Skip to content
CountryAtlas

R&D spending by country

Research and development expenditure (% of GDP) · % of GDP · 32 countries ranked · 2024

Open indicator pageDownload CSVCompare the top 5
Rank 1 = best (higher is better for this indicator).25 of 32
  1. 1TaiwanWorld rank 1st of 32
    up +0.1 pts
  2. 2CanadaWorld rank 2nd of 32
    down −0.0 pts
  3. 3Hong KongWorld rank 3rd of 32
    up +0.0 pts
  4. 4EgyptWorld rank 4th of 32
    down −0.0 pts
  5. 5SerbiaWorld rank 5th of 32
    up +0.1 pts
  6. 6RussiaWorld rank 6th of 32
    up +0.0 pts
  7. 7KenyaWorld rank 7th of 32
    up +0.0 pts
  8. 8Saudi ArabiaWorld rank 8th of 32
    up +0.1 pts
  9. 9BelarusWorld rank 9th of 32
    up +0.0 pts
  10. 10AlgeriaWorld rank 10th of 32
    up +0.1 pts
  11. 11CubaWorld rank 11th of 32
    up +0.0 pts
  12. 12OmanWorld rank 12th of 32
    up +0.0 pts
  13. 13North MacedoniaWorld rank 13th of 32
    up +0.0 pts
  14. 14UkraineWorld rank 14th of 32
    up +0.0 pts
  15. 15MacaoWorld rank 15th of 32
    up +0.0 pts
  16. 16MontenegroWorld rank 16th of 32
    down −0.1 pts
  17. 17ArmeniaWorld rank 17th of 32
    up +0.1 pts
  18. 18GeorgiaWorld rank 18th of 32
    up +0.0 pts
  19. 19MauritiusWorld rank 19th of 32
    up +0.0 pts
  20. 20MexicoWorld rank 20th of 32
    down −0.0 pts
  21. 21TogoWorld rank 21st of 32
  22. 22MoldovaWorld rank 22nd of 32
    down −0.0 pts
  23. 23Bosnia and HerzegovinaWorld rank 23rd of 32
    up +0.0 pts
  24. 24AzerbaijanWorld rank 24th of 32
    up +0.0 pts
  25. 25PanamaWorld rank 25th of 32
    up +0.0 pts

On the map

R&D spending, 2024. Quantile classes; hatched = no data.

Map unavailable for this year.

Rank over time

Position in the world ranking by year, up to 5 countries. Rank 1 is at the top.

TaiwanCanadaHong Kong
No data to chart.

Rank by year for Taiwan, Canada, Hong Kong, 2000–2024.