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United States – R&D Spending 2000

Gross domestic expenditure on research and development as a share of GDP. Covers basic research, applied research, and experimental development. · World Bank
2.62% +0.08% from 1999 G20 rank: 4th

United States's r&d spending was 2.62% in 2000, increased +0.08% from 2.54% in 1999. This was the 4th highest in the G20.

G20 Ranking – 2000
R&D Spending by Country – 2000
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Israel 3.83% 18.6%
2nd Finland 3.24% 6.1%
3rd Japan 2.86% 0.4%
4th United States 2.62% 3.0%
5th Iceland 2.57% 15.1%
6th Germany 2.41% 2.6%
7th Switzerland 2.26% -4.7%
8th Denmark 2.19% 2.8%
9th Korea 2.13% 5.4%
10th France 2.09% -0.7%
11th Belgium 1.94% 1.6%
12th Austria 1.89% 2.2%
13th Canada 1.86% 6.2%
14th Singapore 1.82% 0.0%
15th Netherlands 1.79% -1.8%
16th European Union 1.76% -1.2%
17th United Kingdom 1.61% -0.8%
18th Luxembourg 1.58%
19th Australia 1.57% 3.9%
20th Slovenia 1.36% 1.7%
21st Czechia 1.11% 5.8%
22nd Ireland 1.08% -5.9%
23rd Russian Federation 1.05% 5.4%
24th Brazil 1.05%
25th Croatia 1.04% 25.3%
26th Italy 1.00% 2.3%
27th Ukraine 0.93% -4.2%
28th China 0.89% 19.1%
29th Spain 0.88% 5.3%
30th Serbia 0.85% -9.8%
31st Hungary 0.79% 17.7%
32nd India 0.76% 4.5%
33rd Belarus 0.72% -14.6%
34th Portugal 0.72% 5.9%
35th Poland 0.64% -5.8%
36th Slovak Republic 0.64% -1.0%
37th Estonia 0.60% -11.4%
38th Lithuania 0.59% 16.6%
39th Bulgaria 0.50% -7.8%
40th Cuba 0.48% 4.4%
41st Sudan 0.47% -10.8%
42nd Malaysia 0.47% 17.9%
43rd Türkiye 0.47% 2.2%
44th Hong Kong SAR, China 0.46% 1.6%
45th Argentina 0.44% -3.2%
46th Latvia 0.43% 23.6%
47th North Macedonia 0.42% 27.7%
48th Costa Rica 0.41% 11.9%
49th Romania 0.37% -8.0%
50th Panama 0.36% 33.3%
51st Uzbekistan 0.36%
52nd Azerbaijan 0.34% -14.5%
53rd Mexico 0.29% -10.7%
54th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.29% -3.7%
55th Mauritius 0.28% -8.4%
56th Thailand 0.24% -1.5%
57th Cyprus 0.23% 4.1%
58th Georgia 0.22% -25.2%
59th Uruguay 0.21% -6.7%
60th Egypt, Arab Republic of 0.19% 3.2%
61st Armenia 0.19% -10.7%
62nd Mongolia 0.19% 24.9%
63rd Kazakhstan 0.18% -1.5%
64th Kyrgyz Republic 0.16% -13.1%
65th Sri Lanka 0.14% -21.6%
66th Colombia 0.13%
67th Kuwait 0.13% -36.5%
68th Myanmar 0.11% 156.6%
69th Peru 0.11% 14.4%
70th Trinidad and Tobago 0.11% -12.1%
71st Madagascar 0.10% 20.3%
72nd Pakistan 0.10% -17.7%
73rd Indonesia 0.07%
74th Honduras 0.04%