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Firms that introduced a new product/service and process, and spent on R&D

Percentage of medium and large firms that introduced a new product/service and process over last 3 years, and spent on R&D over last fiscal year (excluding small firms).

📅 2025📏 % of medium and large firms12 entries
  1. 🇧🇳Brunei9.7%
  2. 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago8.5%
  3. 🇱🇷Liberia5.0%
  4. 🇧🇮Burundi3.9%
  5. 🇳🇬Nigeria3.6%
  6. 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau2.3%
  7. 🇸🇴Somalia1.7%
  8. 🇵🇱Poland0.5%
  9. 🇰🇲Comoros0.0%
  10. 🇬🇳Guinea0.0%
  11. 🇰🇼Kuwait0.0%
  12. 🇲🇼Malawi0.0%
Stems start at zero, so the length of each stem is the entry’s value.
1
🇧🇳Brunei
9.7%
2
🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago
8.5%
3
🇱🇷Liberia
5.0%
4
🇧🇮Burundi
3.9%
5
🇳🇬Nigeria
3.6%
6
🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau
2.3%
7
🇸🇴Somalia
1.7%
8
🇵🇱Poland
0.5%
9
🇰🇲Comoros
0.0%
10
🇬🇳Guinea
0.0%
11
🇰🇼Kuwait
0.0%
12
🇲🇼Malawi
0.0%

Highlights

As of 2025, Brunei ranks first with 9.7%, followed by Trinidad and Tobago (8.5%) and Liberia (5.0%).

Across 12 countries and territories, values run from 9.7% (Brunei) to 0.0% (Malawi), with a median of 2.0%.

By region, the top 10 is made up of 7 from Africa, 1 from the Americas, 1 from Asia and 1 from Europe.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Firms that introduced a new product/service and process, and spent on R&D, 2025. Unit: % of medium and large firms.

Source: World Bank Open Data — Firms that introduced a new product/service and process, and spent on R&D · CC BY 4.0 · fetched Oct 17, 2026