Gross domestic R&D spending in G7 countries and China 2000-2022
In 2020, gross domestic spending on research and development (R&D) in China came closest that of the United States, reaching 563.3 billion U.S. dollars, compared to 672 billion U.S. dollars in the United States. In that year, Japan came a distant third, spending 167 billion U.S. dollars on R&D.
