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Canada: Research and development expenditure

1.79percent · 2024+4.4% 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 Canada from 1996 to 2024.

19962024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20241.791
20231.81
20221.813
20211.871
20201.934
20191.756
20181.737
20171.687
20161.729
20151.694
20141.715
20131.706
20121.773
20111.787
20101.825
20091.917
20081.856
20071.904
20061.943
20051.971
20041.997
20031.968
20021.972
20012.021
20001.858
19991.75
19981.711
19971.614
19961.607

Source

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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