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

R&D expenditure (% of GDP) — Turkmenistan

R&D expenditure (% of GDP) in Turkmenistan in 2023 — 0.09%. Ranked 81 in the world out of 84. Since 2015, the indicator has fallen by 0.02 pp.

2023 0.09% −0.05 pp vs 2022
World rank 81of 84
Period maximum 0.16%2016
Period minimum 0.08%2018

Trend over time

2015–2023 · % of GDP

R&D expenditure (% of GDP) — Turkmenistan, 2015–20230.080.10.120.140.162015201620172018201920202021202220232015: 0.11%2016: 0.16%2017: 0.09%2018: 0.08%2019: 0.11%2020: 0.13%2021: 0.1%2022: 0.14%2023: 0.09%
Change over the period: −0.02 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Turkmenistan 0.09%
World 2.6%
Central Asia computed 0.13%
R&D expenditure (% of GDP) — Turkmenistan, by year Turkmenistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 0.09 −0.05 pp
2022 0.14 +0.04 pp
2021 0.1 −0.03 pp
2020 0.13 +0.02 pp
2019 0.11 +0.03 pp
2018 0.08 −0.01 pp
2017 0.09 −0.07 pp
2016 0.16 +0.05 pp
2015 0.11

Central Asia, 2023

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.