R&D spending share of GDP in South Asia
Spending on research and development in South Asia was equal to 0.63% of GDP in 2020. The value for 2020 is the lowest since 1996.
South Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
South Asia, 2020
0.63%
Change from 2019
−0.03percentage points
World, 2020
2.46%
R&D spending share of GDP in South Asia 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 | South Asia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | – | 2.60% |
| 2022 | – | 2.57% |
| 2021 | – | 2.52% |
| 2020 | 0.63% | 2.46% |
| 2019 | 0.66% | 2.26% |
| 2018 | 0.64% | 2.22% |
| 2017 | 0.65% | 2.14% |
| 2016 | 0.65% | 2.15% |
| 2015 | 0.67% | 2.10% |
| 2014 | 0.68% | 2.09% |
| 2013 | 0.68% | 1.98% |
| 2012 | 0.74% | 2.01% |
| 2011 | 0.76% | 1.98% |
| 2010 | 0.76% | 2.00% |
| 2009 | 0.83% | 2.01% |
| 2008 | 0.83% | 1.98% |
| 2007 | 0.81% | 1.92% |
| 2006 | 0.79% | 1.96% |
| 2005 | 0.82% | 1.95% |
| 2004 | 0.74% | 1.97% |
| 2003 | 0.72% | 2.02% |
| 2002 | 0.73% | 2.03% |
| 2001 | 0.74% | 2.06% |
| 2000 | 0.74% | 2.05% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.03 percentage points from 0.66% in 2019.
- Since 2010, when it was 0.76%, the figure has changed by −0.13 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2020 was 2.46%.