Research and development expenditure - Country rankings
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Research and development expenditure, percent of GDP, 2018 - Country rankings:
The average for 2018 based on 72 countries was 1.17 percent.The highest value was in Israel: 4.95 percent and the lowest value was in Mauritania: 0.01 percent. The indicator is available from 1996 to 2018. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.Measure: percent; Source: The United Nations
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4.95
4.81
3.34
3.26
3.17
3.09
3.06
2.84
2.82
2.77
2.21
2.20
2.19
2.16
2.07
2.03
1.94
1.93
1.72
1.57
1.55
1.43
1.40
1.37
1.30
1.24
1.24
1.21
1.18
1.15
0.99
0.97
0.94
0.92
0.86
0.83
0.77
0.72
0.65
0.63
0.61
0.60
0.57
0.56
0.51
0.51
0.47
0.37
0.36
0.35
0.31
0.30
0.28
0.26
0.25
0.24
0.23
0.22
0.21
0.20
0.20
0.19
0.18
0.13
0.13
0.12
0.10
0.10
0.07
0.06
0.04
0.01
0
1.2
2.5
3.7
4.95
Definition: Gross domestic expenditures on research and development (R&D), expressed as a percent of GDP. They 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.
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