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Research and development expenditure (% of GDP)

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Timeline:

This timeline shows a graph from 1997 to 2015 of China. No data until 1996. Number of actual observations by date: 19.

Source name:

World Development Indicators

Source organization:

United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

Categories, topics:

Science & Technology

Last updated:

apr 23, 2017

Indicators value changes by year

Meaning:

1.294

Minimum:

0.565

jan 1, 1997

Maximum:

2.046

jan 1, 2015

At the date of observation

Value

Absolute change

Change from the previous value

jan 1, 1997

0.565

+0.565

0.0%

jan 1, 1998

0.641

+0.076

13.43%

jan 1, 1999

0.649

+0.008

1.29%

jan 1, 2000

0.753

+0.104

15.94%

jan 1, 2001

0.898

+0.145

19.25%

jan 1, 2002

0.945

+0.048

5.32%

jan 1, 2003

1.064

+0.119

12.56%

jan 1, 2004

1.127

+0.063

5.95%

jan 1, 2005

1.224

+0.096

8.52%

jan 1, 2006

1.318

+0.094

7.72%

jan 1, 2007

1.38

+0.062

4.69%

jan 1, 2008

1.384

+0.005

0.33%

jan 1, 2009

1.457

+0.073

5.27%

jan 1, 2010

1.679

+0.221

15.19%

jan 1, 2011

1.727

+0.048

2.89%

jan 1, 2012

1.794

+0.067

3.89%

jan 1, 2013

1.928

+0.134

7.45%

jan 1, 2014

2.015

+0.087

4.49%

jan 1, 2015

2.046

+0.031

1.56%

Ranking of countries by current statistics by years

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