Research and development expenditure (% of GDP) (World Bank WDI)
World Bank indicators. % of GDP, annual.
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Data source: World Bank, wdi_lka.zip (8 Oct 2026)
Macro Lab · LK.SOC.WDI.GB_XPD_RSDV_GD_ZS.A · CC BY 4.0
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- Source World Bank, compiled by Macro Lab
- Unit % of GDP
- Date range 1996 – 2022
- Last checked 8 Oct 2026
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- Research and development expenditure (% of GDP) (World Bank WDI)
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- World Bank: World Development Indicators and International Debt Statistics (World Bank)
- Source page
- https://data.worldbank.org/country/sri-lanka
- Licence
- Source: The World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0.
- Notes
- World Bank, World Development Indicators, GB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS, Sri Lanka. Data source (as the World Bank gives it): Stat Bulk Data Download Service, UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), uri: https://databrowser.uis.unesco.org/resources/bulk, publisher: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), date accessed: 2025-03-26, date published: 2025-02 Licence: CC BY 4.0. Source: The World Bank, World Development Indicators, https://data.worldbank.org/country/sri-lanka.
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