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Research and Development Spending, 2005

Figures for 2005, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Research and Development Spending, 2005 covers 93 countries. Israel is highest, at 3.91123; Zambia is lowest, at 0.02493. The middle country reads 0.53008. Against 2004, 84 values changed (45 up, 39 down), 9 countries joined, 10 left.

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Research and Development Spending · Data for 2005

HighestIsrael

3.91123

LowestZambia

0.02493

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, 2005, 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 93 countries · select a heading to sort

Research and Development Spending, 2005: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1IsraelISRWestern Asia3.91123
2SwedenSWENorthern Europe3.36410
3FinlandFINNorthern Europe3.32412
4JapanJPNEastern Asia3.13092
5IcelandISLNorthern Europe2.67969
6United StatesUSANorthern America2.50192
7South KoreaKOREastern Asia2.42725
8GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.40266
9AustriaAUTWestern Europe2.38942
10DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.38721
11SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2.14806
12FranceFRAWestern Europe2.05599
13CanadaCANNorthern America1.97127
14BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.79060
15NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.76670
16LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.55873
17United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.55004
18NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.47715
19SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe1.42797
20ChinaCHNEastern Asia1.29008
21IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.19197
22CzechiaCZEEastern Europe1.15998
23New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.12043
24SpainESPSouthern Europe1.09866
25RussiaRUSEastern Europe1.06797

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Israel3.91123
  2. 2Sweden3.36410
  3. 3Finland3.32412
  4. 4Japan3.13092
  5. 5Iceland2.67969

Lowest

  1. 93Zambia0.02493
  2. 92Bosnia and Herzegovina0.02697
  3. 91United States Virgin Islands0.02936
  4. 90Guatemala0.03556
  5. 89Monaco0.03821

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.53008. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +9 / −10countries joined / left
  • 84values changed, of 84 in both
  • 45 · 39rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Austria2.18238 → 2.38942+0.20704
  • Israel3.74703 → 3.91123+0.16420
  • Japan2.98125 → 3.13092+0.14967
  • Latvia0.41593 → 0.54958+0.13365
  • Iran0.50453 → 0.62284+0.11831

Fell most

+ Botswana+ Ethiopia+ Guatemala+ Iceland+ New Zealand+ Pakistan+ Philippines+ Uruguay+ Venezuela− Australia− Brunei− Switzerland− Costa Rica− Greenland− Honduras− Sri Lanka− Lesotho− Malaysia− Peru

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 93 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) (2005). Research and Development Spending, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rd-spending/2005

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07Questions

Research and Development Spending, 2005: questions and answers

Which country has the highest research and development spending in Research and Development Spending, 2005?

Israel, at 3.91123, of the 93 countries in the file.

What year does Research and Development Spending, 2005 describe?

2005.

How many countries does Research and Development Spending, 2005 cover?

93.

Where can I download Research and Development Spending, 2005?

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, 2005 the newest?

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

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