R&D spending (% of GDP)
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D as a share of GDP (latest year available)
R&D spending (% of GDP)
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D as a share of GDP (latest year available)
rank
Year
Weighting
× 1
Source
Year- 1 100.0 South Korea4.8% 2020
- 2 +1 75.2 Taiwan3.6% 2020
- 3 −1 72.5 North Korea3.5%* 2017
- 4 +1 71.5 United States3.5% 2020
- 5 −1 67.6 Japan3.3% 2020
- 6 49.5 China2.4% 2020
- 7 38.9 Singapore1.9% 2019
- 8 37.6 Australia1.8% 2019
- 9 28.8 New Zealand1.4% 2019
- 10 +1 23.2 Thailand1.1% 2019
- 11 +1 22.3 Russia1.1% 2020
- 12 −2 21.1 Malaysia1.0% 2018
- 13 13.1 India0.7% 2018
- 14 10.5 Vietnam0.5% 2019
- 15 7.3 Bangladesh0.4%* 2016
- 16 +4 6.1 Philippines0.3% 2018
- 17 −1 5.7 Nepal0.3% 2010
- 18 +1 5.2 Indonesia0.3% 2020
- 19 −2 5.2 Brunei0.3% 2018
- 20 −2 3.6 Pakistan0.2% 2019
- 21 +5 2.4 Myanmar0.1% 2020
- 22 +1 2.1 Mongolia0.1% 2020
- 23 −2 2.0 — Sri Lanka0.1% 2018
- 24 −2 1.8 — Cambodia0.1% 2015
- 25 −1 0.1 — Laos0.0% 2002
- 26 −1 0.0 — Papua New Guinea0.0% 2016
Indicators