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R&D Spending in Six Large Research Economies
Gross domestic spending on R&D as a share of GDP, yearly, %
5 of 6 series are above their level a year earlier·5 of 6 are at a five-year high
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World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from UNESCO Institute for Statistics data. A share of GDP: it can rise when spending grows or when GDP shrinks.
R&D intensity in six economies that lead global research. Israel and South Korea have pulled far ahead of the others. China has more than quadrupled its share since the mid-1990s and is closing on Germany and the United States.
What this chart reads·6 series
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- United States · R&D Spending · % of GDPas “United States”latest 2023-12-31
- China · R&D Spending · % of GDPas “China”latest 2023-12-31
- South Korea · R&D Spending · % of GDPas “South Korea”latest 2023-12-31
- Israel · R&D Spending · % of GDPas “Israel”latest 2023-12-31
- Japan · R&D Spending · % of GDPas “Japan”latest 2023-12-31
- Germany · R&D Spending · % of GDPas “Germany”latest 2023-12-31
Sources·6 sources
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United States · R&D Spending · % of GDP. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator GB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from UNESCO Institute for Statistics data. Palanor reads it each month and rewrites the history, so revisions carry through.
China · R&D Spending · % of GDP. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator GB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from UNESCO Institute for Statistics data. Palanor reads it each month and rewrites the history, so revisions carry through.
South Korea · R&D Spending · % of GDP. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator GB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from UNESCO Institute for Statistics data. Palanor reads it each month and rewrites the history, so revisions carry through.
Israel · R&D Spending · % of GDP. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator GB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from UNESCO Institute for Statistics data. Palanor reads it each month and rewrites the history, so revisions carry through.
Japan · R&D Spending · % of GDP. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator GB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from UNESCO Institute for Statistics data. Palanor reads it each month and rewrites the history, so revisions carry through.
Germany · R&D Spending · % of GDP. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), via World Bank World Development Indicators, indicator GB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS. Licence per the World Bank's indicator metadata: CC BY 4.0. Attribution: World Bank WDI (CC BY 4.0), compiled from UNESCO Institute for Statistics data. Palanor reads it each month and rewrites the history, so revisions carry through.
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