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Serbia: Research and development expenditure

0.94percent · 2024+35.6% 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 Serbia from 1997 to 2024.

19972024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240.94
20230.878
20220.919
20210.948
20200.865
20190.848
20180.882
20170.838
20160.808
20150.779
20140.693
20130.656
20120.819
20110.657
20100.675
20090.786
20080.645
20070.557
20060.429
20050.386
20040.282
20030.468
20020.611
20010.29
20000.802
19990.879
19980.698
19970.671

Source

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 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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