R&D expenditures as a percentage of GDP rose 5.41% to 1.39% in Poland in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, R&D expenditures as a percentage of GDP in Poland reached an all time high of 1.39% in 2020 and an all time low of 0.538% in 2003. When compared to Poland's main peers, R&D expenditures as a percentage of GDP in Czechia amounted to 1.99%, 3.14% in Germany, 1.10% in Russia and 0.406% in Ukraine in 2020.
Poland has been ranked 26th within the group of 67 countries we follow in terms of R&D expenditures as a percentage of GDP, 12 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 |
| Austria | % | 3.08% | 3.05% | 3.12% | 3.06% | 3.09% | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | % | 2.37% | 2.43% | 2.52% | 2.67% | 2.86% | ||||||||||||||||
| China | % | 2.02% | 2.06% | 2.10% | 2.12% | 2.14% | ||||||||||||||||
| Czechia | % | 1.96% | 1.92% | 1.67% | 1.77% | 1.90% | ||||||||||||||||
| France | % | 2.28% | 2.23% | 2.22% | 2.20% | 2.20% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 2.88% | 2.93% | 2.94% | 3.05% | 3.11% | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | % | 1.34% | 1.34% | 1.18% | 1.32% | 1.51% | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | % | 3.37% | 3.24% | 3.11% | 3.17% | 3.22% | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | % | 0.945% | 1.00% | 0.963% | 1.03% | 1.21% | ||||||||||||||||
| Romania | % | 0.382% | 0.488% | 0.481% | 0.503% | 0.501% | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | % | 1.07% | 1.10% | 1.10% | 1.11% | 0.990% | ||||||||||||||||
| Slovakia | % | 0.880% | 1.16% | 0.791% | 0.887% | 0.840% | ||||||||||||||||
| 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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