Government R&D appropriations as a percentage of GDP in the EU and some countries in 1996-2005
GDP share, % | ||||||||||
1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |
Netherlands | 0.82 | 0.85 | 0.81 | 0.81 | 0.80 | 0.79 | 0.77 | 0.78 | 0.78 | 0.73 |
Belgium | 0.55 | 0.56 | 0.58 | 0.59 | 0.57 | 0.60 | 0.61 | 0.62 | 0.63 | .. |
United Kingdom | 0.75 | 0.73 | 0.66 | 0.68 | 0.69 | 0.68 | 0.77 | 0.76 | 0.71 | .. |
Spain | 0.46 | 0.48 | 0.54 | 0.55 | 0.60 | 0.66 | 0.71 | 0.72 | 0.80 | .. |
Ireland | 0.33 | 0.29 | 0.27 | 0.28 | 0.31 | 0.33 | 0.31 | 0.35 | 0.43 | 0.42 |
Italy | 0.58 | 0.61 | 0.57 | 0.55 | 0.66 | 0.69 | 0.69 | .. | .. | .. |
Austria | 0.62 | 0.61 | 0.63 | 0.64 | 0.61 | 0.65 | 0.66 | 0.64 | 0.63 | 0.62 |
Greece | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.29 | 0.31 | 0.35 | 0.32 | 0.29 | 0.30 | 0.30 | .. |
Latvia | 0.24 | 0.23 | 0.22 | 0.21 | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.18 | 0.18 | .. | .. |
Luxembourg | .. | .. | .. | .. | 0.13 | 0.17 | 0.21 | 0.25 | 0.28 | 0.30 |
Portugal | 0.51 | 0.51 | 0.54 | 0.60 | 0.62 | 0.63 | 0.70 | 0.65 | 0.68 | 0.67 |
Poland | 0.42 | 0.41 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.39 | 0.40 | .. | .. | 0.33 | .. |
France | 1.07 | 0.99 | 0.96 | 0.94 | 0.96 | 0.99 | 1.00 | 1.02 | 1.02 | .. |
Sweden | 1.08 | .. | 0.78 | 0.73 | 0.72 | 0.84 | 0.87 | 0.97 | 0.94 | 0.95 |
Germany | 0.88 | 0.84 | 0.81 | 0.81 | 0.79 | 0.78 | 0.78 | 0.79 | 0.76 | 0.76 |
Slovakia | 0.42 | 0.41 | 0.42 | 0.40 | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.33 |
Slovenia | 0.50 | 0.53 | 0.51 | 0.56 | 0.52 | 0.53 | 0.55 | 0.57 | .. | .. |
Finland | 0.94 | 1.10 | 1.06 | 1.05 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 0.99 | 1.01 | 1.03 | 1.04 |
Denmark | 0.71 | 0.72 | 0.74 | 0.79 | 0.76 | 0.75 | 0.74 | 0.73 | 0.72 | 0.71 |
Czech Republic | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 0.51 | 0.53 | 0.53 | .. |
EU-25 | 0.76 | 0.74 | 0.71 | 0.71 | 0.73 | 0.74 | 0.67 | 0.66 | 0.67 | .. |
Iceland | 1.09 | 1.08 | 1.11 | 1.43 | 1.39 | 1.37 | 1.47 | 1.59 | 1.50 | 1.58 |
Norway | 0.77 | 0.74 | 0.76 | 0.73 | 0.66 | 0.69 | 0.76 | 0.79 | 0.78 | 0.74 |
Switzerland | 0.78 | .. | 0.69 | .. | 0.65 | .. | 0.69 | .. | 0.74 | .. |
Russia | 0.56 | 0.77 | 0.40 | 0.50 | 0.47 | 0.55 | 0.61 | 0.72 | 0.64 | .. |
Israel | 0.84 | 0.91 | 0.87 | 0.86 | 0.88 | 0.91 | 0.88 | 0.93 | .. | .. |
Australia | 0.61 | 0.59 | 0.58 | 0.58 | 0.58 | 0.59 | 0.57 | 0.59 | 0.56 | 0.56 |
Etelä-Korea | .. | .. | .. | 0.62 | 0.65 | 0.72 | 0.75 | 0.77 | 0.77 | .. |
Japani | 0.55 | 0.58 | 0.59 | 0.62 | 0.64 | 0.69 | 0.71 | 0.72 | 0.71 | 0.72 |
Taiwan | .. | .. | .. | .. | 0.66 | 0.70 | 0.81 | 0.86 | 0.89 | .. |
Kanada | 0.53 | 0.51 | 0.54 | 0.55 | 0.53 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.65 | 0.65 | .. |
Yhdysvallat | 0.89 | 0.87 | 0.85 | 0.84 | 0.86 | 0.91 | 0.99 | 1.08 | 1.08 | 1.08 |
Partly preliminary data or estimates
Source: OECD, Main Science and Technology Indicators, 2005/2;
Eurostat
Last updated 8.2.2006
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Government R&D funding in the state budget [e-publication].
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Government R&D appropriations as a percentage of GDP in the EU and some countries in 1996-2005
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