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Research and Development Spending, 1998

Figures for 1998, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Research and Development Spending, 1998 covers 66 countries. Japan is highest, at 2.8275; Myanmar is lowest, at 0.0342. The middle country reads 0.5532. Against 1997, 58 values changed (36 up, 22 down), 8 countries joined, 11 left.

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Research and Development Spending · Data for 1998

HighestJapan

2.8275

LowestMyanmar

0.0342

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, 1998, 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 66 countries · select a heading to sort

Research and Development Spending, 1998: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1JapanJPNEastern Asia2.8275
2IsraelISRWestern Asia2.8072
3FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.7854
4United StatesUSANorthern America2.4962
5GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.2075
6FranceFRAWestern Europe2.1034
7South KoreaKOREastern Asia2.0361
8DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.0075
9IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.9510
10BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.8383
11AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.7411
12NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.7397
13SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.7371
14CanadaCANNorthern America1.7105
15United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.5478
16AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.5135
17SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe1.3103
18IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.2080
19UkraineUKREastern Europe1.0699
20CzechiaCZEEastern Europe1.0542
21ItalyITASouthern Europe1.0028
22RussiaRUSEastern Europe0.9538
23SpainESPSouthern Europe0.8487
24SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe0.7623
25BelarusBLREastern Europe0.7058

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Japan2.8275
  2. 2Israel2.8072
  3. 3Finland2.7854
  4. 4United States2.4962
  5. 5Germany2.2075

Lowest

  1. 66Myanmar0.0342
  2. 65Ecuador0.0652
  3. 64El Salvador0.0882
  4. 63Madagascar0.0938
  5. 62Peru0.1007

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.5532. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +8 / −11countries joined / left
  • 58values changed, of 58 in both
  • 36 · 22rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Australia+ Cyprus+ Estonia+ Hong Kong+ Saint Lucia+ Morocco+ Malaysia+ El Salvador− Burkina Faso− Bermuda− Greece− Moldova− Nicaragua− Norway− New Zealand− Sweden− Thailand− South Africa− Zambia

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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 66 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

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) (1998). Research and Development Spending, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rd-spending/1998

0628 held

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07Questions

Research and Development Spending, 1998: questions and answers

Which country has the highest research and development spending in Research and Development Spending, 1998?

Japan, at 2.8275, of the 66 countries in the file.

What year does Research and Development Spending, 1998 describe?

1998.

How many countries does Research and Development Spending, 1998 cover?

66.

Where can I download Research and Development Spending, 1998?

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, 1998 the newest?

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

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