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Tunisia - R-D Expenditure and Patent Applications 0.75

World Bank WDI · updated 2026-10-15 · 156 economies tracked

Latest value

0.75 (2019)

Global rank

##48 of 156 economies

Share of global total

0.7%

Growth since 2002

1.39×

Ranking Race — R-D Expenditure and Patent Applications

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#11#21#31#41#51#611996200120062011201620212024#41#482017 overtook Rwanda2018 overtook Iran
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Real annual global ranks, 1996 - 2024. Tunisia climbed from #41 to #48 (overtook Rwanda). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

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Key Events — Tunisia

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2017
Overtook Rwanda in global rank auto
2018
Overtook Iran in global rank auto

R-D Expenditure and Patent Applications, 2002-2019

World Bank WDI · % of GDP · linear scale · ranking in the race above
200220072012201720190.540.610.680.75

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