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Research and Development Spending, 2011

Figures for 2011, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Research and Development Spending, 2011 covers 92 countries. Israel is highest, at 3.9161; Lesotho is lowest, at 0.0126. The middle country reads 0.6558. Against 2010, 77 values changed (45 up, 32 down), 15 countries joined, 16 left.

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Research and Development Spending · Data for 2011

HighestIsrael

3.9161

LowestLesotho

0.0126

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, 2011, 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 92 countries · select a heading to sort

Research and Development Spending, 2011: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1IsraelISRWestern Asia3.9161
2FinlandFINNorthern Europe3.6243
3South KoreaKOREastern Asia3.4441
4SwedenSWENorthern Europe3.2069
5JapanJPNEastern Asia3.2054
6DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.9420
7GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.7502
8United StatesUSANorthern America2.7380
9AustriaAUTWestern Europe2.6857
10SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe2.4311
11IcelandISLNorthern Europe2.4037
12EstoniaESTNorthern Europe2.2963
13AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.2346
14FranceFRAWestern Europe2.1876
15BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.1574
16SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2.0696
17NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.8651
18CanadaCANNorthern America1.7871
19ChinaCHNEastern Asia1.7524
20United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.6468
21NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.6171
22IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.5376
23CzechiaCZEEastern Europe1.5323
24PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.4556
25LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.4245

02In 2011

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Israel3.9161
  2. 2Finland3.6243
  3. 3South Korea3.4441
  4. 4Sweden3.2069
  5. 5Japan3.2054

Lowest

  1. 92Lesotho0.0126
  2. 91Iraq0.0348
  3. 90El Salvador0.0355
  4. 89Trinidad and Tobago0.0402
  5. 88Paraguay0.0422

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.6558. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032010 → 2011

Since 2010

What changed between 2010 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +15 / −16countries joined / left
  • 77values changed, of 77 in both
  • 45 · 32rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ United Arab Emirates+ Cabo Verde+ Gambia+ Iceland+ Lesotho+ Montenegro+ Nicaragua+ New Zealand+ Oman+ Pakistan+ Peru+ Philippines+ Paraguay+ Thailand+ Vietnam− Burundi− Ethiopia− Ghana− Iran− Kenya− Sri Lanka− Morocco− Mali− Mozambique− Namibia− Nepal− Palestine− Senegal− Togo− Tanzania− Uganda

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 92 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) (2011). Research and Development Spending, 2011 [data set], describing 2011. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rd-spending/2011

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07Questions

Research and Development Spending, 2011: questions and answers

Which country has the highest research and development spending in Research and Development Spending, 2011?

Israel, at 3.9161, of the 92 countries in the file.

What year does Research and Development Spending, 2011 describe?

2011.

How many countries does Research and Development Spending, 2011 cover?

92.

Where can I download Research and Development Spending, 2011?

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, 2011 the newest?

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

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