SDG 9 Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

Promote sustainable industrialization

Manufacturing value added

By 2030, encouraging innovation and substantially increasing the number of research and development workers per 1 million people and public and private research and development spending (9.5.1)

Arab region

11% manufacturing value added as a proportion of GDP in 2018
+14% since 2012

North America

16% manufacturing value added as a proportion of GDP in 2018
+1% since 2012

World

17% manufacturing value added as a proportion of GDP in 2018
+2% since 2012

Raise industrial employment

Manufacturing employment

By 2030, significantly raise industry’s share of employment and gross domestic product (9.2.2)

Arab region

10% manufacturing employment as a proportion of employment in 2019
-8% since 2000

European Union

16% manufacturing employment as a proportion of employment in 2019
+1% since 2012

World

14% manufacturing employment as a proportion of employment in 2019
-7% since 2000

Invest in Research

Research & development

By 2030, encouraging innovation and substantially increasing the number of research and development workers per 1 million people and public and private research and development spending (9.5.1)

Arab region

1% of expenditure on R&D as a proportion of GDP in 2017
+39% since 2000

North America

3% of expenditure on R&D as a proportion of GDP in 2017
+5% since 2000

World

2% of expenditure on R&D as a proportion of GDP in 2017
+13% since 2000

Increase researchers

Full time researchers

By 2030, encouraging innovation and substantially increasing the number of research and development workers per 1 million people and public and private research and development spending (9.5.2)

Arab region

579 researchers in 1,000,000 population in 2015-2017 in 2017
+47% since 2000

Europe

3445 researchers in 1,000,000 population in 2017
+40% since 2000

World

1197 researchers in 1,000,000 population in 2017
+50% since 2000

Support Technologypport

Medium & High-tech industry value


Support domestic technology development, research and innovation in developing countries (9.b.1)

Arab region

31% of medium and high-tech industry value in 2017
+20% since 2000

Americas

43% of medium and high-tech industry value in 2017
+15% since 2000

World

45%of medium and high-tech industry value in 2017
-4% since 2000

Affordable access to internet

Mobile Network


Provide universal and affordable access to the Internet by 2020 (9.c.1)

Arab region

96% Of population have access to mobile network
+3% since 2015

Europe

100% Of population have access to mobile network
0% since 2015

World

97% Of population have access to mobile network
+2% since 2015

Increase resource efficiency

Manufacturing CO2 emissions

By 2030, upgrade infrastructure and retrofit industries to make them sustainable, with increased resource-use efficiency and greater adoption of clean and environmentally sound technologies and industrial processes (9.4.1)

Arab region

96% CO2 emissions per unit of GDP
-9% since 2000

Europe

0.15 KG CO2 emissions per unit of GDP
48% since 2000

World

0.46 KG CO2 emissions per unit of GDP
10% since 2000

Increase resource efficiency

Manufacturing value added per capita

By 2030, significantly raise industry’s share of employment and gross domestic product (9.2.1)

Arab region

USD$ 684 manufacturing value added per capita in 2019
33% since 2000

Europe

USD$ 5262 manufacturing value added per capita in 2019
+32% since 2000

World

USD$ 1798 manufacturing value added per capita in 2019
+39% since 2000