Napkin mathing here since available data isn't great, but the US definitely doesn't lead the world in healthcare R&D spending relative to our size. We're spendi

Napkin mathing here since available data isn't great, but the US definitely doesn't lead the world in healthcare R&D spending relative to our size. We're spending something like 0.22% of GDP on healthcare R&D, putting us at about #7 globally. In comparison, Denmark spends 0.93% of GDP on healthcare R&D. And that list is missing data from other countries that probably rank above us, like Cuba. Sources: https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/sti_scoreboard-2009-21-en.pdf?expires=1727720427&id=id&accname=guest&checksum=DF8DE5042AC7151B79854865F6B8B376 https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/sti_scoreboard-2009-... https://www.who.int/observatories/global-observatory-on-health-research-and-development/indicators/gross-domestic-r-d-expenditure-on-health-as-a-percent-of-gross-domestic-product https://www.who.int/observatories/global-observatory-on-heal...