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Research and development expenditure

high

Gross domestic R&D spending as a share of GDP.

0.600.20.40.60.81'01'04'07'10'13'16'20

India spends around 0.65% of GDP on R&D against China's 2.4%. No defence-industrial ambition survives that gap indefinitely.

sourceWorld Bankverified 2026-09-14

Research and development expenditure — international comparison

high

India against comparator countries. Gross domestic R&D spending as a share of GDP.

3.42.61.20.60.40.3United StatesChinaBrazilIndiaVietnamIndonesia01234

India spends around 0.65% of GDP on R&D against China's 2.4%. No defence-industrial ambition survives that gap indefinitely.

sourceWorld Bankverified 2026-09-14

Patent applications, residents

high

Patent applications filed by residents.

26.3k010k20k30k'01'04'07'10'13'16'19'21

World Bank indicator IP.PAT.RESD. History is restated by the World Bank as national accounts are revised; this series is rewritten in full on every pipeline run rather than appended to.

sourceWorld Bankverified 2026-09-14

Patent applications, residents — international comparison

high

India against comparator countries. Patent applications filed by residents.

1.4M262.2k26.3k4.7k1.4k1.1kChinaUnited StatesIndiaBrazilIndonesiaVietnam0500k1M1.5M2M

World Bank indicator IP.PAT.RESD. History is restated by the World Bank as national accounts are revised; this series is rewritten in full on every pipeline run rather than appended to.

sourceWorld Bankverified 2026-09-14

Patent applications, non-residents

high

Patent applications filed by non-residents.

35.3k010k20k30k40k'01'04'07'10'13'16'19'21

World Bank indicator IP.PAT.NRES. History is restated by the World Bank as national accounts are revised; this series is rewritten in full on every pipeline run rather than appended to.

sourceWorld Bankverified 2026-09-14

Patent applications, non-residents — international comparison

high

India against comparator countries. Patent applications filed by non-residents.

329.2k159k35.3k19.6k7.5k7.4kUnited StatesChinaIndiaBrazilVietnamIndonesia0100k200k300k400k

World Bank indicator IP.PAT.NRES. History is restated by the World Bank as national accounts are revised; this series is rewritten in full on every pipeline run rather than appended to.

sourceWorld Bankverified 2026-09-14

Scientific and technical journal articles

high

Number of scientific and engineering articles published.

228.2k050k100k150k200k250k'01'04'07'10'13'16'19'23

World Bank indicator IP.JRN.ARTC.SC. History is restated by the World Bank as national accounts are revised; this series is rewritten in full on every pipeline run rather than appended to.

sourceWorld Bankverified 2026-09-14

Scientific and technical journal articles — international comparison

high

India against comparator countries. Number of scientific and engineering articles published.

932.7k430.8k228.2k58.3k39k10.6kChinaUnited StatesIndiaBrazilIndonesiaVietnam0200k400k600k800k1M1.2M

World Bank indicator IP.JRN.ARTC.SC. History is restated by the World Bank as national accounts are revised; this series is rewritten in full on every pipeline run rather than appended to.

sourceWorld Bankverified 2026-09-14

Researchers in R&D

high

Professionals engaged in the conception or creation of new knowledge, per million people.

0100200300'05'10'15'18'20

India has roughly 260 researchers per million against Korea's 8,700. The constraint on an AI or defence-tech ambition is people before it is money.

sourceWorld Bankverified 2026-09-14

Researchers in R&D — international comparison

high

India against comparator countries. Professionals engaged in the conception or creation of new knowledge, per million people.

4.9k2.1k903836395259United StatesChinaBrazilVietnamIndonesiaIndia02k4k6k

India has roughly 260 researchers per million against Korea's 8,700. The constraint on an AI or defence-tech ambition is people before it is money.

sourceWorld Bankverified 2026-09-14

Technicians in R&D

high

Technical staff supporting research, per million people.

020406080100120'05'10'15'18

World Bank indicator SP.POP.TECH.RD.P6. History is restated by the World Bank as national accounts are revised; this series is rewritten in full on every pipeline run rather than appended to.

sourceWorld Bankverified 2026-09-14

Technicians in R&D — international comparison

high

India against comparator countries. Technical staff supporting research, per million people.

970737135BrazilIndiaVietnamIndonesia02004006008001k1.2k

World Bank indicator SP.POP.TECH.RD.P6. History is restated by the World Bank as national accounts are revised; this series is rewritten in full on every pipeline run rather than appended to.

sourceWorld Bankverified 2026-09-14

Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts

high

What the country earns from licensing its own intellectual property abroad.

