Rising global competition over R&D investment Gross domestic spending on research and development, in millions of constant 2010 U.S. dollars adjusted for purchasing power parity
The new international survey in publics across Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, and in the U.S., Canada, Brazil and Russia comes as the global landscape for scientific research and innovation has shifted. In the past, the U.S. has had the largest share of spending globally on research and development. Sweden, Germany and Japan have also made sizable investments in research and development over time. But recent years have seen increased investments by Taiwan, South Korea and mainland China.
Rising global competition over R&D investment  | Gross domestic spending on research and development, in millions of  | constant 2010 U.S. dollars adjusted for purchasing power parity  | 600K  | 500K  | United States  | 400K  | EU-28  | 300K  | China  | 200K  | Japan  | South Korea  | 100K  | Taiwan  | K  | 1995  | 2000  | 2005  | 2010  | 2015  | 2018  | Note: China refers to the People's Republic of China and Taiwan refers to Chinese Taipei.  | Source: OECD (2020), Gross domestic spending on R&D,  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 