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

R&D expenditure (% of GDP) — Saint Lucia

R&D expenditure (% of GDP) in Saint Lucia in 1999 — 0.27%. Ranked 54 in the world out of 68. Since 1998, the indicator has fallen by 0.3 pp.

1999 0.27% −0.3 pp vs 1998
World rank 54of 68
Period maximum 0.57%1998
Period minimum 0.27%1999

Trend over time

1998–1999 · % of GDP

R&D expenditure (% of GDP) — Saint Lucia, 1998–19990.20.30.40.50.6199819991998: 0.57%1999: 0.27%
Change over the period: −0.3 pp Annual average: -0.3 pp

Comparison, 1999

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

Saint Lucia 0.27%
World 2.05%
R&D expenditure (% of GDP) — Saint Lucia, by year Saint Lucia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
1999 0.27 −0.3 pp
1998 0.57 —

Caribbean, 1999

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

CU Cuba 0.46 LC Saint Lucia 0.27 TT Trinidad and Tobago 0.12
Full table for all countries

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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