Distribution of top public funders for R&D on neglected diseases 2018

Published by Matej Mikulic, Feb 4, 2020

This statistic shows the percentage of the top public funders for research and development on neglected diseases worldwide in 2018. In that year, the United States was responsible for some 68 percent of the total global funding for R&D on neglected diseases.

Percentage of top countries in public funding for research and development on neglected diseases in 2018*

	Percentage of total funding
United States	68%
United Kingdom	8.8%
European Union	5.2%
Germany	2.8%
India	2.6%
France	1.7%
Australia	1.4%
Japan	1.3%
Netherlands	0.8%
Switzerland	0.7%
Canada	0.6%
South Africa	0.5%

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January 2020

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2018

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* Neglected Diseases are mostly tropical infectious diseases that receive less attention behind the big diseases (usually: HIV, malaria, tuberculosis) and are therefore labeled 'neglected'.

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