BRICS Topics Research and Development R&D Expenditure

High-technology exports are products with high R&D intensity, such as in aerospace, computers, pharmaceuticals, scientific instruments, and electrical machinery. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

High-technology exports in current prices (US dollars)

201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Brazil8,821,852,4029,144,676,2289,470,914,6319,066,336,6668,794,690,9029,433,128,68410,375,539,02810,715,201,94911,063,190,9659,392,109,9805,944,951,7236,350,128,6107,707,210,4238,060,841,8268,694,667,841
South Africa2,498,966,6632,745,990,0892,861,275,7472,615,633,1292,807,326,9352,810,596,5032,398,089,3622,198,581,3962,091,970,9571,833,309,5911,835,319,3032,418,464,0702,494,861,6822,215,402,3552,453,906,343
China474,737,980,237540,460,754,934594,110,243,099656,130,321,776654,030,643,704652,412,308,349594,754,428,555654,254,700,212731,389,331,452715,336,038,300757,483,821,706936,394,581,135924,393,316,669825,045,389,470
India10,668,887,03214,508,694,70713,881,886,77817,945,576,99518,334,404,54414,588,767,82514,266,747,53615,104,651,31020,197,216,79423,471,089,53221,583,797,56727,447,578,52835,784,973,16640,942,449,667
Russian Federation5,291,117,6605,753,483,7337,731,024,1099,223,725,73510,431,810,99311,478,187,27311,237,691,89610,385,740,89410,107,859,55310,783,402,8066,567,475,90410,598,637,533