El Salvador vs Sri Lanka: Research spending gdp

El Salvador
0.1015
in 2023
Sri Lanka
0.1051
in 2022
El Salvador rank
102nd
Sri Lanka rank
99th

Research spending gdp over time

  • El Salvador
  • Sri Lanka
0.050.10.150.2199620092023

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 0.1051 against 0.1015 in El Salvador, a difference of 0.0036.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 10 shared years of data; in 2008 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 102nd and Sri Lanka ranks 99th of 116 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
2000s 0.134 0.1144 0.0195 El Salvador
2010s 0.1243 0.1124 0.0119 El Salvador
2020s 0.1532 0.1106 0.0426 El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher research spending gdp, El Salvador or Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka, at 0.1051 against 0.1015 in El Salvador as of 2022.
What is the difference in research spending gdp between El Salvador and Sri Lanka?
0.0036, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Sri Lanka?
10 years are reported by both, from 2008 to 2022.
How do El Salvador and Sri Lanka rank globally for research spending gdp?
El Salvador ranks 102nd and Sri Lanka ranks 99th of 116 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Research spending gdp. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Research spending gdp
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
116 places, 2,375 data points, 1996–2024
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