The countries with the most R&D investment have high-spending businesses, according to an infographic by the UN science agency Unesco.
The infographic, called How much does your country invest in R&D?, was prepared by the Unesco Institute for Statistics and shows global R&D spending levels and regional trends.
About 10 countries account for 80 per cent of global R&D investment, Unesco found. Across all of them, “strong spending by the business sector is an underlying factor for success”.