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Italy – R&D Spending 2006

Gross domestic expenditure on research and development as a share of GDP. Covers basic research, applied research, and experimental development. · World Bank
1.08% +0.04% from 2005 G20 rank: 28th

Italy's r&d spending was 1.08% in 2006, increased +0.04% from 1.04% in 2005. This was the 28th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2006
R&D Spending by Country – 2006
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Israel 4.02% 2.5%
2nd Sweden 3.48% 3.4%
3rd Finland 3.33% 0.3%
4th Japan 3.23% 3.1%
5th Iceland 2.85% 6.5%
6th Korea 2.72% 7.8%
7th United States 2.55% 1.7%
8th Germany 2.47% 1.2%
9th Denmark 2.40% 0.4%
10th Austria 2.36% -0.6%
11th Australia 2.18% 17.9%
12th Singapore 2.12% -1.5%
13th France 2.05% 0.0%
14th Canada 1.94% -1.4%
15th Belgium 1.82% 1.8%
16th European Union 1.80% 1.2%
17th Netherlands 1.74% -1.9%
18th Luxembourg 1.65% 5.8%
19th United Kingdom 1.58% 1.7%
20th Slovenia 1.54% 8.4%
21st Norway 1.45% -1.9%
22nd China 1.37% 4.6%
23rd Montenegro 1.23% 33.0%
24th Czechia 1.23% 5.5%
25th Ireland 1.20% 0.6%
26th Spain 1.18% 7.0%
27th Estonia 1.11% 21.3%
28th Italy 1.08% 3.8%
29th Russian Federation 1.07% 0.5%
30th Brazil 0.99% -1.4%
31st Hungary 0.98% 6.3%
32nd Portugal 0.95% 26.0%
33rd Ukraine 0.91% -8.2%
34th India 0.80% -2.4%
35th South Africa 0.80% 4.2%
36th Hong Kong SAR, China 0.79% 2.7%
37th Lithuania 0.79% 5.9%
38th Croatia 0.73% -13.6%
39th Tunisia 0.68% -4.9%
40th Belarus 0.66% -2.6%
41st Latvia 0.65% 22.7%
42nd Malaysia 0.61% 1.9%
43rd Malta 0.58% 9.5%
44th Greece 0.56% -3.1%
45th Iran, Islamic Republic of 0.56% -10.2%
46th Türkiye 0.55% -1.9%
47th Poland 0.55% -2.1%
48th Morocco 0.55% -2.8%
49th Slovak Republic 0.47% -3.7%
50th Romania 0.46% 10.7%
51st Argentina 0.45% 7.5%
52nd Bulgaria 0.44% -0.1%
53rd Cuba 0.44% -19.6%
54th Serbia 0.44% 11.3%
55th Costa Rica 0.43% 14.5%
56th Moldova 0.41% 1.9%
57th Mozambique 0.40% 11.7%
58th American Samoa 0.40% 7.8%
59th Cyprus 0.38% 4.4%
60th Uruguay 0.36% -21.0%
61st Mexico 0.35% -7.4%
62nd Uganda 0.30% 39.6%
63rd Egypt, Arab Republic of 0.26% 7.3%
64th Kazakhstan 0.24% -14.4%
65th Armenia 0.24% -6.6%
66th Panama 0.24% 1.5%
67th Thailand 0.23% 6.3%
68th Kyrgyz Republic 0.23% 15.9%
69th Uzbekistan 0.22% -5.7%
70th North Macedonia 0.19% -15.1%
71st Mongolia 0.19% -19.6%
72nd Sri Lanka 0.17% -4.3%
73rd Azerbaijan 0.17% -22.0%
74th Colombia 0.16% -0.8%
75th Madagascar 0.14% -6.5%
76th Ecuador 0.13% 119.3%
77th Tajikistan 0.11% 12.1%
78th Kuwait 0.08% -15.9%
79th Macao SAR, China 0.08% -5.4%
80th Trinidad and Tobago 0.07% -36.7%
81st Congo, Democratic Republic of 0.06% 4.2%
82nd Guatemala 0.05% 40.9%
83rd Saudi Arabia 0.04% 0.4%
84th Virgin Islands (US) 0.03% 6.3%
85th Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.02% -27.0%