% of GDP - Source frequency: annual · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's r&d expenditure (% gdp) was 1.7% as of January 2025, and the trend is broadly stable. Total gross expenditure on research and development as a percentage of GDP. Investment in R&D drives innovation and long-term productivity gains. Australia consistently invests below OECD peers. Data is sourced from ABS Research and Experimental Development (Cat. 8104.0); OECD MSTI and updated annually.
Total gross expenditure on research and development as a percentage of GDP.
Investment in R&D drives innovation and long-term productivity gains. Australia consistently invests below OECD peers.
Higher is better
Source: ABS Research and Experimental Development (Cat. 8104.0); OECD MSTI
GREEN = favourable trend within acceptable band of baseline. AMBER = flat or mild change. RED = unfavourable trend beyond threshold.
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (ABS Research and Experimental Development (Cat. 8104.0); OECD MSTI), updated annually. The source link above points to the human-readable publication page, which presents the same underlying data in a different format (e.g. Excel workbook, PDF release). Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
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