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Panama: Research and development expenditure

0.20percent · 2024+65.1% 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 Panama from 1996 to 2024.

19962024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240.197
20230.158
20220.183
20210.177
20200.232
20190.136
20180.134
20170.131
20160.128
20150.104
20140.119
20130.06
20120.073
20110.168
20100.141
20090.129
20080.186
20070.178
20060.229
20050.228
20040.225
20030.323
20020.347
20010.368
20000.373
19990.283
19980.283
19970.318
19960.333

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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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