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. 2021 Sep 30;16(9):e0258064. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0258064

Table 1. The top ten countries in COVID-19 publications to R&D expenditure ratio among settings with at least 1000 COVID-19 publications.

Publications R&D Expenditure Publications to R&D expenditure Ratio
Pakistan 1,999 $0.657B 3,045
Nigeria 1,034 $0.593B 1,745
Iran 4,142 $3.769B 1,099
Egypt 1,550 $2.194B 706
South Africa 2,058 $2.924B 704
India 11,846 $18.647B 635
Greece 1,356 $2.471B 549
Indonesia 1,246 $2.533B 492
Italy 13,510 $28.032B 482
Turkey 3,377 $7.318B 461