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

R&D expenditure (% of GDP) — Malawi

R&D expenditure (% of GDP) in Malawi in 2019 — 0.18%. Ranked 79 in the world out of 98.

2019 0.18%
World rank 79of 98
Period maximum 0.18%2019
Period minimum 0.18%2019

Trend over time

2019–2019 · % of GDP

Change over the period: +0 pp

Comparison, 2019

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

Malawi 0.18%
World 2.26%
R&D expenditure (% of GDP) — Malawi, by year Malawi All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2019 0.18

Eastern Africa, 2019

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

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.