List of countries by research and development spending
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Columns: Rank | Country/Region | Expenditures on R&D (billions of US$ , PPP ) | % of GDP PPP | Year
1 | United States | 405.3 | 2.7% | 2011 | 2 | China | 296.8 | 1.97% | 2012 | 3 | Japan | 160.3 | 3.67% | 2011 | 4 | Germany | 69.5 | 2.3% | 2011 | 5 | South Korea | 55.8 | 3.74% | 2011 | 6 | France | 42.2 | 1.9% | 2011 | 7 | United Kingdom | 38.4 | 1.7% | 2011 | 8 | India | 36.1 | 0.9% | 2011 | 9 | Canada | 24.3 | 1.8% | 2011 | 10 | Russia | 23.8 | 1.0% | 2011 | 11 | Brazil | 19.4 | 0.9% | 2011 | 12 | Italy | 19 | 1.1% | 2011 | 13 | Taiwan | 19 | 2.3% | 2011 | 14 | Spain | 17.2 | 1.3% | 2011 | 15 | Australia | 15.9 | 1.7% | 2011 | 16 | Sweden | 11.9 | 3.3% | 2011 | 17 | Netherlands | 10.8 | 1.6% | 2011 | 18 | Israel | 9.4 | 4.2% | 2011 | 19 | Austria | 8.3 | 2.5% | 2011 | 20 | Switzerland | 7.5 | 2.3% | 2011 | 21 | Belgium | 6.9 | 1.7% | 2011 | 22 | Turkey | 6.9 | 0.7% | 2011 | 23 | Poland | 6.9 | 0.9% | 2011 | 24 | Mexico | 6.4 | 0.4% | 2011 | 25 | Finland | 6.3 | 3.1% | 2011 | 26 | Singapore | 6.3 | 2.2% | 2011 | 27 | Denmark | 5.1 | 2.4% | 2011 | 28 | Norway | 4.2 | 1.6% | 2011 | 29 | Czech Republic | 3.8 | 1.4% | 2011 | 30 | South Africa | 3.7 | 0.7% | 2011 | 31 | Iran | 3.5 | 0.42% | 2012 | 32 | Portugal | 2.8 | 1.2% | 2011 | 33 | Ukraine | 2.75 | 0.85% | 2007 | 34 | Pakistan | 2.73 | 0.67% | 2007 | 35 | Argentina | 2.7 | 0.4% | 2011 | 36 | Ireland | 2.6 | 1.4% | 2011 | 37 | Malaysia | 2.6 | 0.63% | 2010 | 38 | Saudi Arabia | 1.8 | 0.25% | 2012 | 39 | Greece | 1.7 | 0.6% | 2011 | 40 | Hungary | 1.7 | 0.9% | 2011 | 41 | Thailand | 1.46 | 0.25% | 2010 | 42 | New Zealand | 1.4 | 1.2% | 2011 | 43 | Romania | 1.3 | 0.5% | 2011 | 44 | Chile | 1.22 | 0.53% | 2007 | 45 | Belarus | 1.02 | 0.96% | 2007 | 46 | Egypt | 0.91 | 0.23% | 2007 | 47 | Slovenia | 0.8 | 1.4% | 2011 | 48 | Morocco | 0.76 | 0.6% | 2007 | 49 | Indonesia | 0.72 | 0.07% | 2010 | 50 | Croatia | 0.7 | 0.81% | 2007 | 51 | Luxembourg | 0.67 | 1.62% | 2007 | 52 | Tunisia | 0.66 | 0.86% | 2007 | 53 | Colombia | 0.6 | 0.16% | 2007 | 54 | Vietnam | 0.52 | 0.19% | 2010 | 55 | Slovakia | 0.5 | 0.4% | 2011 | 56 | Lithuania | 0.47 | 0.82% | 2007 | 57 | Bulgaria | 0.44 | 0.48% | 2007 | 58 | Kazakhstan | 0.38 | 0.21% | 2007 | 59 | Estonia | 0.36 | 1.11% | 2007 | 60 | Iceland | 0.3 | 2.3% | 2011 | 61 | Philippines | 0.29 | 0.09% | 2007 | 62 | Uruguay | 0.272 | 0.42% | 2007 | 63 | Serbia | 0.25 | 0.35% | 2007 | 64 | Peru | 0.24 | 0.1% | 2007 | 65 | Latvia | 0.23 | 0.59% | 2007 | 66 | Sudan | 0.18 | 0.23% | 2007 | 67 | Algeria | 0.16 | 0.07% | 2007 | 68 | Costa Rica | 0.15 | 0.32% | 2007 | 69 | Uganda | 0.13 | 0.39% | 2007 | 70 | Azerbaijan | 0.11 | 0.17% | 2007 | 71 | Botswana | 0.11 | 0.42% | 2007 | 72 | Ethiopia | 0.1 | 0.17% | 2007