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R&D expenditure (% of GDP) — all countries

R&D expenditure (% of GDP) — Eswatini

R&D expenditure (% of GDP) in Eswatini in 2015 — 0.28%. Ranked 73 in the world out of 102.

2015 0.28%
World rank 73of 102
Period maximum 0.28%2015
Period minimum 0.28%2015

Trend over time

2015–2015 · % of GDP

Change over the period: +0 pp

Comparison, 2015

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eswatini

Eswatini 0.28%
World 2.1%
Southern Africa computed 0.72%
R&D expenditure (% of GDP) — Eswatini, by year Eswatini All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2015 0.28 —

Southern Africa, 2015

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

ZA South Africa 0.73 SZ Eswatini 0.28 LS Lesotho 0.05
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About the indicator

Gross domestic expenditure on research and development (R&D) as a percentage of GDP — all current and capital spending by business, government, universities and nonprofit organizations on basic and applied research. The threshold of 3% of GDP is the target adopted in the EU; the leaders (Israel, South Korea) exceed 4.5%.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), license CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO.

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