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An international paper has called for a greater research focus on dyscalculia, the mathematical equivalent of dyslexia, saying it could lift economic growth.

Dyscalculia is estimated to affect up to seven per cent of the population, making it as common as dyslexia.

But, in a review published today in the journal Science, lead author Professor Brian Butterworth, of the University College London, and colleagues label the disorder a “poor cousin” of its literary stablemate.

“The relative poverty of dyscalculia funding is clear from the figures. Since 2000, the National Institute of Health has spent US$107.2 million (AU$100 million) funding dyslexia research but only US$2.3 million (AU$2.16 million) on dyscalculia,” they write.

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