Research and Development Spending, 2016

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Research and Development Spending, 2016: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).

Positionderived	Country	Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP)
1	IsraelISRWestern Asia	4.5905
2	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	3.7864
3	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	3.2564
4	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	3.1336
5	JapanJPNEastern Asia	3.1067
6	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	3.1021
7	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	2.8839
8	United StatesUSANorthern America	2.8368
9	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	2.7472
10	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	2.5329
11	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	2.3205
12	FranceFRAWestern Europe	2.2247
13	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	2.1155
14	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	2.1101
15	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	2.0689
16	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	2.0595
17	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	2.0329
18	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	2.0292
19	CanadaCANNorthern America	1.7290
20	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	1.6541
21	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	1.4152
22	ItalyITASouthern Europe	1.3592
23	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	1.2815
24	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	1.2669
25	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	1.2184

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.6495. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

• +9 / −20countries joined / left
• 82values changed, of 82 in both
• 43 · 39rose · fell
• 0unchanged

+ Angola+ Côte d’Ivoire+ Indonesia+ Jordan+ Madagascar+ Papua New Guinea+ Rwanda+ Seychelles+ Chad− Australia− Bermuda− Switzerland− DR Congo− Honduras− Iran− Cambodia− Lesotho− Mali− Mozambique− Nicaragua− New Zealand− Pakistan− Philippines− Puerto Rico− Qatar− Senegal− Eswatini− Syria− 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.

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