R&D spending share of GDP in Ecuador
Spending on research and development in Ecuador was equal to 0.44% of GDP in 2014. The value for 2014 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1996.
The latest value for Ecuador is for 2014. Most countries have figures for 2023.
Ecuador, 2014
0.44%
Change from 2013
+0.06percentage points
World, 2014
2.09%
R&D spending share of GDP in Ecuador 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 | Ecuador | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | – | 2.60% |
| 2022 | – | 2.57% |
| 2021 | – | 2.52% |
| 2020 | – | 2.46% |
| 2019 | – | 2.26% |
| 2018 | – | 2.22% |
| 2017 | – | 2.14% |
| 2016 | – | 2.15% |
| 2015 | – | 2.10% |
| 2014 | 0.44% | 2.09% |
| 2013 | 0.37% | 1.98% |
| 2012 | 0.33% | 2.01% |
| 2011 | 0.34% | 1.98% |
| 2010 | 0.41% | 2.00% |
| 2009 | 0.41% | 2.01% |
| 2008 | 0.23% | 1.98% |
| 2007 | 0.14% | 1.92% |
| 2006 | 0.13% | 1.96% |
| 2005 | – | 1.95% |
| 2004 | – | 1.97% |
| 2003 | 0.06% | 2.02% |
| 2002 | 0.06% | 2.03% |
| 2001 | 0.05% | 2.06% |
| 2000 | – | 2.05% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.06 percentage points from 0.37% in 2013.
- Since 2002, when it was 0.06%, the figure has changed by +0.38 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2014 was 2.09%.