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El Salvador: Research and development expenditure

0.10percent · 2023+58.9% 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 El Salvador from 1998 to 2023.

19982023

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20230.102
20220.143
20210.163
20200.163
20190.175
20180.165
20170.181
20160.145
20150.143
20140.094
20130.064
20120.034
20110.036
20100.078
20090.091
20080.134
20070.106
19980.088

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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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