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South Africa R&D Spending 2020s

Name: South Africa R&D Spending 2020s
Creator: World Bank
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Research and development expenditure as % of GDP · World Bank

0.60% decade average (2020-2029)

South Africa's r&d spending during the 2020s ranged from 0.56% (2025) to 0.62% (2022), averaging 0.60% over 4 years of data.

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2020s Data▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2020	0.60%	−0.01%	49th
2021	0.62%	+0.01%	49th
2022	0.62%	+0.00%	43rd
2025	0.56%	−0.06%	47th