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WORLD STATISTICS

Rankings

Research and development expenditure (% of GDP)

percent of GDP. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics, via World Bank.

115 countries. Each uses its most recent reported year (2019–2024); countries without a report in the last five years of coverage are excluded. Regional aggregates are not ranked.

  1. 1Israel6.35%2023
  2. 2Liechtenstein6.01%2023
  3. 3Korea, Rep.4.94%2023
  4. 4Sweden3.60%2023
  5. 5United States3.45%2023
  6. 6Japan3.44%2023
  7. 7Belgium3.27%2023
  8. 8Austria3.26%2023
  9. 9Switzerland3.22%2023
  10. 10Germany3.15%2023
  11. 11Finland3.09%2023
  12. 12Denmark3.05%2023
  13. 13United Kingdom2.68%2023
  14. 14Iceland2.64%2023
  15. 15China2.58%2023
  16. 16Netherlands2.27%2023
  17. 17France2.18%2023
  18. 18Slovenia2.13%2023
  19. 19Australia1.86%2021
  20. 20Norway1.85%2023
  21. 21Estonia1.84%2023
  22. 22Czechia1.83%2023
  23. 23Singapore1.81%2022
  24. 24Canada1.79%2024
  25. 25Portugal1.69%2023
  26. 26Ireland1.59%2023
  27. 27Poland1.56%2023
  28. 28New Zealand1.55%2023
  29. 30Greece1.49%2023
  30. 31Spain1.49%2023
  31. 32Turkiye1.42%2023
  32. 33Croatia1.39%2023
  33. 34Italy1.38%2023
  34. 35Hungary1.38%2023
  35. 36Brazil1.19%2023
  36. 38Luxembourg1.07%2023
  37. 39Lithuania1.05%2023
  38. 40Slovak Republic1.03%2023
  39. 41Egypt, Arab Rep.1.02%2024
  40. 42Malaysia1.01%2022
  41. 43Serbia0.94%2024
  42. 45Thailand0.94%2023
  43. 46Latvia0.82%2023
  44. 47Kenya0.81%2024
  45. 48Bulgaria0.79%2023
  46. 49Rwanda0.78%2023
  47. 50Tunisia0.75%2019
  48. 52Uruguay0.70%2023
  49. 53Cyprus0.68%2023
  50. 54Qatar0.68%2021
  51. 55Malta0.65%2023
  52. 56Namibia0.65%2022
  53. 57India0.65%2020
  54. 58Saudi Arabia0.64%2024
  55. 59South Africa0.61%2022
  56. 60Argentina0.60%2023
  57. 61Belarus0.59%2024
  58. 62Romania0.52%2023
  59. 63Algeria0.44%2024
  60. 64Cuba0.44%2024
  61. 65Uganda0.44%2023
  62. 66Viet Nam0.41%2023
  63. 67Chile0.39%2022
  64. 68Oman0.39%2024
  65. 69Congo, Rep.0.38%2022
  66. 70North Macedonia0.37%2024
  67. 71Ukraine0.37%2024
  68. 72Montenegro0.36%2019
  69. 73Costa Rica0.34%2023
  70. 74Macao SAR, China0.31%2024
  71. 75Colombia0.29%2020
  72. 76Armenia0.29%2024
  73. 77Nigeria0.28%2019
  74. 78Indonesia0.28%2020
  75. 79Philippines0.28%2020
  76. 80Georgia0.26%2024
  77. 81Mauritius0.26%2024
  78. 82Mexico0.25%2024
  79. 83Bermuda0.23%2020
  80. 84Togo0.22%2024
  81. 85Moldova0.22%2024
  82. 87Azerbaijan0.21%2024
  83. 88Albania0.20%2022
  84. 89Panama0.20%2024
  85. 90Bahrain0.19%2024
  86. 91Malawi0.18%2019
  87. 92Peru0.18%2023
  88. 93Pakistan0.16%2023
  89. 94Kazakhstan0.16%2024
  90. 95Andorra0.16%2022
  91. 96Mali0.15%2023
  92. 97Paraguay0.14%2023
  93. 98Sri Lanka0.11%2022
  94. 99Burkina Faso0.10%2024
  95. 100Uzbekistan0.10%2024
  96. 101El Salvador0.10%2023
  97. 102Bhutan0.10%2024
  98. 103Lesotho0.09%2023
  99. 104Turkmenistan0.09%2023
  100. 105Tajikistan0.09%2020
  101. 106Kuwait0.09%2024
  102. 107Mongolia0.08%2022
  103. 108Bolivia0.06%2021
  104. 109Honduras0.06%2019
  105. 110Kyrgyz Republic0.05%2024
  106. 113Iraq0.04%2021
  107. 114Myanmar0.02%2023
  108. 115Guatemala0.01%2023