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Costa Rica: Research and development expenditure

0.34percent · 2023-38.3% since 2012

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 Costa Rica from 1996 to 2023.

19962023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20230.337
20220.338
20210.274
20200.33
20180.371
20170.426
20160.443
20150.437
20140.556
20130.543
20120.547
20110.462
20100.48
20090.517
20080.386
20070.357
20060.427
20040.373
20030.362
20000.411
19990.368
19980.265
19970.296
19960.302

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 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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