Category
Science & Knowledge
Research effort, scientific workforce and invention output.
- Metrics
- 4
- Headline
- 1
- Last ingestion
- 2026-10-19 00:20 UTC
Headline metrics, each in its default geography
Headline metric
R&D expenditure as share of GDP
Observed
Gross domestic expenditure on research and development as a percentage of GDP.
2.6percent of GDP
period 2023World
improving+1.02%1yimproving+2.78%10y CAGR
Other metrics, each in its default geography
Science & Knowledge
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (OECD)
Observed
Gross domestic expenditure on research and development as a percent of GDP, from the OECD Main Science and Technology Indicators.
2.72percent of GDP
period 2024OECD
improving+0.84%1yimproving+1.50%10y CAGR
Science & Knowledge
Patent applications
Derived
Total patent applications filed with national offices, residents plus nonresidents.
3.73Mapplications per year
period 2024World
contextual+4.86%1ycontextual+3.35%10y CAGR
Science & Knowledge
Researchers per million people
Observed
Full-time-equivalent researchers engaged in R&D per million inhabitants.
1,651.59researchers per million people
period 2020World
no earlier period to compare1yimproving+2.69%10y CAGR