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Kuwait
Research and development expenditure (% of GDP)

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.

Global rank#29out of 30 countries
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Historical trend

0.40.30.20.20.1199720112024Kuwait · 2024: 0.09%Kuwait

Analytical takeaways

  • Kuwait records 0.09% for Research and development expenditure (% of GDP) in 2024, ranking #29 globally out of 30 countries.
  • Research and development expenditure (% of GDP) declined from 0.21% in 1997 to 0.09% in 2024, a decrease of 0.12%.
  • The country sits in the bottom quartile of the global distribution for this metric, which also makes the page relevant for low-value and lagging-performance searches.

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