R&D Spending Board Screensaver
The R&D Spending Board screensaver ranks real research and development expenditure as a share of GDP by country. It is free, runs in your browser, and ESC exits.
How the R&D Spending Board screensaver works
The saver reads real research and development expenditure as a share of GDP data from the World Bank's own open data API.
Countries are ranked by their real latest reported R&D spending share.
The pipeline refreshes as the World Bank republishes the underlying dataset.
No key is required for this key-less public endpoint.
A worked example
A real country's most recent reported R&D spending share is ranked against the real others, with bars easing into place as the board loads.
Settings & tips
- Spending is shown as a percentage of each country's GDP.
- Accent recolours the bars and header text.
- Figures come straight from the World Bank's own open data API.
Frequently asked questions
- Is this real data?
- Yes — real research and development expenditure as a share of GDP figures from the World Bank's own open data API.
- Is a key needed?
- No. The World Bank indicators API is fully key-less.
- How often does it update?
- The pipeline re-reads the World Bank's own dataset periodically, on whatever schedule the underlying indicator is republished.
- Is it free?
- Yes — free, no download, in your browser.