Data for 2010

Research and Development Spending, 2010

Name: Research and Development Spending, 2010
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 2010, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Research and Development Spending, 2010 covers 93 countries. Israel is highest, at 3.84210; Iraq is lowest, at 0.03684. The middle country reads 0.60583. Against 2009, 81 values changed (30 up, 51 down), 12 countries joined, 14 left.

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Research and Development Spending · Data for 2010

HighestIsrael

3.84210

LowestIraq

0.03684

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

93countries
1measure
2010the 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, 2010, 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, 2010: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	3.84210
2	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	3.70524
3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.18756
4	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	3.17913
5	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	3.10495
6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2.91389
7	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.74321
8	United States`USA`Northern America	2.71443
9	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	2.67632
10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	2.37020
11	France`FRA`Western Europe	2.17771
12	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.06914
13	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	2.06130
14	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.92918
15	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.82504
16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.69388
17	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	1.68456
18	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.64120
19	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.63887
20	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.59425
21	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.57892
22	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1.53317
23	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.42373
24	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	1.35436
25	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.31352
26	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	1.21296
27	Brazil`BRA`South America	1.15992
28	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.13102
29	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	1.13020
30	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	1.03608
31	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.88400
32	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.80278
33	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.79379
34	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.79369
35	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.78849
36	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.74946
37	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.72875
38	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.72252
39	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.69222
40	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.67458
41	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.66913
42	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.66284
43	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.66036
44	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.65806
45	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.61830
46	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.60767
47	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.60583
48	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.60491
49	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.58346
50	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.56299
51	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.56104
52	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.47990
53	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.47353
54	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.47271
55	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.44657
56	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.44292
57	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.43430
58	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.43345
59	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.41127
60	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.37655
61	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.37595
62	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.37307
63	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.36650
64	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.36156
65	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.35990
66	Chile`CHL`South America	0.33165
67	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.32882
68	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.30221
69	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.26442
70	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.24438
71	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.24139
72	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.24137
73	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.21848
74	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.21634
75	Colombia`COL`South America	0.19358
76	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.18823
77	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	0.18050
78	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.16962
79	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.15547
80	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.15430
81	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.15341
82	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.14075
83	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.13963
84	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.13719
85	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.13241
86	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.10140
87	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.09903
88	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.08914
89	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.07806
90	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	0.05012
91	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.04771
92	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.04421
93	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.03684

02In 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Israel3.84210
2Finland3.70524
3Sweden3.18756
4South Korea3.17913
5Japan3.10495

Lowest

93Iraq0.03684
92Guatemala0.04421
91Trinidad and Tobago0.04771
90Macau0.05012
89El Salvador0.07806

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.60583. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+12 / −14countries joined / left
81values changed, of 81 in both
30 · 51rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Saudi Arabia0.07338 → 0.88400+0.81062
Slovenia1.83331 → 2.06914+0.23583
Estonia1.39673 → 1.57892+0.18219
South Korea3.02145 → 3.17913+0.15768
Latvia0.46114 → 0.61830+0.15716

Fell most

Sweden3.41266 → 3.18756−0.22510
Singapore2.12790 → 1.92918−0.19872
Israel4.01799 → 3.84210−0.17589
Luxembourg1.58839 → 1.42373−0.16466
Moldova0.52557 → 0.36650−0.15907

+ Australia

+ Ethiopia

+ Ghana

+ Kenya

+ Sri Lanka

+ Morocco

+ Mali

+ Mozambique

+ Namibia

+ Senegal

+ Togo

+ Tanzania

− Burkina Faso

− Bosnia and Herzegovina

− Bolivia

− DR Congo

− Gabon

− Gambia

− Indonesia

− Iceland

− Lesotho

− New Zealand

− Pakistan

− Philippines

− Puerto Rico

− Thailand

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

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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Cite this edition

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2010). Research and Development Spending, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rd-spending/2010

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