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

R&D expenditure (% of GDP) — Mauritania

R&D expenditure (% of GDP) in Mauritania in 2018 — 0.01%. Ranked 93 in the world out of 93.

2018 0.01%
World rank 93of 93
Period maximum 0.01%2018
Period minimum 0.01%2018

Trend over time

2018–2018 · % of GDP

Change over the period: +0 pp

Comparison, 2018

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

Mauritania 0.01%
World 2.22%
R&D expenditure (% of GDP) — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2018 0.01

Western Africa, 2018

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

GM Gambia 0.07 MR Mauritania 0.01

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.