R&D expenditures as a percentage of GDP rose 15.1% to 0.822% in Cyprus in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, R&D expenditures as a percentage of GDP in Cyprus reached an all time high of 0.822% in 2020 and an all time low of 0.203% in 1998. When compared to Cyprus's main peers, R&D expenditures as a percentage of GDP in Egypt amounted to 0.962%, 1.50% in Greece, 5.44% in Israel and 1.09% in Turkey in 2020.
Cyprus has been ranked 38th within the group of 67 countries we follow in terms of R&D expenditures as a percentage of GDP, 18 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| R&D Expenditures (As % of GDP) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Albania | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Bulgaria | % | 0.790% | 0.949% | 0.770% | 0.740% | 0.754% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cyprus | % | 0.514% | 0.477% | 0.522% | 0.544% | 0.616% | ||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | % | ... | ... | ... | 0.636% | 0.719% | 0.708% | 0.679% | 0.724% | |||||||||||||
| Greece | % | ... | ... | 0.840% | 0.966% | 1.01% | 1.15% | 1.21% | ||||||||||||||
| Iran | % | ... | ... | ... | 0.418% | ... | 0.830% | ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| Iraq | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.038% | 0.040% | 0.037% | 0.046% | 0.043% | |||||||
| Israel | % | 4.16% | 4.26% | 4.51% | 4.66% | 4.80% | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.695% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Lebanon | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Libya | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Macedonia | % | 0.516% | 0.444% | 0.436% | 0.354% | 0.364% | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||||||||
| Sudan | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||||||
| Syria | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.020% | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Turkey | % | 0.856% | 0.877% | 0.938% | 0.953% | 1.03% |
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