In 2022, Israel invested six percent of the country's gross domestic product (GDP) into research and development, the highest worldwide. In South Korea, the expenditure on R&D reached over five percent of its GDP.
Leading countries by research and development (R&D) expenditure as share of gross domestic product (GDP) worldwide in 2022
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