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Research and Development Spending, 2009

Figures for 2009, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Research and Development Spending, 2009 covers 95 countries. Israel is highest, at 4.0180; Gambia is lowest, at 0.0109. The middle country reads 0.5172. Against 2008, 88 values changed (60 up, 28 down), 7 countries joined, 9 left.

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Research and Development Spending · Data for 2009

HighestIsrael

4.0180

LowestGambia

0.0109

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, 2009, 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 95 countries · select a heading to sort

Research and Development Spending, 2009: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1IsraelISRWestern Asia4.0180
2FinlandFINNorthern Europe3.7343
3SwedenSWENorthern Europe3.4127
4JapanJPNEastern Asia3.1959
5DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe3.0421
6South KoreaKOREastern Asia3.0215
7United StatesUSANorthern America2.7918
8GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.6886
9AustriaAUTWestern Europe2.6128
10IcelandISLNorthern Europe2.5971
11FranceFRAWestern Europe2.2127
12SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2.1279
13BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.9913
14CanadaCANNorthern America1.9174
15SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe1.8333
16NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.7168
17United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.6699
18NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.6516
19ChinaCHNEastern Asia1.6366
20IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.6137
21LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.5884
22PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.5800
23EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.3967
24SpainESPSouthern Europe1.3590
25CzechiaCZEEastern Europe1.2894

02In 2009

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Israel4.0180
  2. 2Finland3.7343
  3. 3Sweden3.4127
  4. 4Japan3.1959
  5. 5Denmark3.0421

Lowest

  1. 95Gambia0.0109
  2. 94Bosnia and Herzegovina0.0211
  3. 93Lesotho0.0291
  4. 92Iraq0.0456
  5. 91Macau0.0541

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.5172. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032008 → 2009

Since 2008

What changed between 2008 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +7 / −9countries joined / left
  • 88values changed, of 88 in both
  • 60 · 28rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Singapore2.5967 → 2.1279−0.4688
  • Iran0.6465 → 0.2726−0.3739
  • Israel4.2417 → 4.0180−0.2237
  • Latvia0.6063 → 0.4611−0.1451
  • Belarus0.7415 → 0.6217−0.1198
+ Bolivia+ Indonesia+ Lesotho+ New Zealand+ Pakistan+ Philippines+ Puerto Rico− Albania− Australia− Switzerland− Jordan− Sri Lanka− Mozambique− Paraguay− Senegal− 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 95 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) (2009). Research and Development Spending, 2009 [data set], describing 2009. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rd-spending/2009

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07Questions

Research and Development Spending, 2009: questions and answers

Which country has the highest research and development spending in Research and Development Spending, 2009?

Israel, at 4.0180, of the 95 countries in the file.

What year does Research and Development Spending, 2009 describe?

2009.

How many countries does Research and Development Spending, 2009 cover?

95.

Where can I download Research and Development Spending, 2009?

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, 2009 the newest?

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

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