Gross domestic expenditure on R&D as a share of GDP in South Africa 2020-2022
In 2022, the gross domestic expenditure on research & development (GERD) as a percentage of South Africa's GDP amounted to 0.85 percent. Overall, the share has been increasing by 0.01 percentage point yearly. South Africa had the largest spending on research and development as a share of GDP in Africa in 2022.