1.7B0500M1B1.5B2B'01'05'09'13'17'21'25

The honest test of whether research becomes property. Receipts against payments is the number to read.

sourceWorld Bankverified 2026-09-14

Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts — international comparison

high

India against comparator countries. What the country earns from licensing its own intellectual property abroad.

189.1B13.1B1.7B1.2B217.5MUnited StatesChinaIndiaBrazilIndonesia050B100B150B200B250B

The honest test of whether research becomes property. Receipts against payments is the number to read.

sourceWorld Bankverified 2026-09-14

Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments

high

What the country pays to license intellectual property from abroad.

18.8B05B10B15B20B25B'01'05'09'13'17'21'25

World Bank indicator BM.GSR.ROYL.CD. History is restated by the World Bank as national accounts are revised; this series is rewritten in full on every pipeline run rather than appended to.

sourceWorld Bankverified 2026-09-14

Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments — international comparison

high

India against comparator countries. What the country pays to license intellectual property from abroad.

51.6B46.6B18.8B12.3B2.5BUnited StatesChinaIndiaBrazilIndonesia020B40B60B

World Bank indicator BM.GSR.ROYL.CD. History is restated by the World Bank as national accounts are revised; this series is rewritten in full on every pipeline run rather than appended to.

sourceWorld Bankverified 2026-09-14

ICT goods exports

high

Share of total goods exports made up of information and communication technology goods.

5.702468'01'04'07'10'13'16'19'22'24

World Bank indicator TX.VAL.ICTG.ZS.UN. History is restated by the World Bank as national accounts are revised; this series is rewritten in full on every pipeline run rather than appended to.

sourceWorld Bankverified 2026-09-14

ICT goods exports — international comparison

high

India against comparator countries. Share of total goods exports made up of information and communication technology goods.

36219.15.72.70.2VietnamChinaUnited StatesIndiaIndonesiaBrazil010203040

World Bank indicator TX.VAL.ICTG.ZS.UN. History is restated by the World Bank as national accounts are revised; this series is rewritten in full on every pipeline run rather than appended to.

sourceWorld Bankverified 2026-09-14

ICT service exports

high

Share of service exports made up of information and communication technology services.

490204060'01'05'09'13'17'21'25

India's strongest card, and the reason the AI conversation here starts from services rather than from silicon.

sourceWorld Bankverified 2026-09-14

ICT service exports — international comparison

high

India against comparator countries. Share of service exports made up of information and communication technology services.

4919149.68.3IndiaChinaBrazilIndonesiaUnited States0204060

India's strongest card, and the reason the AI conversation here starts from services rather than from silicon.

sourceWorld Bankverified 2026-09-14

Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count

high

Industrial design applications are applications to register an industrial design with a national or regional Intellectual Property (IP) offices and designations received by relevant offices through…

3.9k01k2k3k4k5k'01'04'07'10'13'16'19'21

World Bank indicator IP.IDS.NRCT. History is restated by the World Bank as national accounts are revised; this series is rewritten in full on every pipeline run rather than appended to.

sourceWorld Bankverified 2026-09-14

Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count — international comparison

high

India against comparator countries. Industrial design applications are applications to register an industrial design with a national or regional Intellectual Property (IP) offices and designations received by relevant offices through…

37.6k19.9k3.9k2.2k2.2k1.4kUnited StatesChinaIndiaVietnamBrazilIndonesia010k20k30k40k50k

World Bank indicator IP.IDS.NRCT. History is restated by the World Bank as national accounts are revised; this series is rewritten in full on every pipeline run rather than appended to.

sourceWorld Bankverified 2026-09-14

Industrial design applications, resident, by count

high

Industrial design applications are applications to register an industrial design with a national or regional Intellectual Property (IP) offices and designations received by relevant offices through…

17.5k05k10k15k20k'01'04'07'10'13'16'19'21

World Bank indicator IP.IDS.RSCT. History is restated by the World Bank as national accounts are revised; this series is rewritten in full on every pipeline run rather than appended to.

sourceWorld Bankverified 2026-09-14

Industrial design applications, resident, by count — international comparison

high

India against comparator countries. Industrial design applications are applications to register an industrial design with a national or regional Intellectual Property (IP) offices and designations received by relevant offices through…

785.9k21.9k17.5k4.5k3k2.1kChinaUnited StatesIndiaBrazilIndonesiaVietnam0200k400k600k800k1M

World Bank indicator IP.IDS.RSCT. History is restated by the World Bank as national accounts are revised; this series is rewritten in full on every pipeline run rather than appended to.

sourceWorld Bankverified 2026-09-14