Jordan ranks 10th in Arab scientific research — Halasa

AMMAN — The director of the Scientific Research Fund of the Ministry of Higher Education, Waseem Halasa, said that Jordan ranked 80 out of 127 countries and 10th in the Arab world in scientific research, Khaberni reported.اضافة اعلان

Halasa said that spending on scientific research amounted to JD263 million, according to a World Bank study.

He said Jordan came third in terms of the volume of expenditure on scientific research from the domestic product of Arab countries, followed by Saudi Arabia and the UAE.

In terms of patents for Jordan’s non-residents, the Kingdom ranked sixth with 380 inventions, and Jordan’s residents ranked 10th among other Arab countries.

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