Arab Region | Research and development expenditure, percent of GDP (Arab countries,1996–2020)
Gross domestic expenditures on research and development (R&D), expressed as a percent of GDP. They include both capital and current expenditures in the four main sectors: Business enterprise, Government, Higher education and Private non-profit. R&D covers basic research, applied research, and experimental development.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
138
Source
| Year | Location |
value
Min
Max
|
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Palestine | 0.2 |
| 2008 | Palestine | 0.15 |
| 2009 | Palestine | 0.36 |
| 2002 | Tunisia | 0.54 |
| 2004 | Tunisia | 0.73 |
| 2007 | Tunisia | 0.67 |
| 2008 | Tunisia | 0.64 |
| 2009 | Tunisia | 0.71 |
| 2010 | Tunisia | 0.66 |
| 2011 | Tunisia | 0.67 |
| 2012 | Tunisia | 0.65 |
| 2013 | Tunisia | 0.64 |
| 2014 | Tunisia | 0.62 |
| 2015 | Tunisia | 0.59 |
| 2016 | Tunisia | 0.57 |
| 2017 | Tunisia | 0.7 |
| 2014 | United Arab Emirates | 0.69 |
| 2015 | United Arab Emirates | 0.9 |
| 2019 | United Arab Emirates | 1.31 |
| 1998 | Morocco | 0.27 |
| 2001 | Morocco | 0.61 |
| 2003 | Morocco | 0.63 |
| 2006 | Morocco | 0.61 |
| 2010 | Morocco | 0.71 |
| 2011 | Oman | 0.14 |
| 2012 | Oman | 0.21 |
| 2013 | Oman | 0.17 |
| 2014 | Oman | 0.21 |
| 2015 | Oman | 0.25 |
| 2017 | Oman | 0.23 |
| 2019 | Oman | 0.31 |
| 2020 | Oman | 0.37 |
| 2012 | Qatar | 0.48 |
| 2015 | Qatar | 0.52 |
| 2001 | Algeria | 0.23 |
| 2002 | Algeria | 0.37 |
| 2003 | Algeria | 0.2 |
| 2005 | Algeria | 0.07 |
| 2014 | Bahrain | 0.1 |
| 1996 | Egypt | 0.21 |
| 1998 | Egypt | 0.2 |
| 2000 | Egypt | 0.19 |
| 2007 | Egypt | 0.26 |
| 2008 | Egypt | 0.27 |
| 2009 | Egypt | 0.43 |
| 2011 | Egypt | 0.53 |
| 2012 | Egypt | 0.51 |
| 2014 | Egypt | 0.64 |
| 2016 | Egypt | 0.71 |
| 2017 | Egypt | 0.68 |
| 2018 | Egypt | 0.72 |
| 2019 | Egypt | 0.84 |
| 2020 | Egypt | 0.96 |
| 2007 | Iraq | 0.05 |
| 2009 | Iraq | 0.05 |
| 2010 | Iraq | 0.04 |
| 2011 | Iraq | 0.03 |
| 2014 | Iraq | 0.04 |
| 2015 | Iraq | 0.04 |
| 2016 | Iraq | 0.04 |
| 2017 | Iraq | 0.05 |
| 2018 | Iraq | 0.04 |
| 2019 | Iraq | 0.03 |
| 2002 | Jordan | 0.34 |
| 2008 | Jordan | 0.42 |
| 2016 | Jordan | 0.7 |
| 1997 | Kuwait | 0.21 |
| 1998 | Kuwait | 0.26 |
| 2001 | Kuwait | 0.18 |
| 2002 | Kuwait | 0.18 |
| 2005 | Kuwait | 0.1 |
| 2006 | Kuwait | 0.08 |
| 2009 | Kuwait | 0.11 |
| 2010 | Kuwait | 0.1 |
| 2011 | Kuwait | 0.1 |
| 2012 | Kuwait | 0.1 |
| 2013 | Kuwait | 0.3 |
| 2014 | Kuwait | 0.43 |
| 2015 | Kuwait | 0.1 |
| 2016 | Kuwait | 0.08 |
| 2017 | Kuwait | 0.08 |
| 2018 | Kuwait | 0.06 |
| 2019 | Kuwait | 0.19 |
| 2020 | Kuwait | 0.19 |
| 2018 | Mauritania | 0.01 |
| 2003 | Saudi Arabia | 0.06 |
| 2004 | Saudi Arabia | 0.05 |
| 2006 | Saudi Arabia | 0.04 |
| 2009 | Saudi Arabia | 0.07 |
| 2010 | Saudi Arabia | 0.88 |
| 2011 | Saudi Arabia | 0.9 |
| 2012 | Saudi Arabia | 0.88 |
| 2013 | Saudi Arabia | 0.82 |
| 2020 | Saudi Arabia | 0.52 |
| 1999 | Sudan | 0.53 |
| 2000 | Sudan | 0.47 |
| 2001 | Sudan | 0.37 |
| 2002 | Sudan | 0.32 |
| 2003 | Sudan | 0.28 |
| 2004 | Sudan | 0.24 |
Arab Region | Research and development expenditure, percent of GDP (Arab countries,1996–2020)
Gross domestic expenditures on research and development (R&D), expressed as a percent of GDP. They include both capital and current expenditures in the four main sectors: Business enterprise, Government, Higher education and Private non-profit. R&D covers basic research, applied research, and experimental development.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
138
Source