Leading countries by R&D spending worldwide 2022

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Einar H. Dyvik,
Sep 20, 2023
According to the forecast for 2022, the United States will be the leading country worldwide in terms of spending on research and development, with R&A expenditure exceeding 679 billion U.S. dollars. China is expected to invest about 551.1 billion U.S. dollars into research and development.

Leading countries by gross research and development (R&D) expenditure worldwide in 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars)

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Release date

April 2022

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2021

Special properties

Derived from purchasing power parity calculations

Supplementary notes

Forecasted values.

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