Ethiopia R&D Expenditure (% GDP)

Ethiopia's R&D expenditure (% GDP) fell to 0.27% in 2017, down from 0.6% in 2013, according to World Bank. This represents a decrease of 0.33% from the previous year. Ethiopia has R&D expenditure (% GDP) lower than the global median (0.27% vs median 0.62%). Compared with the median in Africa, Ethiopia is lower (0.27% vs regional median 0.30%) and ranks 11th out of 18 countries in Africa.