Government R&D appropriations as a percentage of GDP in the EU and some countries in 1997-2006

	GDP share, %
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Netherlands	0.83	0.79	0.78	0.77	0.75	0.74	0.74	0.73	0.71	0.69
Belgium	0.55	0.56	0.58	0.57	0.59	0.60	0.61	0.59	0.60	..
United Kingdom	0.73	0.66	0.68	0.69	0.68	0.77	0.76	0.71	0.72	..
Spain	0.48	0.55	0.56	0.60	0.66	0.74	0.73	0.80	0.85	..
Ireland	0.29	0.27	0.27	0.30	0.32	0.33	0.34	0.42	0.42	..
Italy	0.59	0.56	0.54	0.64	0.68	..	..	..	0.73	0.59
Austria	0.61	0.63	0.64	0.61	0.65	0.66	0.64	0.62	0.65	0.64
Greece	0.30	0.28	0.30	0.34	0.31	0.28	0.29	0.31	0.31	..
Latvia	0.23	0.22	0.21	0.19	0.20	0.18	0.18	..	0.20	..
Luxembourg	..	..	..	0.13	0.17	0.20	0.24	0.27	0.28	0.29
Portugal	0.49	0.51	0.56	0.58	0.60	0.67	0.62	0.64	0.73	0.75
Poland	0.40	0.39	0.40	0.38	0.39	..	..	0.31	..	..
France	0.99	0.96	0.94	0.96	0.99	1.00	0.99	0.96	0.93	0.82
Sweden	..	0.77	0.72	0.71	0.84	0.90	0.95	0.90	0.89	0.88
Germany	0.84	0.81	0.81	0.79	0.78	0.78	0.79	0.77	0.77	..
Slovakia	0.40	0.41	0.40	0.36	0.34	0.31	0.30	0.30	0.28	0.31
Slovenia	0.52	0.51	0.56	0.52	0.52	0.55	0.57	0.61	0.60	..
Finland	1.10	1.07	1.04	0.98	0.97	0.96	1.00	1.01	1.03	0.99
Denmark	0.72	0.74	0.79	0.76	0.75	0.73	0.73	0.71	0.71	0.71
Czech Republic	..	..	..	..	..	0.50	0.52	0.51	0.55	0.57
Hungary	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	0.41	..
EU-25	0.74	0.71	0.71	0.73	0.74	0.76	0.75	0.76	0.72	..
Iceland	1.04	1.08	1.39	1.36	1.33	1.40	1.53	1.41	1.44	..
Norway	0.74	0.76	0.73	0.66	0.69	0.76	0.78	0.77	0.71	0.69
Switzerland	..	0.69	..	0.65	..	0.69	..	0.76	..	..
Russia	0.77	0.40	0.50	0.47	0.55	0.61	0.71	0.63	0.36	..
Israel	0.92	0.87	0.86	0.88	0.92	0.87	0.91	0.77	0.72	..
Australia	0.57	0.57	0.56	0.54	0.57	0.55	0.57	0.54	0.56	0.52
South Korea	..	..	0.62	0.65	0.72	0.75	0.77	0.78	0.84	..
Japan	0.59	0.60	0.64	0.66	0.70	0.72	0.73	0.73	0.71	..
Taiwan	..	..	..	0.64	0.77	0.78	0.83	0.84	0.81	..
Canada	0.50	0.53	0.54	0.52	0.59	0.59	0.60	0.59	0.59	0.57
United States	0.87	0.85	0.84	0.86	0.91	0.99	1.05	1.08	1.07	1.00

Partly preliminary data or estimates
Source: OECD, Main Science and Technology Indicators, 2006/2; Eurostat, R&D Statistics

Last updated 8.2.2007

Referencing instructions:

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Government R&D funding in the state budget [e-publication].
ISSN=2489-3250. 2007, Government R&D appropriations as a percentage of GDP in the EU and some countries in 1997-2006 . Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 7.11.2025].
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