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Cuba: Research and development expenditure

0.44percent · 2024+5.4% 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 Cuba from 1996 to 2024.

19962024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240.438
20230.392
20220.36
20210.323
20200.518
20190.553
20180.537
20170.431
20160.342
20150.429
20140.416
20130.475
20120.407
20110.272
20100.608
20090.615
20080.501
20070.436
20060.441
20050.549
20040.602
20030.582
20020.564
20010.565
20000.479
19990.458
19980.501
19970.402
19960.347

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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