Science spending in Russia by year
1,0 % of GDP, 2025 0,0 to 2024
How much the country spends on research and development — government, companies and universities together — as a percent of gross domestic product. Share, not amount: expenses are comparable across years and countries.
The share has stayed around one percent of GDP for more than twenty years. In leading countries it is three to four times higher.
In Russia the bulk of spending is financed by the state, whereas in most developed economies it is funded by business. The source structure is not shown here but is available in Rosstat source datasets.
The share can fall when spending rises slower than GDP growth.
Table by year
| Period | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,1 | |
| 2001 | 1,2 | +0,1 |
| 2002 | 1,2 | +0,1 |
| 2003 | 1,3 | +0,0 |
| 2004 | 1,2 | −0,1 |
| 2005 | 1,1 | −0,1 |
| 2006 | 1,1 | −0,0 |
| 2007 | 1,1 | +0,0 |
| 2008 | 1,0 | −0,1 |
| 2009 | 1,3 | +0,2 |
| 2010 | 1,1 | −0,2 |
| 2011 | 1,0 | −0,1 |
| 2012 | 1,0 | 0,0 |
| 2013 | 1,0 | 0,0 |
| 2014 | 1,1 | +0,1 |
| 2015 | 1,1 | 0,0 |
| 2016 | 1,1 | 0,0 |
| 2017 | 1,1 | 0,0 |
| 2018 | 1,0 | −0,1 |
| 2019 | 1,0 | 0,0 |
| 2020 | 1,1 | +0,1 |
| 2021 | 1,0 | −0,1 |
| 2022 | 0,9 | −0,1 |
| 2023 | 0,9 | 0,0 |
| 2024 | 1,0 | +0,1 |
| 2025 | 1,0 | 0,0 |
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does Russia spend on science?
The latest value in the table above — the share of domestic R&D spending in GDP.
What is included in this spending?
Expenditures on basic and applied research and development: salaries of researchers, equipment, materials, overhead of organisations.
Why does the share hardly change?
Science spending grows at roughly the same rate as the overall economy, so its share remains at the same level.
Sources
- Раздел 12. Наука, технологии и инновации
- Внутренние затраты на научные исследования и разработки в процентах к валовому внутреннему продукту