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Research and Development Spending, 2020

Figures for 2020, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Research and Development Spending, 2020 covers 87 countries. Israel is highest, at 5.8321; Iraq is lowest, at 0.0405. The middle country reads 0.7566. Against 2019, 83 values changed (66 up, 17 down), 4 countries joined, 15 left.

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Research and Development Spending · Data for 2020

HighestIsrael

5.8321

LowestIraq

0.0405

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, 2020, 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 87 countries · select a heading to sort

Research and Development Spending, 2020: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1IsraelISRWestern Asia5.8321
2South KoreaKOREastern Asia4.5214
3SwedenSWENorthern Europe3.5018
4United StatesUSANorthern America3.4179
5BelgiumBELWestern Europe3.3682
6JapanJPNEastern Asia3.2656
7AustriaAUTWestern Europe3.2076
8GermanyDEUWestern Europe3.0897
9DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.9653
10United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe2.9399
11FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.9328
12IcelandISLNorthern Europe2.4864
13ChinaCHNEastern Asia2.3571
14FranceFRAWestern Europe2.2742
15NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.2651
16NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.2444
17SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2.1598
18SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe2.1556
19CzechiaCZEEastern Europe1.9454
20CanadaCANNorthern America1.9341
21EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.7261
22PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.6098
23HungaryHUNEastern Europe1.5807
24ItalyITASouthern Europe1.4987
25GreeceGRCSouthern Europe1.4887

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Israel5.8321
  2. 2South Korea4.5214
  3. 3Sweden3.5018
  4. 4United States3.4179
  5. 5Belgium3.3682

Lowest

  1. 87Iraq0.0405
  2. 86Guatemala0.0489
  3. 85Trinidad and Tobago0.0646
  4. 84Kyrgyzstan0.0836
  5. 83Tajikistan0.0897

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.7566. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +4 / −15countries joined / left
  • 83values changed, of 83 in both
  • 66 · 17rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Costa Rica+ Sri Lanka+ Malaysia+ Saudi Arabia− Australia− Bolivia− Switzerland− Honduras− Iran− Liechtenstein− Mali− Montenegro− Malawi− Nigeria− New Zealand− Pakistan− Rwanda− Tunisia− 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 87 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) (2020). Research and Development Spending, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rd-spending/2020

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07Questions

Research and Development Spending, 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest research and development spending in Research and Development Spending, 2020?

Israel, at 5.8321, of the 87 countries in the file.

What year does Research and Development Spending, 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does Research and Development Spending, 2020 cover?

87.

Where can I download Research and Development Spending, 2020?

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, 2020 the newest?

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

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