R&D spending share of GDP in Singapore
Spending on research and development in Singapore was equal to 1.81% of GDP in 2022. The value for 2022 is the lowest since 1998.
Singapore, 2022
1.81%
Change from 2021
−0.13percentage points
World, 2022
2.57%
R&D spending share of GDP in Singapore 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 | Singapore | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | – | 2.60% |
| 2022 | 1.81% | 2.57% |
| 2021 | 1.94% | 2.52% |
| 2020 | 2.16% | 2.46% |
| 2019 | 1.89% | 2.26% |
| 2018 | 1.81% | 2.22% |
| 2017 | 1.90% | 2.14% |
| 2016 | 2.07% | 2.15% |
| 2015 | 2.17% | 2.10% |
| 2014 | 2.08% | 2.09% |
| 2013 | 1.92% | 1.98% |
| 2012 | 1.92% | 2.01% |
| 2011 | 2.07% | 1.98% |
| 2010 | 1.93% | 2.00% |
| 2009 | 2.13% | 2.01% |
| 2008 | 2.60% | 1.98% |
| 2007 | 2.32% | 1.92% |
| 2006 | 2.12% | 1.96% |
| 2005 | 2.15% | 1.95% |
| 2004 | 2.08% | 1.97% |
| 2003 | 2.00% | 2.02% |
| 2002 | 2.03% | 2.03% |
| 2001 | 2.01% | 2.06% |
| 2000 | 1.82% | 2.05% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.13 percentage points from 1.94% in 2021.
- Since 2012, when it was 1.92%, the figure has changed by −0.11 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2022 was 2.57%.