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Kuwait: Research and development expenditure

0.09percent · 2024-70.3% 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 Kuwait from 1997 to 2024.

19972024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240.09
20230.095
20220.08
20200.178
20190.185
20180.063
20170.08
20160.08
20150.097
20140.427
20130.302
20120.097
20110.099
20100.101
20090.112
20080.086
20070.086
20060.085
20050.101
20040.13
20030.143
20020.18
20010.179
20000.125
19990.198
19980.258
19970.205

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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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