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

R&D expenditure (% of GDP) — Sub-Saharan Africa

R&D expenditure (% of GDP) in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2007 — 0.44%.

2007 0.44%
World rank
Period maximum 0.44%2007
Period minimum 0.44%2007

Trend over time

2007–2007 · % of GDP

Change over the period: +0 pp

Comparison, 2007

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa 0.44%
World 1.92%
R&D expenditure (% of GDP) — Sub-Saharan Africa, by year Sub-Saharan Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2007 0.44

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.