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Tunisia: Research and development expenditure

0.75percent · 2019+5.7% since 2009

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 Tunisia from 2002 to 2019.

20022019

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20190.747
20180.716
20170.7
20160.565
20150.594
20140.62
20130.637
20120.649
20110.675
20100.658
20090.706
20080.639
20070.665
20060.677
20050.712
20040.731
20030.65
20020.543

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

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