R&D expenditures as a percentage of GDP rose 16.1% to 1.16% in Lithuania in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, R&D expenditures as a percentage of GDP in Lithuania reached an all time high of 1.16% in 2020 and an all time low of 0.492% in 1996. When compared to Lithuania's main peers, R&D expenditures as a percentage of GDP in Belarus amounted to 0.549%, 1.79% in Estonia, 0.706% in Latvia and 1.10% in Russia in 2020.
Lithuania has been ranked 29th within the group of 67 countries we follow in terms of R&D expenditures as a percentage of GDP, 6 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 |
| Belarus | % | 0.505% | 0.500% | 0.501% | 0.584% | 0.604% | ||||||||||||||||
| China | % | 2.02% | 2.06% | 2.10% | 2.12% | 2.14% | ||||||||||||||||
| Estonia | % | 1.43% | 1.47% | 1.24% | 1.28% | 1.42% | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | % | 3.15% | 2.87% | 2.72% | 2.73% | 2.76% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 2.88% | 2.93% | 2.94% | 3.05% | 3.11% | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | % | 3.37% | 3.24% | 3.11% | 3.17% | 3.22% | ||||||||||||||||
| Latvia | % | 0.689% | 0.620% | 0.435% | 0.511% | 0.639% | ||||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | % | 1.03% | 1.04% | 0.842% | 0.896% | 0.937% | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 0.945% | 1.00% | 0.963% | 1.03% | 1.21% | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | 1.07% | 1.10% | 1.10% | 1.11% | 0.990% | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | % | 2.72% | 2.78% | 2.85% | 2.90% | 3.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | % | 0.650% | 0.615% | 0.483% | 0.449% | 0.471% |
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