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Saudi Arabia: Research and development expenditure

0.64percent · 2024+1195.8% since 2008

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 Saudi Arabia from 2003 to 2024.

20032024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240.635
20230.495
20220.414
20210.394
20200.476
20130.791
20120.858
20110.885
20100.884
20090.073
20080.049
20070.045
20060.042
20050.042
20040.053
20030.062

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Bank (2026). Research and development expenditure. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-research-and-development-expenditure (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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