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Research and Development Spending, 1996

Figures for 1996, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Research and Development Spending, 1996 covers 52 countries. Japan is highest, at 2.643; Zambia is lowest, at 0.011. The middle country reads 0.657.

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Research and Development Spending · Data for 1996

HighestJapan

2.643

LowestZambia

0.011

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Research and Development Spending, 1996, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 52 countries · select a heading to sort

Research and Development Spending, 1996: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1JapanJPNEastern Asia2.643
2IsraelISRWestern Asia2.475
3FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.455
4United StatesUSANorthern America2.450
5SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.376
6FranceFRAWestern Europe2.232
7South KoreaKOREastern Asia2.142
8GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.137
9NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.837
10DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.808
11BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.743
12AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.662
13CanadaCANNorthern America1.607
14AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.589
15United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.575
16SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.320
17IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.272
18SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe1.267
19BelarusBLREastern Europe0.999
20RussiaRUSEastern Europe0.966
21ItalyITASouthern Europe0.944
22CzechiaCZEEastern Europe0.884
23SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe0.881
24MoldovaMDAEastern Europe0.873
25SpainESPSouthern Europe0.788

02In 1996

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Japan2.643
  2. 2Israel2.475
  3. 3Finland2.455
  4. 4United States2.450
  5. 5Switzerland2.376

Lowest

  1. 52Zambia0.011
  2. 51Ecuador0.074
  3. 50Trinidad and Tobago0.103
  4. 49Thailand0.119
  5. 48Burkina Faso0.158

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.657. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

  • The position is ours

    UIS publishes values only; the order is this site’s.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 52 countries has every column.

04The files

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The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1996). Research and Development Spending, 1996 [data set], describing 1996. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rd-spending/1996

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06Questions

Research and Development Spending, 1996: questions and answers

Which country has the highest research and development spending in Research and Development Spending, 1996?

Japan, at 2.643, of the 52 countries in the file.

What year does Research and Development Spending, 1996 describe?

1996.

How many countries does Research and Development Spending, 1996 cover?

52.

Where can I download Research and Development Spending, 1996?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Research and Development Spending, 1996 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Research and Development Spending, 2023.

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