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Panama – R&D Spending 1997

Gross domestic expenditure on research and development as a share of GDP. Covers basic research, applied research, and experimental development. · World Bank
0.30% −0.01% from 1996 G20 rank: 50th

Panama's r&d spending was 0.30% in 1997, decreased +0.01% from 0.31% in 1996. This was the 50th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 1997
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Sweden 3.27%
2nd Japan 2.72% 3.0%
3rd Israel 2.71% 8.9%
4th Finland 2.62% 6.9%
5th United States 2.48% 1.1%
6th Korea 2.25% 1.5%
7th Germany 2.19% 2.0%
8th France 2.15% -3.4%
9th Denmark 1.89% 4.6%
10th Netherlands 1.84% 0.2%
11th Belgium 1.81% 3.8%
12th Iceland 1.80%
13th European Union 1.73% 1.9%
14th Austria 1.65% 4.7%
15th Canada 1.61% 0.4%
16th Norway 1.59%
17th United Kingdom 1.54% -2.4%
18th Singapore 1.42% 7.3%
19th Slovenia 1.25% -1.4%
20th Ireland 1.24% -2.3%
21st Ukraine 1.19%
22nd New Zealand 1.06%
23rd Slovak Republic 1.05% 18.1%
24th Russian Federation 1.04% 8.1%
25th Czechia 0.99% 11.1%
26th Italy 0.99% 4.4%
27th Moldova 0.81% -7.6%
28th Spain 0.78% -1.2%
29th Belarus 0.73% -26.9%
30th Serbia 0.71%
31st Hungary 0.70% 10.9%
32nd India 0.69% 7.5%
33rd Poland 0.64% 0.6%
34th China 0.64% 13.4%
35th Romania 0.57% -14.9%
36th Portugal 0.56% 2.6%
37th Lithuania 0.54% 9.1%
38th South Africa 0.53%
39th Türkiye 0.49% 8.9%
40th Bulgaria 0.47% 11.3%
41st Greece 0.43%
42nd Argentina 0.42% 0.5%
43rd Cuba 0.40% 15.6%
44th Azerbaijan 0.37% 57.0%
45th Latvia 0.37% -7.7%
46th North Macedonia 0.36%
47th Uruguay 0.35% 32.0%
48th Georgia 0.34% 3.5%
49th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.32% -3.0%
50th Panama 0.30% -3.5%
51st Costa Rica 0.30% -2.2%
52nd Kazakhstan 0.29%
53rd Mauritius 0.28%
54th Mexico 0.26% 10.8%
55th Kuwait 0.21%
56th Egypt, Arab Republic of 0.20% -7.1%
57th Kyrgyz Republic 0.19%
58th Armenia 0.19%
59th Madagascar 0.18%
60th Burkina Faso 0.18% 14.3%
61st Mongolia 0.17%
62nd Pakistan 0.16%
63rd Trinidad and Tobago 0.12% 11.9%
64th Thailand 0.10% -14.3%
65th Peru 0.08%
66th Nicaragua 0.07%
67th Ecuador 0.06% -15.4%
68th Myanmar 0.06%
69th Bermuda 0.06%
70th Zambia 0.01% -33.2%