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Belarus: Research and development expenditure

0.59percent · 2024+16.2% since 2014

Gross domestic expenditures on research and development (R&D), expressed as a percent of GDP. They include both capital and current expenditures in the four main sectors: Business enterprise, Government, Higher education and Private non-profit. R&D covers basic research, applied research, and experimental development. Annual figures for Belarus from 1996 to 2024.

19962024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240.587
20230.573
20220.475
20210.46
20200.539
20190.577
20180.604
20170.584
20160.501
20150.5
20140.505
20130.652
20120.646
20110.678
20100.669
20090.622
20080.741
20070.962
20060.661
20050.679
20040.628
20030.611
20020.621
20010.709
20000.722
19990.845
19980.706
19970.73
19960.999

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Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Research and development expenditure. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-research-and-development-expenditure (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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