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El Salvador - R-D Expenditure and Patent Applications 0.1

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

Latest value

0.1 (2023)

Global rank

#n/a of 156 economies

Share of global total

0.1%

Growth since 1998

1.11×

Ranking Race — R-D Expenditure and Patent Applications

1 = global #1 · higher value ranks higher

#1#16#31#46#61#76#911996200120062011201620212024#63#782021 overtook Peru2022 overtook Panama
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Real annual global ranks, 1996 - 2024. El Salvador climbed from #63 to #78 (overtook Peru). Gaps in a lane = missing data that year.

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Key Events — El Salvador

Auto-detected from rank data + curated milestones

2021
Overtook Peru in global rank auto
2022
Overtook Panama in global rank auto

R-D Expenditure and Patent Applications, 1998-2023

World Bank WDI · % of GDP · linear scale · ranking in the race above
199820082013201820230.030.080.130.18

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