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Bulgaria: Research and development expenditure

0.79percent · 2023+24.9% since 2013

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 Bulgaria from 1996 to 2023.

19962023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20230.792
20220.752
20210.769
20200.845
20190.836
20180.755
20170.74
20160.77
20150.949
20140.79
20130.634
20120.6
20110.53
20100.563
20090.493
20080.447
20070.43
20060.442
20050.443
20040.471
20030.472
20020.465
20010.447
20000.495
19990.537
19980.482
19970.465
19960.418

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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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 2026-11-07.

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