Table 5.
Funds assigned for research in Central America.
| Country | GDP% allocated to Research and Development, year (a) | No. of researchers per million people, year (b) | Area (Km2) | Population in millions (c) | Population density in Km2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central America | |||||
| Costa Rica | 0.38 (2018) | 345 (2018) | 51,000 | 5,094,114 | 96.93 |
| El Salvador | 0.16 (2018) | 71 (2018) | 21,041 | 6,486,201 | 304.72 |
| Panama | 0.15 (2017) | 39 (2013) | 75,420 | 4,314,768 | 55.12 |
| Nicaragua | 0.11 (2015) | 70 (1997) | 130,370 | 6,624,554 | 48.53 |
| Honduras | 0.04 (2017) | 35 (2017) | 112,090 | 9,904,608 | 83.71 |
| Guatemala | 0.03 (2018) | 13 (2018) | 108,889 | 16,858,333 | 158.38 |
| Core-countries* | |||||
| US | 2.83 (2018) | 4,412 (2017) | 9,833,520 | 331,501,080 | 36.2 |
| China** | 2.14 (2018) | 1,307 (2018) | 9,596,961 | 1,410,929.36 | 149.7 |
| UK | 1.70 (2018) | 4,603 (2018) | 242,495 | 67,215,293 | 281.18 |
*
Included for comparison purposes.
**
Without including Hong Kong or Macao Special Administrative Regions.
Source:
(a) World Bank (2019) https://datos.bancomundial.org/indicador/GB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS.
(b) World Bank (2021) https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.SCIE.RD.P6.
(c) World Bank (2019) https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL.