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Ecuador: Research and development expenditure

0.44percent · 2014+650.7% since 2002

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 Ecuador from 1996 to 2014.

19962014

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20140.438
20130.374
20120.333
20110.341
20100.411
20090.411
20080.23
20070.135
20060.132
20030.06
20020.058
20010.054
19980.065
19970.063
19960.074

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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