It is very clear that any expenditure on research and development activities for the countries allocating the highest budget for R & D activities will be returned as advanced economics and prosperity. In a study conducted by the UNESCO Institute of Statistics, the budget allocated for R & D activities in different countries was examined by adjusting the purchasing power parity.

According to the data outcome, 10 countries that allocate the most budget to R & D studies in the world:

United States: $ 476.5 billion.

China: $ 370.6 billion.

Japan: $ 170.5 billion.

Germany: $ 109.8 billion.

South Korea: $ 73.2 billion.

France: $ 60.8 billion.

India: $ 48.1 billion.

United Kingdom: 44.2 billion Dollars.

Brazil: $ 42.1 billion.

Russia: $ 39.8 billion.

When we add only the first two budgets, in the USA and China, in the table, this corresponds to 47 percent of the R & D work budget on the whole world. This figure is 62.5%, considering the total budgets of the first four countries. The budget allocated for R & D work on the rest of the world does not even account for 15 percent of the world's rate when we exclude the countries in this list.

R & D activities in Turkey

According to the Turkey Statistical Institute (TUIK), the expenditure incurred for R & D budget from the central government in 2017 is 10 billion 710 million TL. According to this result, the ratio of expenditures which was made for the R & D activities in the central government budget in 2017 was 0.34 percent, and the share in central government budget expenditures was 1.4 percent.

References: WeForum, HowMuch.net, UNESCO, TÜİK, dunyahalleri.com