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Research and Development Spending, 2014

Figures for 2014, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Research and Development Spending, 2014 covers 91 countries. Israel is highest, at 4.1961; Madagascar is lowest, at 0.0132. The middle country reads 0.6365. Against 2013, 82 values changed (50 up, 32 down), 9 countries joined, 13 left.

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Research and Development Spending · Data for 2014

HighestIsrael

4.1961

LowestMadagascar

0.0132

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, 2014, 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 91 countries · select a heading to sort

Research and Development Spending, 2014: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1IsraelISRWestern Asia4.1961
2South KoreaKOREastern Asia3.8898
3JapanJPNEastern Asia3.3679
4FinlandFINNorthern Europe3.1634
5SwedenSWENorthern Europe3.1246
6AustriaAUTWestern Europe3.1126
7DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.9154
8GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.8222
9United StatesUSANorthern America2.7088
10SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe2.3885
11BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.3586
12FranceFRAWestern Europe2.2717
13United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe2.2649
14NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.1507
15SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2.0823
16ChinaCHNEastern Asia1.9848
17CzechiaCZEEastern Europe1.9439
18IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.9362
19CanadaCANNorthern America1.7148
20NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.7037
21IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.4776
22EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.4079
23HungaryHUNEastern Europe1.3437
24ItalyITASouthern Europe1.3315
25PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.2889

02In 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Israel4.1961
  2. 2South Korea3.8898
  3. 3Japan3.3679
  4. 4Finland3.1634
  5. 5Sweden3.1246

Lowest

  1. 91Madagascar0.0132
  2. 90Guatemala0.0295
  3. 89Iraq0.0384
  4. 88Trinidad and Tobago0.0766
  5. 87Paraguay0.0790

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.6365. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +9 / −13countries joined / left
  • 82values changed, of 82 in both
  • 50 · 32rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ United Arab Emirates+ Burkina Faso+ Bahrain+ Iraq+ Madagascar+ Malaysia+ Namibia+ Togo+ Uganda− Australia− Botswana− Ethiopia− Indonesia− Iran− New Zealand− Pakistan− Philippines− Puerto Rico− Palestine− Saudi Arabia− Tanzania− 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 91 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) (2014). Research and Development Spending, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rd-spending/2014

0628 held

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07Questions

Research and Development Spending, 2014: questions and answers

Which country has the highest research and development spending in Research and Development Spending, 2014?

Israel, at 4.1961, of the 91 countries in the file.

What year does Research and Development Spending, 2014 describe?

2014.

How many countries does Research and Development Spending, 2014 cover?

91.

Where can I download Research and Development Spending, 2014?

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, 2014 the newest?

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

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