Nigeria R&D Expenditure (% GDP)

Nigeria's R&D expenditure (% GDP) rose to 0.28% in 2019, up from 0.13% in 2007, according to World Bank. This represents an increase of 0.15% from the previous year. Nigeria has R&D expenditure (% GDP) lower than the global median (0.28% vs median 0.62%). Compared with the median in Africa, Nigeria is lower (0.28% vs regional median 0.30%) and ranks 10th out of 18 countries in Africa.