List of countries by research and development spending

Only those nations which annually spend more than 50 million dollars have been included. The world's total nominal R&D spending was approximately one trillion dollars in 2010.[1]

	Country/Region	Expenditures on R&D (billions of US$, PPP)	% of GDP PPP	Expenditures on R&D per capita (US$ PPP)	Year	Source
1	United States	612.714	3.1	1,866	2019	[2]
2	China	514.798	2.2	368	2019	[2]
3	Japan	172.614	3.2	1,375	2019	[2]
4	Germany	131.932	3.2	1,586	2019	[2]
5	South Korea	100.055	4.6	1,935	2019	[2]
6	France	63.658	2.2	944	2019	[2]
7	India	58.691	0.65	43	2018	[3]
8	United Kingdom	51.702	1.8	762	2019	[2]
9	Taiwan	42.945	3.5	1,822	2019	[2]
10	Russia	38.549	1.0	263	2019	[2]
11	Brazil	38.0	1.3	181	2017	[4]
12	Italy	33.840	1.4	561	2019	[2]
13	Canada	26.636	1.5	700	2019	[2]
14	Turkey	24.827	1.1	297	2019	[2]
15	Australia	23.3	2.1	987	2014	[5]
16	Spain	22.468	1.3	473	2019	[2]
17	Netherlands	20.167	2.2	1154	2019	[2]
18	Sweden	17.722	3.4	1,707	2019	[2]
19	Israel	16.888	4.9	1,810	2019	[2]
20	Poland	16.086	1.3	420	2019	[2]
21	Belgium	16.043	2.9	1,395	2019	[2]
22	Austria	14.945	3.2	1,672	2019	[2]
23	Switzerland	13.1	3.0	1,648	2012	[6]
24	Thailand	12.4	1.0	180	2017	[7]
25	Indonesia	10.758	0.3	40	2021	[8]
26	Malaysia	10.6	1.3	344	2015	[9]
27	Singapore	10.0	2.2	1,832	2014	[4]
28	Mexico	9.0	0.9	238	2014	[6]
29	Denmark	8.2	3.1	1,450	2014	[4]
30	Finland	7.2	2.8	1,318	2018	[4]
31	Czech Republic	6.3	2.0	600	2014	[6]
32	Egypt	6.2	0.7	73	2013	[9]
33	South Africa	6.1	0.8	108	2016	[7]
34	Norway	5.8	1.7	1,124	2014	[4]
35	Argentina	5.0	0.5	112	2018	[6][7][10][11]
36	United Arab Emirates	4.3	0.7	471	2014	[4]
37	Ireland	3.6	1.5	779	2014	[4]
38	Portugal	3.6	1.3	348	2014	[6]
39	Hungary	3.4	1.4	343	2014	[6]
40	Ukraine	3.0	0.8	74	2013	[9]
41	Hong Kong	2.7	0.7	373	2012	[9]
42	Greece	2.4	1.0	217	2014	[6][12][10]
43	Pakistan	2.4	0.3	13	2013	[9]
44	Romania	2.3	0.5	114	2016	[7]
45	New Zealand	1.8	1.2	401	2013	[6]
46	Saudi Arabia	1.8	0.3	60	2012	[13][14]
47	Colombia	1.6	0.2	31	2014	[9][7][10]
48	Chile	1.5	0.4	87	2014	[6][7][10]
49	Slovenia	1.5	2.4	713	2014	[6]
50	Morocco	1.5	0.7	48	2010	[9]
51	Slovakia	1.4	0.9	251	2014	[6]
52	Qatar	1.3	0.5	699	2012	[9]
53	Belarus	1.1	0.7	118	2013	[9]
54	Vietnam	0.9	0.2	10	2011	[15]
55	Kuwait	0.8	0.3	214	2013	[9]
56	Bulgaria	0.8	0.7	112	2013	[16]
57	Ecuador	0.8	0.4	50	2016	[7][10]
58	Ethiopia	0.8	0.6	9	2013	[9]
59	Tunisia	0.8	0.7	73	2012	[9]
60	Lithuania	0.8	0.9	245	2017	[16]
61	Luxembourg	0.7	1.3	1,253	2014	[4]
62	Croatia	0.7	0.8	167	2013	[16]
63	Serbia	0.7	0.7	98	2013	[16]
64	Iran	0.7	0.1	9	2014	[17]
65	Kazakhstan	0.7	0.2	39	2013	[9]
66	Philippines	0.5	0.1	5	2007	[9]
67	Peru	0.4	0.1	13	2015	[12][7][10]
68	Estonia	0.3	1.6	453	2019	[18]
69	Azerbaijan	0.3	0.2	36	2013	[9]
70	Latvia	0.3	0.5	137	2017	[16]
71	Uganda	0.3	0.5	8	2010	[9]
72	Costa Rica	0.3	0.5	62	2011	[9]
73	Iceland	0.3	1.9	831	2014	[4]
74	Mongolia	0.3	0.2	74	2013	[9]
75	Uruguay	0.2	0.3	70	2015	[9][7][10]
76	Sudan	0.2	0.2	5	2007	[12]
77	Algeria	0.2	0.1	4	2007	[12]
78	Cyprus	0.1	0.5	151	2013	[16]
79	North Macedonia	0.1	0.4	56	2013	[9]
80	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.1	0.3	32	2013	[9]
81	Malta	0.1	0.9	271	2013	[16]
82	Bolivia	0.1	0.2	7	2012	[7][10]
83	Botswana	0.1	0.3	37	2012	[9]
84	Oman	0.1	0.2	25	2013	[9]
85	Macau	0.1	0.1	122	2014	[4]
86	Moldova	0.1	0.4	16	2013	[9]
87	Bahrain	0.1	0.1	45	2014	[4]
88	Paraguay	0.1	0.1	9	2015	[7][10]
89	Georgia	0.1	0.2	15	2014	[9]
90	Montenegro	0.0	0.4	56	2013	[16]

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