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Research and Development Spending, 2012

Figures for 2012, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Research and Development Spending, 2012 covers 86 countries. Israel is highest, at 4.0603; El Salvador is lowest, at 0.0340. The middle country reads 0.6791. Against 2011, 78 values changed (46 up, 32 down), 8 countries joined, 14 left.

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Research and Development Spending · Data for 2012

HighestIsrael

4.0603

LowestEl Salvador

0.0340

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, 2012, 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 86 countries · select a heading to sort

Research and Development Spending, 2012: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1IsraelISRWestern Asia4.0603
2South KoreaKOREastern Asia3.6852
3FinlandFINNorthern Europe3.4095
4SwedenSWENorthern Europe3.2464
5JapanJPNEastern Asia3.1737
6DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.9845
7AustriaAUTWestern Europe2.9337
8SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.8746
9GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.8250
10United StatesUSANorthern America2.6727
11SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe2.5834
12BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.2708
13FranceFRAWestern Europe2.2276
14EstoniaESTNorthern Europe2.1049
15SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.9183
16NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.9009
17ChinaCHNEastern Asia1.8810
18CanadaCANNorthern America1.7730
19CzechiaCZEEastern Europe1.7570
20NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.6105
21United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.5759
22IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.5455
23PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.3766
24SpainESPSouthern Europe1.2927
25HungaryHUNEastern Europe1.2576

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Israel4.0603
  2. 2South Korea3.6852
  3. 3Finland3.4095
  4. 4Sweden3.2464
  5. 5Japan3.1737

Lowest

  1. 86El Salvador0.0340
  2. 85Trinidad and Tobago0.0416
  3. 84Guatemala0.0454
  4. 83Macau0.0479
  5. 82Peru0.0553

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.6791. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +8 / −14countries joined / left
  • 78values changed, of 78 in both
  • 46 · 32rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Burundi+ Bosnia and Herzegovina+ Botswana+ Switzerland+ Iran+ Mauritius+ Qatar+ Togo− United Arab Emirates− Australia− Cabo Verde− Gambia− Iraq− Iceland− Lesotho− Madagascar− Montenegro− New Zealand− Pakistan− Philippines− Thailand− Vietnam

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 86 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) (2012). Research and Development Spending, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rd-spending/2012

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07Questions

Research and Development Spending, 2012: questions and answers

Which country has the highest research and development spending in Research and Development Spending, 2012?

Israel, at 4.0603, of the 86 countries in the file.

What year does Research and Development Spending, 2012 describe?

2012.

How many countries does Research and Development Spending, 2012 cover?

86.

Where can I download Research and Development Spending, 2012?

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, 2012 the newest?

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

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