UNESCO SCIENCE REPORT

Figure UNESCO 2.1: SCIENCE Trends in REPORT business R&D, 2001–2011
The contribution of business R&D to GERD has dropped since 2006 in sub-Saharan Africa,
the Americas and the former Soviet states
Share of business R&D in GERD at national level, 2006 and 2011 (%)
2006
2011
World average in 2006: 66.3 World average in 2011: 65.9
69.7
62.8
51.4 51.4
48.5
69.2 67.6
56.8 57.4
62.4
59.1
63.9 63.7
38.3
35.2
42.0 44.1 76.1 75.0
39.9
32.2
16.9
Sub-Saharan
Africa
Asia–Pacific
China
and India
Eastern Europe
Japan and
Asian Tigers
Latin America
Middle East and
North Africa
North America Oceania Former Soviet
states
Western Europe
1.08%
Global average for business R&D as a share of GDP in 2001
1.15%
Global average for business R&D as a share of GDP in 2011
Business R&D only contributes 0.2% of GDP in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa
Business R&D as a share of national GDP, 2001–2011 (%)
2.0
1.85
1.88
1.81
1.60
1.5
1.0
1.22
1.08
Global average
Global average
1.34
1.28
1.15
1.07
0.78
0.5
0.0
0.60
0.43
0.36
0.27
0.18
0.15
0.01
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
0.55
0.39
0.33
0.22
0.20
0.10
2011
Japan and Asian Tigers
North America
Western Europe
Oceania
China and India
Former Soviet states
Eastern Europe Middle East and North Africa
Latin America
Sub-Saharan Africa Rest of Asia–Pacific
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