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Research and Development Spending, 1999

Figures for 1999, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Research and Development Spending, 1999 covers 68 countries. Sweden is highest, at 3.3783; Myanmar is lowest, at 0.0441. The middle country reads 0.6574. Against 1998, 61 values changed (37 up, 24 down), 7 countries joined, 5 left.

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Research and Development Spending · Data for 1999

HighestSweden

3.3783

LowestMyanmar

0.0441

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, 1999, 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 68 countries · select a heading to sort

Research and Development Spending, 1999: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1SwedenSWENorthern Europe3.3783
2IsraelISRWestern Asia3.2120
3FinlandFINNorthern Europe3.0569
4JapanJPNEastern Asia2.8467
5United StatesUSANorthern America2.5436
6GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.3277
7IcelandISLNorthern Europe2.2351
8DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.1286
9FranceFRAWestern Europe2.1165
10South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.9446
11BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.9056
12AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.8525
13NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.8199
14SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.8162
15CanadaCANNorthern America1.7498
16United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.6227
17NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.6044
18SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe1.3429
19IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.1514
20CzechiaCZEEastern Europe1.0430
21RussiaRUSEastern Europe0.9962
22ItalyITASouthern Europe0.9787
23UkraineUKREastern Europe0.9697
24New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand0.9639
25SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe0.8793

02In 1999

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Sweden3.3783
  2. 2Israel3.2120
  3. 3Finland3.0569
  4. 4Japan2.8467
  5. 5United States2.5436

Lowest

  1. 68Myanmar0.0441
  2. 67Madagascar0.0834
  3. 66Peru0.0985
  4. 65Pakistan0.1159
  5. 64Trinidad and Tobago0.1229

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.6574. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +7 / −5countries joined / left
  • 61values changed, of 61 in both
  • 37 · 24rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Greece+ Croatia+ Norway+ New Zealand+ Sudan+ Sweden+ Thailand− Australia− Ecuador− Morocco− Malaysia− El Salvador

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 68 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) (1999). Research and Development Spending, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rd-spending/1999

0628 held

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07Questions

Research and Development Spending, 1999: questions and answers

Which country has the highest research and development spending in Research and Development Spending, 1999?

Sweden, at 3.3783, of the 68 countries in the file.

What year does Research and Development Spending, 1999 describe?

1999.

How many countries does Research and Development Spending, 1999 cover?

68.

Where can I download Research and Development Spending, 1999?

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, 1999 the newest?

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

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