Signal Korea spends 5.13 percent of GDP on R&D with about 840,000 R&D personnel

Summary

The plan states that Korea's quantitative science and technology inputs are high relative to the size of the country. Total national R&D spending is 131.0462 trillion won, the fifth largest in the world. R&D spending equals 5.13 percent of GDP, the second highest ratio in the world. The number of R&D personnel, including research assistants on a headcount basis, is 839,582. The plan nevertheless stresses that the sustainability and stability of this investment still need to be secured.