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R&D spending (% of GDP) Ranking Map for 143 countries and territories Limited coverage: Countries and territories reporting research and development spending to UNESCO or the World Bank. 143 countries and territories included; reference period: latest available year by country (2010–2025).
In the available data, Israel has the highest recorded value at 6.3% (rank #1); Japan ranks #6 at 3.4%. Coverage: 143 countries and territories. Reference years: Israel 2023; Japan 2023. This is research and development spending as a share of GDP, not its absolute amount or effectiveness.
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Compare r&d spending (% of gdp) within the covered dataset. Countries and territories reporting research and development spending to UNESCO or the World Bank.
Japan 3.4%
Japan, world rank 6 for R&D spending (% of GDP), 3.4%
Fiji: Not included in this limited dataset Tanzania: 0.5% Western Sahara: Not included in this limited dataset Canada: 1.8% United States: 3.4% Kazakhstan: 0.2% Uzbekistan: 0.1% Papua New Guinea: 0% Indonesia: 0.3% Argentina: 0.6% Chile: 0.4% Democratic Republic of the Congo: 0.4% Somalia: Not included in this limited dataset Kenya: 0.8% Sudan: Not included in this limited dataset Chad: 0.2% Haiti: Not included in this limited dataset Dominican Republic: Not included in this limited dataset Russia: 0.9% Bahamas: Not included in this limited dataset Falkland Islands: Not included in this limited dataset Norway: 1.9% Greenland: Not included in this limited dataset Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: No data Timor-Leste: Not included in this limited dataset South Africa: 0.6% Lesotho: 0.1% Mexico: 0.3% Uruguay: 0.7% Brazil: 1.2% Bolivia: 0.1% Peru: 0.2% Colombia: 0.3% Panama: 0.2% Costa Rica: 0.3% Nicaragua: 0.1% Honduras: 0.1% El Salvador: 0.1% Guatemala: 0% Belize: Not included in this limited dataset Venezuela: 0.3% Guyana: Not included in this limited dataset Suriname: Not included in this limited dataset France: 2.2% Ecuador: 0.4% Puerto Rico: 0.4% Jamaica: Not included in this limited dataset Cuba: 0.4% Zimbabwe: Not included in this limited dataset Botswana: 0.6% Namibia: 0.6% Senegal: 0.6% Mali: 0.1% Mauritania: 0% Benin: Not included in this limited dataset Niger: Not included in this limited dataset Nigeria: 0.3% Cameroon: Not included in this limited dataset Togo: 0.2% Ghana: 0.4% Côte d’Ivoire: 0.1% Guinea: Not included in this limited dataset Guinea-Bissau: Not included in this limited dataset Liberia: Not included in this limited dataset Sierra Leone: Not included in this limited dataset Burkina Faso: 0.1% Central African Republic: Not included in this limited dataset Republic of the Congo: 0.4% Gabon: Not included in this limited dataset Equatorial Guinea: Not included in this limited dataset Zambia: Not included in this limited dataset Malawi: 0.2% Mozambique: 0.3% Eswatini: 0.3% Angola: 0% Burundi: 0.2% Israel: 6.3% Lebanon: Not included in this limited dataset Madagascar: 0% Palestine: 0.5% Gambia: 0.1% Tunisia: 0.7% Algeria: 0.4% Jordan: 0.7% United Arab Emirates: 1.5% Qatar: 0.7% Kuwait: 0.1% Iraq: 0% Oman: 0.4% Vanuatu: Not included in this limited dataset Cambodia: 0.1% Thailand: 0.9% Laos: Not included in this limited dataset Myanmar: 0% Vietnam: 0.4% North Korea: Not included in this limited dataset South Korea: 4.9% Mongolia: 0.1% India: 0.6% Bangladesh: Not included in this limited dataset Bhutan: 0.1% Nepal: 0.3% Pakistan: 0.2% Afghanistan: Not included in this limited dataset Tajikistan: 0.1% Kyrgyzstan: 0.1% Turkmenistan: 0.1% Iran: 0.7% Syria: 0% Armenia: 0.3% Sweden: 3.6% Belarus: 0.6% Ukraine: 0.4% Poland: 1.6% Austria: 3.3% Hungary: 1.4% Moldova: 0.2% Romania: 0.5% Lithuania: 1% Latvia: 0.8% Estonia: 1.8% Germany: 3.2% Bulgaria: 0.8% Greece: 1.5% Türkiye: 1.4% Albania: 0.2% Croatia: 1.4% Switzerland: 3.2% Luxembourg: 1.1% Belgium: 3.3% Netherlands: 2.3% Portugal: 1.7% Spain: 1.5% Ireland: 1.6% New Caledonia: Not included in this limited dataset Solomon Islands: Not included in this limited dataset New Zealand: 1.5% Australia: 1.9% Sri Lanka: 0.1% China: 2.6% Taiwan: Not included in this limited dataset Italy: 1.4% Denmark: 3% United Kingdom: 2.7% Iceland: 2.6% Azerbaijan: 0.2% Georgia: 0.3% Philippines: 0.3% Malaysia: 1% Brunei: 0.3% Slovenia: 2.1% Finland: 3.1% Slovakia: 1% Czechia: 1.8% Eritrea: Not included in this limited dataset Japan: 3.4% Paraguay: 0.1% Yemen: Not included in this limited dataset Saudi Arabia: 0.6% Antarctica: No data N. Cyprus: No data Cyprus: 0.7% Morocco: 0.7% Egypt: 1% Libya: Not included in this limited dataset Ethiopia: 0.3% Djibouti: Not included in this limited dataset Somaliland: No data Uganda: 0.4% Rwanda: 0.8% Bosnia and Herzegovina: 0.2% North Macedonia: 0.4% Serbia: 0.9% Montenegro: 0.4% Kosovo: No data Trinidad and Tobago: 0.1% South Sudan: Not included in this limited dataset Japan Israel 1 South Korea 3 Sweden 4 United States 5 Papua New Guinea 139 Myanmar 140 Madagascar 141 Mauritania 142 Guatemala 143 Germany Move map ⛶ Expand map+ − Reset
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× JPN Top 10% / 2023
Japan Japan
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View Japan's profile and all rankings→ R&D spending (% of GDP)Rankings 6/143 3.4%
Area 377,969 km² World # 63
Population 123,366,734 people World # 12 Did you know? Japan ranks #6 for r&d spending (% of gdp). Switch themes to see how the same country changes across the map.
1 Israel 6.3% 2 Liechtenstein 6% 3 South Korea 4.9% 4 Sweden 3.6% 5 United States 3.4%
143 Guatemala 0% 142 Mauritania 0% 141 Madagascar 0% 140 Myanmar 0% 139 Papua New Guinea 0% 02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the R&D spending (% of GDP) ranking map Countries and territories reporting research and development spending to UNESCO or the World Bank. This page orders 143 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.
Top 3 #1 Israel (6.3%), #2 Liechtenstein (6%), #3 South Korea (4.9%)
Japan’s position World #6 (3.4%)
Data period latest available year by country (2010–2025) Reference years differ by country. Compare each value with the year and source shown in the country card.
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R&D spending (% of GDP) Full ranking143 countries #75 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.4% Profile #78 Republic of the Congo 0.4% Profile #103 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.2% Profile