R&D expenditure on the water industry South Korea 2021, by sector
dams and rivers.
In 2021, approximately 450 billion South Korean won was spent on research and development (R&D) on product manufacturing within the water industry in South Korea. That year, a total of around 826 billion won was spent on R&D in the water industry in the country overall. South Korea lacks natural resources in comparison to its population, with most of its water coming from