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Research and Development Spending, 2022

Figures for 2022, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Research and Development Spending, 2022 covers 84 countries. Israel is highest, at 6.1783; Guatemala is lowest, at 0.0055. The middle country reads 0.7282. Against 2021, 76 values changed (37 up, 39 down), 8 countries joined, 12 left.

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Research and Development Spending · Data for 2022

HighestIsrael

6.1783

LowestGuatemala

0.0055

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, 2022, 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 84 countries · select a heading to sort

Research and Development Spending, 2022: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1IsraelISRWestern Asia6.1783
2South KoreaKOREastern Asia4.8475
3United StatesUSANorthern America3.4874
4SwedenSWENorthern Europe3.4724
5JapanJPNEastern Asia3.4005
6BelgiumBELWestern Europe3.1959
7AustriaAUTWestern Europe3.1778
8GermanyDEUWestern Europe3.0710
9FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.9820
10DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.8671
11United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe2.7522
12IcelandISLNorthern Europe2.6009
13ChinaCHNEastern Asia2.4945
14FranceFRAWestern Europe2.2194
15NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.1753
16SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe2.1000
17CzechiaCZEEastern Europe1.8909
18CanadaCANNorthern America1.8129
19SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.8082
20EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.7609
21PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.6905
22NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.5508
23IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.5322
24GreeceGRCSouthern Europe1.4771
25PolandPOLEastern Europe1.4416

02In 2022

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Israel6.1783
  2. 2South Korea4.8475
  3. 3United States3.4874
  4. 4Sweden3.4724
  5. 5Japan3.4005

Lowest

  1. 84Guatemala0.0055
  2. 83Myanmar0.0352
  3. 82Syria0.0422
  4. 81Trinidad and Tobago0.0504
  5. 80Kyrgyzstan0.0692

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.7282. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032021 → 2022

Since 2021

What changed between 2021 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +8 / −12countries joined / left
  • 76values changed, of 76 in both
  • 37 · 39rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Andorra+ Republic of the Congo+ Kenya+ Kuwait+ Sri Lanka+ Malaysia+ Namibia+ Syria− United Arab Emirates− Australia− Burkina Faso− Bolivia− Switzerland− Iran− Iraq− Mali− New Zealand− Pakistan− Qatar− 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 84 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) (2022). Research and Development Spending, 2022 [data set], describing 2022. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rd-spending/2022

0628 held

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07Questions

Research and Development Spending, 2022: questions and answers

Which country has the highest research and development spending in Research and Development Spending, 2022?

Israel, at 6.1783, of the 84 countries in the file.

What year does Research and Development Spending, 2022 describe?

2022.

How many countries does Research and Development Spending, 2022 cover?

84.

Where can I download Research and Development Spending, 2022?

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, 2022 the newest?

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

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