Data for 2005

Research and Development Spending, 2005

Name: Research and Development Spending, 2005
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 2005, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Research and Development Spending, 2005 covers 93 countries. Israel is highest, at 3.91123; Zambia is lowest, at 0.02493. The middle country reads 0.53008. Against 2004, 84 values changed (45 up, 39 down), 9 countries joined, 10 left.

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Research and Development Spending · Data for 2005

HighestIsrael

3.91123

LowestZambia

0.02493

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

93countries
1measure
2005the year it describes
93distinct values5 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Research and Development Spending, 2005, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Research and Development Spending, 2005: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.91123
2	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.36410
3	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	3.32412
4	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3.13092
5	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.67969
6	United States`USA`Northern America	2.50192
7	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.42725
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.40266
9	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.38942
10	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2.38721
11	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	2.14806
12	France`FRA`Western Europe	2.05599
13	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.97127
14	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.79060
15	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.76670
16	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.55873
17	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.55004
18	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.47715
19	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.42797
20	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.29008
21	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.19197
22	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.15998
23	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.12043
24	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.09866
25	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	1.06797
26	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	1.04057
27	Brazil`BRA`South America	1.00247
28	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.99518
29	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.92443
30	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.92043
31	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.91687
32	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.84799
33	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.82411
34	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.77343
35	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.77024
36	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.75755
37	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.74799
38	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.71195
39	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.67852
40	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.62284
41	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.59224
42	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.56381
43	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.56121
44	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.54958
45	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.54920
46	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.53286
47	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.53008
48	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.49537
49	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.46031
50	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.44269
51	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.42075
52	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.41262
53	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.39865
54	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.38621
55	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.38103
56	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.36727
57	American Samoa`ASM`Polynesia	0.36692
58	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.35574
59	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.32946
60	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.28393
61	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.28361
62	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.25761
63	Guam`GUM`Micronesia	0.25610
64	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.24141
65	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.23775
66	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.23741
67	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.22835
68	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.22825
69	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.22500
70	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.21994
71	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.21889
72	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.21514
73	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.19861
74	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.18907
75	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.17917
76	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.17658
77	Colombia`COL`South America	0.16557
78	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.15166
79	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.15096
80	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.11431
81	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.10692
82	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.10083
83	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.09570
84	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.08760
85	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.06367
86	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.06091
87	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.05799
88	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.04230
89	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	0.03821
90	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.03556
91	United States Virgin Islands`VIR`Caribbean	0.02936
92	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.02697
93	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.02493

02In 2005

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Israel3.91123
2Sweden3.36410
3Finland3.32412
4Japan3.13092
5Iceland2.67969

Lowest

93Zambia0.02493
92Bosnia and Herzegovina0.02697
91United States Virgin Islands0.02936
90Guatemala0.03556
89Monaco0.03821

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.53008. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032004 → 2005

Since 2004

What changed between 2004 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+9 / −10countries joined / left
84values changed, of 84 in both
45 · 39rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Austria2.18238 → 2.38942+0.20704
Israel3.74703 → 3.91123+0.16420
Japan2.98125 → 3.13092+0.14967
Latvia0.41593 → 0.54958+0.13365
Iran0.50453 → 0.62284+0.11831

Fell most

DR Congo0.26777 → 0.05799−0.20978
Croatia1.02048 → 0.84799−0.17249
Montenegro1.01874 → 0.92443−0.09431
Algeria0.15186 → 0.06367−0.08819
Russia1.15133 → 1.06797−0.08336

+ Botswana

+ Ethiopia

+ Guatemala

+ Iceland

+ New Zealand

+ Pakistan

+ Philippines

+ Uruguay

+ Venezuela

− Australia

− Brunei

− Switzerland

− Costa Rica

− Greenland

− Honduras

− Sri Lanka

− Lesotho

− Malaysia

− Peru

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

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How values are stored

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UIS publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 93 countries has every column.

05The files

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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2005). Research and Development Spending, 2005 [data set], describing 2005. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rd-spending/2005

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