R&D spending share of GDP in World
Spending on research and development in the world was equal to 2.60% of GDP in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1996.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2023
2.60%
Change from 2022
+0.03percentage points
European Union, 2023
2.26%
R&D spending share of GDP in World 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 | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.60% | 2.26% |
| 2022 | 2.57% | 2.23% |
| 2021 | 2.52% | 2.24% |
| 2020 | 2.46% | 2.28% |
| 2019 | 2.26% | 2.21% |
| 2018 | 2.22% | 2.17% |
| 2017 | 2.14% | 2.14% |
| 2016 | 2.15% | 2.10% |
| 2015 | 2.10% | 2.10% |
| 2014 | 2.09% | 2.10% |
| 2013 | 1.98% | 2.08% |
| 2012 | 2.01% | 2.06% |
| 2011 | 1.98% | 2.00% |
| 2010 | 2.00% | 1.96% |
| 2009 | 2.01% | 1.96% |
| 2008 | 1.98% | 1.87% |
| 2007 | 1.92% | 1.79% |
| 2006 | 1.96% | 1.80% |
| 2005 | 1.95% | 1.78% |
| 2004 | 1.97% | 1.79% |
| 2003 | 2.02% | 1.82% |
| 2002 | 2.03% | 1.79% |
| 2001 | 2.06% | 1.82% |
| 2000 | 2.05% | 1.76% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.03 percentage points from 2.57% in 2022.
- Since 2013, when it was 1.98%, the figure has changed by +0.62 percentage points.
- The figure for the European Union in 2023 was 2.26%.