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R&D expenditure (% of GDP), Southeast Asia + KR/CN/JP

Annual research and development expenditure as a share of GDP for 11 Southeast Asian countries plus South Korea, China, and Japan, 2000 onward.

Source: World Bank Open Data · last checked 2026-06-12 · Re-processed from World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0)

R&D spending is reported irregularly — several countries have sparse or early-ending series (e.g. Laos has a single year; Cambodia, Brunei and others lag or stop around 2015–2020). Points mark the years actually reported.

Source: World Bank Open Data · checked 2026-06-12re-designed by UndertheSEA

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