List of countries by research and development spending
This is a list of countries by research and development spending in real terms and as per latest data available.
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Only those nations which annually spend more than 50 million dollars have been included. The world's total nominal R&D spending was approximately one trillion dollars in 2010.| Country/Region | Expenditures on R&D | % of GDP PPP | Expenditures on R&D per capita | Year | Source | |
| 1 | 553.4 | 2.19 | 388 | 2018 | ||
| 2 | 511.1 | 2.744 | 1,586.35 | 2016 | ||
| 3 | 165.7 | 3.147 | 1,297.39 | 2016 | ||
| 4 | 118.8 | 2.94 | 1,450.17 | 2016 | ||
| 5 | 91.6 | 4.292 | 1,518.47 | 2014 | ||
| 6 | 66.5 | 0.85 | 39.37 | 2015 | ||
| 7 | 60.0 | 2.256 | 905.8 | 2014 | ||
| 8 | 44.8 | 1.701 | 692.9 | 2014 | ||
| 9 | 42.6 | 1.187 | 290.21 | 2014 | ||
| 10 | 38.4 | 1.17 | 177.89 | 2012 | ||
| 11 | 33.7 | 3.1 | 1,383.84 | 2015 | ||
| 12 | 27.4 | 1.287 | 452.14 | 2014 | ||
| 13 | 25.7 | 1.612 | 723.5 | 2014 | ||
| 14 | 23.3 | 2.12 | 986.86 | 2014 | ||
| 15 | 19.2 | 1.222 | 413.46 | 2014 | ||
| 16 | 18.6 | 4.90 | 1,973.0 | 2018 | ||
| 17 | 16.3 | 1.973 | 967.8 | 2014 | ||
| 18 | 15.3 | 1.007 | 198.36 | 2014 | ||
| 19 | 14.2 | 3.161 | 1,468.1 | 2014 | ||
| 20 | 13.1 | 2.967 | 1,647.90 | 2012 | ||
| 21 | 12.4 | 2.465 | 1,102.9 | 2014 | ||
| 22 | 12.4 | 1.0 | 179.89 | 2017 | ||
| 23 | 11.9 | 3.1 | 1,416.14 | 2015 | ||
| 24 | 11.6 | 0.935 | 301.06 | 2014 | ||
| 25 | 10.6 | 1.3 | 344.3 | 2015 | ||
| 26 | 10.0 | 2.186 | 1,831.7 | 2014 | ||
| 27 | 9.0 | 0.941 | 237.57 | 2014 | ||
| 28 | 8.2 | 3.085 | 1,450.2 | 2014 | ||
| 29 | 7.2 | 3.174 | 1,318.0 | 2014 | ||
| 30 | 6.3 | 1.997 | 600.04 | 2014 | ||
| 31 | 6.2 | 0.68 | 73.18 | 2013 | ||
| 32 | 6.1 | 0.818 | 108.47 | 2016 | ||
| 33 | 5.8 | 1.710 | 1,123.9 | 2014 | ||
| 34 | 5.0 | 0.588 | 129.09 | 2013 | ||
| 35 | 4.28 | 0.70 | 470.7 | 2014 | ||
| 36 | 3.6 | 1.519 | 779.4 | 2014 | ||
| 37 | 3.6 | 1.285 | 347.84 | 2014 | ||
| 38 | 3.4 | 1.371 | 343.01 | 2014 | ||
| 39 | 3 | 0.76 | 73.7 | 2013 | ||
| 40 | 2.7 | 0.73 | 373.09 | 2012 | ||
| 41 | 2.4 | 1.007 | 216.72 | 2014 | ||
| 42 | 2.4 | 0.29 | 13.29 | 2013 | ||
| 43 | 2.3 | 0.48 | 114.1 | 2016 | ||
| 44 | 2.0 | 0.08 | 8.09 | 2013 | ||
| 45 | 1.8 | 1.172 | 400.99 | 2013 | ||
| 46 | 1.8 | 0.25 | 60.01 | 2012 | ||
| 47 | 1.6 | 0.24 | 31 | 2014 | ||
| 48 | 1.54 | 0.38 | 87.39 | 2014 | ||
| 49 | 1.5 | 2.386 | 712.63 | 2014 | ||
| 50 | 1.5 | 0.73 | 47.59 | 2010 | ||
| 51 | 1.4 | 0.886 | 250.55 | 2014 | ||
| 52 | 1.3 | 0.47 | 698.50 | 2012 | ||
| 53 | 1.12 | 0.67 | 118.44 | 2013 | ||
| 54 | 0.87 | 0.21 | 9.91 | 2011 | ||
| 55 | 0.83 | 0.30 | 214.16 | 2013 | ||
| 56 | 0.81 | 0.65 | 112.15 | 2013 | ||
| 57 | 0.8 | 0.44 | 49.90 | 2016 | ||
| 58 | 0.79 | 0.61 | 9.08 | 2013 | ||
| 59 | 0.78 | 0.68 | 72.83 | 2012 | ||
| 60 | 0.76 | 0.88 | 245.36 | 2017 | ||
| 61 | 0.7 | 1.256 | 1,252.7 | 2014 | ||
| 62 | 0.7 | 0.81 | 166.75 | 2013 | ||
| 63 | 0.7 | 0.73 | 97.86 | 2013 | ||
| 64 | 0.7 | 0.12 | 9.08 | 2014 | ||
| 65 | 0.67 | 0.17 | 39.24 | 2013 | ||
| 66 | 0.48 | 0.11 | 5.4 | 2007 | ||
| 67 | 0.4 | 0.12 | 12.94 | 2015 | ||
| 68 | 0.344 | 1.29 | 264.62 | 2017 | ||
| 69 | 0.33 | 0.21 | 35.98 | 2013 | ||
| 70 | 0.28 | 0.51 | 136.8 | 2017 | ||
| 71 | 0.28 | 0.48 | 8.27 | 2010 | ||
| 72 | 0.28 | 0.47 | 61.55 | 2011 | ||
| 73 | 0.27 | 1.891 | 831.2 | 2014 | ||
| 74 | 0.26 | 0.17 | 73.66 | 2013 | ||
| 75 | 0.24 | 0.34 | 69.88 | 2015 | ||
| 76 | 0.18 | 0.23 | 4.74 | 2007 | ||
| 77 | 0.16 | 0.07 | 4.13 | 2007 | ||
| 78 | 0.13 | 0.48 | 150.82 | 2013 | ||
| 79 | 0.12 | 0.44 | 55.99 | 2013 | ||
| 80 | 0.12 | 0.33 | 31.73 | 2013 | ||
| 81 | 0.11 | 0.85 | 270.78 | 2013 | ||
| 82 | 0.08 | 0.15 | 7.29 | 2012 | ||
| 83 | 0.07 | 0.25 | 37.01 | 2012 | ||
| 84 | 0.07 | 0.23 | 25.40 | 2013 | ||
| 85 | 0.07 | 0.09 | 122.2 | 2014 | ||
| 86 | 0.06 | 0.35 | 16.44 | 2013 | ||
| 87 | 0.06 | 0.100 | 45.2 | 2014 | ||
| 88 | 0.06 | 0.13 | 9.13 | 2015 | ||
| 89 | 0.05 | 0.16 | 14.73 | 2014 | ||
| 90 | 0.03 | 0.38 | 55.75 | 2013 |