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Research and Development Spending, 2013

Figures for 2013, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Research and Development Spending, 2013 covers 95 countries. Israel is highest, at 4.1065; Guatemala is lowest, at 0.0392. The middle country reads 0.6354. Against 2012, 80 values changed (46 up, 34 down), 15 countries joined, 6 left.

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Research and Development Spending · Data for 2013

HighestIsrael

4.1065

LowestGuatemala

0.0392

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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
derived
1IsraelISRWestern Asia4.1065
2South KoreaKOREastern Asia3.7749
3FinlandFINNorthern Europe3.2846
4JapanJPNEastern Asia3.2790
5SwedenSWENorthern Europe3.2756
6AustriaAUTWestern Europe2.9799
7DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.9615
8GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.7807
9United StatesUSANorthern America2.6959
10SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe2.5943
11BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.3205
12FranceFRAWestern Europe2.2337
13AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.1773
14NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.1395
15ChinaCHNEastern Asia1.9625
16SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.9210
17CzechiaCZEEastern Europe1.8674
18CanadaCANNorthern America1.7062
19EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.7014
20IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.6924
21NorwayNORNorthern Europe1.6422
22United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.6210
23IrelandIRLNorthern Europe1.5356
24HungaryHUNEastern Europe1.3845
25PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.3233

02In 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Israel4.1065
  2. 2South Korea3.7749
  3. 3Finland3.2846
  4. 4Japan3.2790
  5. 5Sweden3.2756

Lowest

  1. 95Guatemala0.0392
  2. 94Macau0.0512
  3. 93Trinidad and Tobago0.0541
  4. 92Panama0.0603
  5. 91El Salvador0.0639

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.6354. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +15 / −6countries joined / left
  • 80values changed, of 80 in both
  • 46 · 34rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Australia+ Ethiopia+ Georgia+ Indonesia+ Iceland+ Sri Lanka+ Montenegro+ New Zealand+ Pakistan+ Philippines+ Puerto Rico+ Palestine+ Thailand+ Tanzania+ Vietnam− Burundi− Switzerland− Mauritius− Malaysia− Qatar− Togo

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) (2013). Research and Development Spending, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/rd-spending/2013

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07Questions

Research and Development Spending, 2013: questions and answers

Which country has the highest research and development spending in Research and Development Spending, 2013?

Israel, at 4.1065, of the 95 countries in the file.

What year does Research and Development Spending, 2013 describe?

2013.

How many countries does Research and Development Spending, 2013 cover?

95.

Where can I download Research and Development Spending, 2013?

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, 2013 the newest?

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

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