 1.04 | 2021 | 1.04 | 2021 | 0.98 | 715.64 | 2022 | |
| 0.49 | 2022 | ||||||
| 0.01 | 2017 | ||||||
| 0.95 | 2020 | ||||||
| 0.17 | 2021 | ||||||
| 0.67 | 2021 | 0.67 | 2021 | ||||
| 0.01 | 2018 | ||||||
| 0.31 | 2022 | ||||||
| 0.27 | 2022 | ||||||
| 0.23 | 2022 | 0.23 | 2022 | ||||
| 0.04 | 2005 | ||||||
| 0.00 | 2022 | ||||||
| 0.36 | 2019 | 0.36 | 2019 | ||||
| 0.66 | 2010 | ||||||
| 0.31 | 2015 | ||||||
| 0.04 | 2022 | ||||||
| 0.35 | 2014 | ||||||
| 0.30 | 2010 | ||||||
| 2.31 | 2021 | 2.31 | 2021 | 2.30 | 22,861.22 | 2022 | |
| 1.45 | 2021 | ||||||
| 0.11 | 2015 | ||||||
| 0.28 | 2019 | ||||||
| 0.38 | 2022 | 0.38 | 2022 | ||||
| 1.94 | 2021 | 1.94 | 2021 | 1.56 | 7,209.06 | 2022 | |
| 0.28 | 2022 | ||||||
| 0.16 | 2021 | ||||||
| 0.45 | 2013 | ||||||
| 0.18 | 2022 | ||||||
| 0.03 | 2016 | ||||||
| 0.14 | 2021 | ||||||
| 0.16 | 2022 | ||||||
| 0.32 | 2018 | ||||||
| 1.44 | 2021 | 1.44 | 2021 | 1.45 | 19,638.97 | 2022 | |
| 1.73 | 2022 | 1.73 | 2022 | 1.70 | 6,039.44 | 2022 | |
| 0.43 | 2015 | ||||||
| 0.68 | 2021 | ||||||
| 0.41 | 2022 | ||||||
| 0.47 | 2021 | 0.47 | 2021 | ||||
| 0.94 | 2022 | 0.94 | 2022 | ||||
| 0.76 | 2019 | ||||||
| 0.27 | 1999 | ||||||
| 0.11 | 2002 | ||||||
| 0.46 | 2022 | ||||||
| 0.58 | 2015 | ||||||
| 0.97 | 2022 | 0.97 | 2022 | ||||
| 0.22 | 2016 | ||||||
| 2.16 | 2020 | ||||||
| 0.92 | 2021 | 0.92 | 2021 | 0.98 | 1,843.37 | 2022 | |
| 2.13 | 2021 | 2.13 | 2021 | 2.11 | 1,708.27 | 2022 | |
| 0.60 | 2020 | ||||||
| 4.93 | 2021 | 5.21 | 119,643.78 | 2022 | |||
| 1.43 | 2021 | 1.43 | 2021 | 1.44 | 25,758.29 | 2022 | |
| 0.12 | 2020 | ||||||
| 0.22 | 2005 | ||||||
| 3.42 | 2021 | 3.42 | 2021 | 3.41 | 19,031.00 | 2022 | |
| 3.36 | 2021 | 3.36 | 2021 | ||||
| 0.02 | 2015 | ||||||
| 0.09 | 2020 | 0.09 | 2020 | ||||
| 0.51 | 2013 | ||||||
| 1.21 | 2021 | ||||||
| 0.20 | 2014 | ||||||
| 0.05 | 2021 | ||||||
| 0.75 | 2019 | ||||||
| 1.40 | 2021 | 1.40 | 2021 | 1.32 | 36,986.66 | 2022 | |
| 0.14 | 2014 | ||||||
| 0.33 | 2022 | 0.33 | 2022 | ||||
| 1.50 | 2021 | ||||||
| 2.91 | 2021 | 2.91 | 2021 | ||||
| 0.03 | 2007 | ||||||
| 3.46 | 2021 | 3.46 | 2021 | 3.59 | 761,582.95 | 2022 | |
| 0.63 | 2022 | ||||||
| 0.16 | 2022 | 0.16 | 2022 | ||||
| 0.69 | 2016 | ||||||
| 0.43 | 2021 | ||||||
| 0.28 | 2008 | ||||||
| 2.11 | 408,322.10 | 2022 | |||||
| OECD | 2.73 | 1,707,220.86 | 2022 | ||||