Israel Research and Development Spending as a Share of GDP by Year 2000-2023

About This Dataset

Israeli gross domestic spending on research and development as a percentage of GDP, by year, from 2000 to 2023, from the World Bank series based on UNESCO Institute for Statistics data. Israel reports the highest research intensity in this dataset, with most of the spending performed by business rather than government.

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Israel is the outlier of this data. It began at 3.81 percent of GDP in 2000, already higher than the United States would reach twenty years later, and finished at 6.35 percent in 2023. The first decade was flat to falling: seven years in the series decline, six of them before 2012, with a low of 3.75 percent in 2004 and a second dip to 3.84 percent in 2010. The sustained climb starts in 2011 and adds 2.4 points over twelve years. The steepest single year is 2020 at 0.47 points, and the only recent setback is a 0.07-point dip in 2021. Israel crossed 5 percent in 2019 and 6 percent in 2022.

Source: World Bank / UNESCO Institute for Statistics

Key Findings

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2023 leads with 6 in 2000-2023.

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Average value in 2000-2023: 4 · median: 4.

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Gap in 2000-2023: 2023 is 1.7× larger than 2004.