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Research and development expenditure (% of GDP)

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Timeline:

This timeline shows a graph from 2001 to 2014 of Latin America & Caribbean . No data until 2000. Number of actual observations by date: 14.

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:

0.654

Minimum:

0.531

jan 1, 2003

Maximum:

0.819

jan 1, 2014

At the date of observation

Value

Absolute change

Change from the previous value

jan 1, 2001

0.557

+0.557

0.0%

jan 1, 2002

0.541

-0.015

-2.76%

jan 1, 2003

0.531

-0.011

-1.99%

jan 1, 2004

0.564

+0.033

6.27%

jan 1, 2005

0.568

+0.004

0.67%

jan 1, 2006

0.619

+0.052

9.1%

jan 1, 2007

0.607

-0.012

-1.93%

jan 1, 2008

0.643

+0.036

5.89%

jan 1, 2009

0.695

+0.052

8.02%

jan 1, 2010

0.723

+0.028

4.09%

jan 1, 2011

0.774

+0.051

7.06%

jan 1, 2012

0.758

-0.016

-2.05%

jan 1, 2013

0.762