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Research and Development Spending, 2017

Figures for 2017, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Research and Development Spending, 2017 covers 96 countries. Israel is highest, at 4.7403; Madagascar is lowest, at 0.0128. The middle country reads 0.5989. Against 2016, 82 values changed (46 up, 36 down), 14 countries joined, 9 left.

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Research and Development Spending · Data for 2017

HighestIsrael

4.7403

LowestMadagascar

0.0128

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, 2017, 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 96 countries · select a heading to sort

Research and Development Spending, 2017: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1IsraelISRWestern Asia4.7403
2South KoreaKOREastern Asia4.0734
3SwedenSWENorthern Europe3.3937
4JapanJPNEastern Asia3.1664
5AustriaAUTWestern Europe3.0738
6SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe3.0467
7GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.9886
8DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.9358
9United StatesUSANorthern America2.8832
10FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.7472
11BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.6765
12United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe2.3260
13FranceFRAWestern Europe2.2042
14NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.1417
15IcelandISLNorthern Europe2.0837
16NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.0817
17ChinaCHNEastern Asia2.0777
18SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.8968
19SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe1.8822
20AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.8810
21CzechiaCZEEastern Europe1.7451
22CanadaCANNorthern America1.6870
23ItalyITASouthern Europe1.3639
24New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.3479
25PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.3222

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Israel4.7403
  2. 2South Korea4.0734
  3. 3Sweden3.3937
  4. 4Japan3.1664
  5. 5Austria3.0738

Lowest

  1. 96Madagascar0.0128
  2. 95Guatemala0.0296
  3. 94Myanmar0.0322
  4. 93Honduras0.0399
  5. 92Iraq0.0460

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.5989. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +14 / −9countries joined / left
  • 82values changed, of 82 in both
  • 46 · 36rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Australia+ Burkina Faso+ Bolivia+ Switzerland+ Algeria+ Ethiopia+ Honduras+ Iran+ Mali+ Myanmar+ Mauritius+ New Zealand+ Pakistan+ Vietnam− Angola− United Arab Emirates− Côte d’Ivoire− Jordan− Malaysia− Papua New Guinea− Rwanda− Seychelles− Chad

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 96 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) (2017). Research and Development Spending, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rd-spending/2017

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07Questions

Research and Development Spending, 2017: questions and answers

Which country has the highest research and development spending in Research and Development Spending, 2017?

Israel, at 4.7403, of the 96 countries in the file.

What year does Research and Development Spending, 2017 describe?

2017.

How many countries does Research and Development Spending, 2017 cover?

96.

Where can I download Research and Development Spending, 2017?

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, 2017 the newest?

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

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