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Compare/🇨🇦 CAN vs 🇺🇸 USA/R&D Spending (% GDP)
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R&D Spending (% GDP)

Gross domestic expenditure on R&D as % of GDP

🇨🇦 Canada
1.03%▼ 0.16
As of 2023-01-01
🇺🇸 United States
2.18%▲ 0.97
As of 2022-01-01

Historical Comparison

200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120230.0%0.9%1.8%2.7%3.6%
  • Canada
  • United States

Why it matters

Canada spends ~1.7% of GDP on R&D vs 3%+ for US, Korea, Israel.

Frequency: annual
Units: percent
Seasonal adj.: N/A
Importance: 7/10