Visualizing How Much Countries Spend on R&D
By Visual Capitalist
December 26, 2018
•1 min read
Visualizing How Much Countries Spend on R&D
Innovation can be a major competitive advantage for any developed economy.
However, achieving a sustainable rate of innovation isn’t necessarily a straightforward exercise. The reality is that innovation is a complex and difficult outcome to measure, and there are many different variables that factor into it at a national level.
Research and development (R&D) expenditure is certainly one of these factors – and while it doesn’t always directly correlate with innovation outcomes, it does represent time, capital, and effort being put into researching and designing the products of the future.
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