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Research and Development Spending, 2004

Figures for 2004, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Research and Development Spending, 2004 covers 94 countries. Israel is highest, at 3.7470; Bosnia and Herzegovina is lowest, at 0.0159. The middle country reads 0.4932. Against 2003, 87 values changed (39 up, 48 down), 7 countries joined, 6 left.

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Research and Development Spending · Data for 2004

HighestIsrael

3.7470

LowestBosnia and Herzegovina

0.0159

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, 2004, 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 94 countries · select a heading to sort

Research and Development Spending, 2004: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1IsraelISRWestern Asia3.7470
2SwedenSWENorthern Europe3.3663
3FinlandFINNorthern Europe3.3094
4JapanJPNEastern Asia2.9813
5SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.6082
6United StatesUSANorthern America2.4869
7DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.4133
8GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.4028
9South KoreaKOREastern Asia2.3529
10AustriaAUTWestern Europe2.1824
11FranceFRAWestern Europe2.1044
12SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2.0786
13CanadaCANNorthern America1.9974
14AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.8480
15BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.8205
16NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.7813
17LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.5882
18NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.5398
19United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.5309
20SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe1.3806
21ChinaCHNEastern Asia1.1973
22IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.1778
23RussiaRUSEastern Europe1.1513
24CzechiaCZEEastern Europe1.1362
25ItalyITASouthern Europe1.0466

02In 2004

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Israel3.7470
  2. 2Sweden3.3663
  3. 3Finland3.3094
  4. 4Japan2.9813
  5. 5Switzerland2.6082

Lowest

  1. 94Bosnia and Herzegovina0.0159
  2. 93Zambia0.0222
  3. 92Brunei0.0338
  4. 91United States Virgin Islands0.0342
  5. 90Monaco0.0379

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.4932. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032003 → 2004

Since 2003

What changed between 2003 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +7 / −6countries joined / left
  • 87values changed, of 87 in both
  • 39 · 48rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Australia+ Switzerland+ DR Congo+ Egypt+ Sri Lanka+ Monaco+ Malaysia− Ecuador− Faroe Islands− Iceland− Morocco− New Zealand− Philippines

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

  • 93 distinct values among 94

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 5 decimals. 2 countries share 0.2678. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • 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 94 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) (2004). Research and Development Spending, 2004 [data set], describing 2004. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rd-spending/2004

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07Questions

Research and Development Spending, 2004: questions and answers

Which country has the highest research and development spending in Research and Development Spending, 2004?

Israel, at 3.7470, of the 94 countries in the file.

What year does Research and Development Spending, 2004 describe?

2004.

How many countries does Research and Development Spending, 2004 cover?

94.

Where can I download Research and Development Spending, 2004?

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, 2004 the newest?

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

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