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Christian Jahn, Editor-in-chief, BFT International

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With investments in research and development of US $450 billion (equivalent to €390 billion), the USA leads the world, followed by China (US $333 billion and/or €288 billion), Japan (US $160 billion and/or €138 billion), and Germany (US $100 billion and/or €86 billion). These data have been published in Fact Sheet No. 36 of the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). This ranking can be evaluated differently when placing the absolute figures in relation to the respective gross domestic products (GDP). Then, South Korea with a rate of 4.3 % of GDP ranks first, followed by Israel (4.1 %) and...

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