R&D spending share of GDP in Saudi Arabia
Spending on research and development in Saudi Arabia was equal to 0.64% of GDP in 2024.
Saudi Arabia, 2024
0.64%
Change from 2023
+0.14percentage points
World, 2023
2.60%
Median of G20 countries, 2023
1.81%
R&D spending share of GDP in Saudi Arabia 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 | Saudi Arabia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.64% | – |
| 2023 | 0.49% | 2.60% |
| 2022 | 0.41% | 2.57% |
| 2021 | 0.39% | 2.52% |
| 2020 | 0.48% | 2.46% |
| 2019 | – | 2.26% |
| 2018 | – | 2.22% |
| 2017 | – | 2.14% |
| 2016 | – | 2.15% |
| 2015 | – | 2.10% |
| 2014 | – | 2.09% |
| 2013 | 0.79% | 1.98% |
| 2012 | 0.86% | 2.01% |
| 2011 | 0.89% | 1.98% |
| 2010 | 0.88% | 2.00% |
| 2009 | 0.07% | 2.01% |
| 2008 | 0.05% | 1.98% |
| 2007 | 0.05% | 1.92% |
| 2006 | 0.04% | 1.96% |
| 2005 | 0.04% | 1.95% |
| 2004 | 0.05% | 1.97% |
| 2003 | 0.06% | 2.02% |
| 2002 | – | 2.03% |
| 2001 | – | 2.06% |
| 2000 | – | 2.05% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.14 percentage points from 0.49% in 2023.
- Since 2008, when it was 0.05%, the figure has changed by +0.59 percentage points.