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Research and Development Spending, 1997

Figures for 1997, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Research and Development Spending, 1997 covers 69 countries. Sweden is highest, at 3.273; Zambia is lowest, at 0.007. The middle country reads 0.564. Against 1996, 48 values changed (32 up, 16 down), 21 countries joined, 4 left.

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Research and Development Spending · Data for 1997

HighestSweden

3.273

LowestZambia

0.007

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Research and Development Spending, 1997, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 69 countries · select a heading to sort

Research and Development Spending, 1997: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1SwedenSWENorthern Europe3.273
2JapanJPNEastern Asia2.722
3IsraelISRWestern Asia2.695
4FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.623
5United StatesUSANorthern America2.477
6GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.182
7South KoreaKOREastern Asia2.174
8FranceFRAWestern Europe2.152
9DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.892
10NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.842
11BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.810
12IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.798
13AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.663
14CanadaCANNorthern America1.614
15NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.594
16United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.537
17SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.416
18SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe1.249
19IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.243
20UkraineUKREastern Europe1.192
21New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.056
22SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe1.046
23RussiaRUSEastern Europe1.044
24ItalyITASouthern Europe0.985
25CzechiaCZEEastern Europe0.983

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Sweden3.273
  2. 2Japan2.722
  3. 3Israel2.695
  4. 4Finland2.623
  5. 5United States2.477

Lowest

  1. 69Zambia0.007
  2. 68Bermuda0.059
  3. 67Myanmar0.060
  4. 66Ecuador0.063
  5. 65Nicaragua0.065

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.564. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +21 / −4countries joined / left
  • 48values changed, of 48 in both
  • 32 · 16rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Armenia+ Bermuda+ Greece+ Iceland+ Kazakhstan+ Kyrgyzstan+ Kuwait+ Madagascar+ North Macedonia+ Myanmar+ Mongolia+ Mauritius+ Nicaragua+ Norway+ New Zealand+ Pakistan+ Peru+ Serbia+ Sweden+ Ukraine+ South Africa− Australia− Switzerland− Sri Lanka− Malaysia

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • The position is ours

    UIS publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 69 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially with credit — and anything you publish that adapts it must carry the same licence.

Cite this edition

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1997). Research and Development Spending, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rd-spending/1997

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07Questions

Research and Development Spending, 1997: questions and answers

Which country has the highest research and development spending in Research and Development Spending, 1997?

Sweden, at 3.273, of the 69 countries in the file.

What year does Research and Development Spending, 1997 describe?

1997.

How many countries does Research and Development Spending, 1997 cover?

69.

Where can I download Research and Development Spending, 1997?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Research and Development Spending, 1997 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Research and Development Spending, 2023.

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