The General Authority for Statistics issued today, February 8, 2023, on its official website www.stats.gov.sa the research and development statistics publication for 2021. The publication shows that total expenditure on research and development amounted to 14.5 billion SAR; the number of workers in this field reached 30,220, and the number of researchers recorded during 2021 reached 24,808. The government recorded the highest percentage of expenditure on research and development, at 50% of its total expenditure, followed by the private sector with 35%. The education sector spent 15% of its expenditure on research and development. It registered the largest percentage of workers, 25,178, in the field of research and development, or 83% of the total number. The government recorded 2,967 workers, or 10% of total workers, while the private sector ranked last with 2,075 workers, or 7%, in 2021, according to the publication. GASTAT is the only official reference for statistical data and information in Saudi Arabia. It carries out all statistical work, in addition to carrying out technical oversight of the statistics sector. It designs and implements field surveys, conducts statistical studies and research, analyses data and information, in addition to documenting and archiving all work on information and statistical data that covers all aspects of life in Saudi Arabia, from multiple sources. Data is written, classified and analyzed, and subsequently indicators are extracted.
