UNESCO SCIENCE REPORT

Brazil and Mexico have the highest share of business-funded R&D in Latin America
GERD by source of funds, 2012 (%), countries arranged in descending order of GERD by volume (PPP$)
0.8
0.8
1.0
0.6
2.0
1.9
3.1
21.3
43.1
35.7
Brazil
Mexico
Argentina
54.9
60.8
74.0
5.0 2.4
17.5
5.0
15.0
16.4
34.2
2.1
34.9
Colombia
9.4
Chile
Cuba
42.0
36.0
80.0
Panama has the highest share of private non-profit-funded R&D, thanks largely to the presence
of the Smithsonian Institution
0.9 7.6 15.0
20.7 18.9
23.5
43.4
Uruguay
33.0
8.7 Panama
49.0 Guatemala
2011
5.0
27.5
46.7
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Business enterprise
0.8
Government
Higher education
2.9
3.7
7.7
2.6
9.2 2.8
11.7
Private non-profit
Abroad
Paraguay
El Salvador
Note: Totals may not add up to 100% due to some
GERD not being classified by source.
Source: RICYT database and UNESCO Institute for
Statistics, July 2015; Brazilian Ministry of Science,
Technology and Innovation
82.5
74.3
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