R&D spending share of GDP in OECD members
Spending on research and development in OECD member countries was equal to 2.93% of GDP in 2023.
OECD members is a group: OECD member countries as grouped by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
OECD members, 2023
2.93%
Change from 2022
−0.01percentage points
World, 2023
2.60%
R&D spending share of GDP in OECD members over time
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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | OECD members | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.93% | 2.60% |
| 2022 | 2.94% | 2.57% |
| 2021 | 2.89% | 2.52% |
| 2020 | 2.92% | 2.46% |
| 2019 | 2.71% | 2.26% |
| 2018 | 2.64% | 2.22% |
| 2017 | 2.54% | 2.14% |
| 2016 | 2.51% | 2.15% |
| 2015 | 2.46% | 2.10% |
| 2014 | 2.43% | 2.09% |
| 2013 | 2.35% | 1.98% |
| 2012 | 2.36% | 2.01% |
| 2011 | 2.35% | 1.98% |
| 2010 | 2.32% | 2.00% |
| 2009 | 2.36% | 2.01% |
| 2008 | 2.28% | 1.98% |
| 2007 | 2.20% | 1.92% |
| 2006 | 2.20% | 1.96% |
| 2005 | 2.18% | 1.95% |
| 2004 | 2.17% | 1.97% |
| 2003 | 2.21% | 2.02% |
| 2002 | 2.22% | 2.03% |
| 2001 | 2.28% | 2.06% |
| 2000 | 2.25% | 2.05% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.01 percentage points from 2.94% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 2.35%, the figure has changed by +0.58 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2023 was 2.60%.