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Lithuania – R&D Spending 2020

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1.13% +0.14% from 2019 G20 rank: 35th

Lithuania's r&d spending was 1.13% in 2020, increased +0.14% from 0.99% in 2019. This was the 35th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2020
R&D Spending by Country – 2020
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Israel 5.80% 8.7%
2nd Korea 4.80% 3.6%
3rd Sweden 3.49% 3.0%
4th United States 3.42% 8.8%
5th Belgium 3.39% 7.4%
6th Japan 3.26% 1.4%
7th Austria 3.20% 2.2%
8th Germany 3.13% -1.1%
9th Denmark 2.97% 2.6%
10th United Kingdom 2.94% 10.0%
11th Finland 2.91% 4.0%
12th Iceland 2.49% 6.2%
13th China 2.41% 7.2%
14th Netherlands 2.32% 6.3%
15th European Union 2.30% 3.3%
16th France 2.27% 3.8%
17th Norway 2.24% 5.1%
18th Singapore 2.16% 14.4%
19th Slovenia 2.14% 5.0%
20th Czechia 1.99% 3.0%
21st Canada 1.93% 10.2%
22nd Estonia 1.75% 8.2%
23rd Portugal 1.61% 15.6%
24th Hungary 1.59% 8.1%
25th Greece 1.51% 18.5%
26th Italy 1.51% 3.1%
27th United Arab Emirates 1.49% 13.6%
28th Spain 1.41% 12.7%
29th Poland 1.39% 4.7%
30th Türkiye 1.37% 3.6%
31st Thailand 1.33% 16.2%
32nd Croatia 1.23% 14.9%
33rd Ireland 1.15% -1.3%
34th Brazil 1.15% -5.4%
35th Lithuania 1.13% 14.1%
36th Luxembourg 1.10% -7.3%
37th Russian Federation 1.09% 5.4%
38th Hong Kong SAR, China 0.99% 7.2%
39th Malaysia 0.95% -8.6%
40th Egypt, Arab Republic of 0.92% 15.0%
41st Serbia 0.91% 2.1%
42nd Slovak Republic 0.90% 9.2%
43rd Bulgaria 0.85% 2.0%
44th Cyprus 0.84% 17.9%
45th Latvia 0.73% 15.0%
46th Uruguay 0.67% 18.8%
47th Malta 0.65% 15.3%
48th India 0.65% -2.1%
49th South Africa 0.60% -1.7%
50th Argentina 0.54% 13.2%
51st Belarus 0.54% -6.6%
52nd Cuba 0.52% -6.3%
53rd Saudi Arabia 0.50% -38.3%
54th Romania 0.47% -2.3%
55th Macao SAR, China 0.45% 83.4%
56th Ukraine 0.40% -7.1%
57th Mauritius 0.40% 12.9%
58th North Macedonia 0.37% 1.3%
59th Chile 0.34% -2.1%
60th Costa Rica 0.33% -11.2%
61st Oman 0.32% 15.9%
62nd Georgia 0.30% 5.6%
63rd Mexico 0.29% 5.7%
64th Colombia 0.29% -10.1%
65th Indonesia 0.28% 3.5%
66th Burkina Faso 0.25% 44.1%
67th Moldova 0.24% -2.6%
68th Panama 0.23% 70.5%
69th Bermuda 0.23% -14.8%
70th Azerbaijan 0.22% 11.9%
71st Armenia 0.21% 17.2%
72nd Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.20% 7.0%
73rd Kuwait 0.18% -2.2%
74th Peru 0.17% 9.8%
75th El Salvador 0.16% -6.7%
76th Paraguay 0.16% 14.2%
77th Myanmar 0.16% 86.6%
78th Uzbekistan 0.14% 22.5%
79th Mongolia 0.13% 43.5%
80th Turkmenistan 0.13% 18.2%
81st Kazakhstan 0.13% 6.4%
82nd Sri Lanka 0.12% -2.8%
83rd Tajikistan 0.09% -4.2%
84th Kyrgyz Republic 0.08% -2.1%
85th Trinidad and Tobago 0.07% 9.3%
86th Guatemala 0.05% 85.0%
87th Iraq 0.04% 24.1%