R&D spending share of GDP in Canada
Spending on research and development in Canada was equal to 1.79% of GDP in 2024.
Canada, 2024
1.79%
Change from 2023
−0.02percentage points
World, 2023
2.60%
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2023
1.84%
R&D spending share of GDP in Canada over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Canada | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.79% | – |
| 2023 | 1.81% | 2.60% |
| 2022 | 1.81% | 2.57% |
| 2021 | 1.87% | 2.52% |
| 2020 | 1.93% | 2.46% |
| 2019 | 1.76% | 2.26% |
| 2018 | 1.74% | 2.22% |
| 2017 | 1.69% | 2.14% |
| 2016 | 1.73% | 2.15% |
| 2015 | 1.69% | 2.10% |
| 2014 | 1.71% | 2.09% |
| 2013 | 1.71% | 1.98% |
| 2012 | 1.77% | 2.01% |
| 2011 | 1.79% | 1.98% |
| 2010 | 1.83% | 2.00% |
| 2009 | 1.92% | 2.01% |
| 2008 | 1.86% | 1.98% |
| 2007 | 1.90% | 1.92% |
| 2006 | 1.94% | 1.96% |
| 2005 | 1.97% | 1.95% |
| 2004 | 2.00% | 1.97% |
| 2003 | 1.97% | 2.02% |
| 2002 | 1.97% | 2.03% |
| 2001 | 2.02% | 2.06% |
| 2000 | 1.86% | 2.05% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.02 percentage points from 1.81% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 1.71%, the figure has changed by +0.08 percentage points.