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Ukraine: Research and development expenditure

0.37percent · 2024-43.1% 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 Ukraine from 1997 to 2024.

19972024

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
20240.37
20230.322
20220.327
20210.385
20200.403
20190.434
20180.471
20170.449
20160.483
20150.615
20140.65
20130.733
20120.724
20110.711
20100.803
20090.826
20080.81
20070.819
20060.914
20050.995
20041.044
20031.072
20020.963
20010.989
20000.929
19990.97
19981.07
19971.192

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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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