Name: R&D spending share of GDP in South Korea
Creator: Eurostat
License: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/help/copyright-notice

The chart loads when you scroll to it. The table below shows the same data.

% of GDP. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Research and development expenditure (Eurostat) (% of GDP), 2001 to 2024
Period	South Korea	European Union
2024	5.13%	2.26%e (estimated)
2023	4.94%	2.25%e (estimated)
2022	4.85%	2.22%e (estimated)
2021	4.60%	2.24%e (estimated)
2020	4.52%	2.28%e (estimated)
2019	4.36%	2.21%e (estimated)
2018	4.27%	2.17%e (estimated)
2017	4.07%	2.14%
2016	3.79%	2.10%e (estimated)
2015	3.79%	2.10%
2014	3.89%	2.09%e (estimated)
2013	3.77%	2.08%e (estimated)
2012	3.69%	2.06%e (estimated)
2011	3.44%	2.00%e (estimated)
2010	3.18%	1.96%e (estimated)
2009	3.02%	1.96%e (estimated)
2008	2.87%	1.87%e (estimated)
2007	2.76%b (break in time series)	1.79%e (estimated)
2006	2.62%d (definition differs (see metadata))	1.80%e (estimated)
2005	2.43%d (definition differs (see metadata))	1.78%e (estimated)
2004	2.35%d (definition differs (see metadata))	1.79%e (estimated)
2003	2.20%d (definition differs (see metadata))	1.82%e (estimated)
2002	2.13%d (definition differs (see metadata))	1.83%e (estimated)
2001	2.20%d (definition differs (see metadata))	1.82%e (estimated)

Flags: e estimated; d definition differs (see metadata); b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.

R&D spending share of GDP in South Korea

R&D spending share of GDP in South Korea over time