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Research and Development Spending, 2018

Figures for 2018, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Research and Development Spending, 2018 covers 93 countries. Israel is highest, at 4.920; Mauritania is lowest, at 0.010. The middle country reads 0.610. Against 2017, 84 values changed (49 up, 35 down), 9 countries joined, 12 left.

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Research and Development Spending · Data for 2018

HighestIsrael

4.920

LowestMauritania

0.010

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, 2018, 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 93 countries · select a heading to sort

Research and Development Spending, 2018: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1IsraelISRWestern Asia4.920
2South KoreaKOREastern Asia4.272
3SwedenSWENorthern Europe3.346
4JapanJPNEastern Asia3.219
5AustriaAUTWestern Europe3.108
6GermanyDEUWestern Europe3.051
7United StatesUSANorthern America2.990
8DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.979
9BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.864
10FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.776
11United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe2.709
12FranceFRAWestern Europe2.204
13NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.103
14ChinaCHNEastern Asia2.102
15NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.035
16IcelandISLNorthern Europe2.001
17SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe1.964
18CzechiaCZEEastern Europe1.877
19SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.808
20CanadaCANNorthern America1.737
21HungaryHUNEastern Europe1.502
22ItalyITASouthern Europe1.419
23EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.383
24PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.351
25TürkiyeTURWestern Asia1.271

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Israel4.920
  2. 2South Korea4.272
  3. 3Sweden3.346
  4. 4Japan3.219
  5. 5Austria3.108

Lowest

  1. 93Mauritania0.010
  2. 92Guatemala0.029
  3. 91Iraq0.043
  4. 90Myanmar0.059
  5. 89Kuwait0.063

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.610. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +9 / −12countries joined / left
  • 84values changed, of 84 in both
  • 49 · 35rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ United Arab Emirates+ Burundi+ Bermuda+ Brunei+ Gambia+ Mauritania+ Malaysia+ Philippines+ Qatar− Australia− Burkina Faso− Bolivia− Switzerland− Algeria− Ethiopia− Iran− Madagascar− Mali− New Zealand− Pakistan− 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 93 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) (2018). Research and Development Spending, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rd-spending/2018

0628 held

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07Questions

Research and Development Spending, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest research and development spending in Research and Development Spending, 2018?

Israel, at 4.920, of the 93 countries in the file.

What year does Research and Development Spending, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does Research and Development Spending, 2018 cover?

93.

Where can I download Research and Development Spending, 2018?

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, 2018 the newest?

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

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