Table 4-12
R&D share of gross domestic product, by country/economy: Most recent year
(Percent)
 
Country/economy      Share
 
All OECD (2004)   2.25
EU-25 (2005)   1.77
Israel (2005)   4.71
Sweden (2005)   3.86
Finland (2006)   3.51
Japan (2004)   3.18
South Korea (2005)   2.99
Switzerland (2004)   2.93
Iceland (2003)   2.86
United States (2006)   2.57
Germany (2005)   2.51
Austria (2006)   2.44
Denmark (2005)   2.44
Taiwan (2004)   2.42
Singapore (2005)   2.36
France (2005)   2.13
Canada (2006)   1.95
Belgium (2005)   1.82
Netherlands (2004)   1.78
Australia (2004)   1.77
United Kingdom (2004)   1.73
Luxembourg (2005)   1.56
Norway (2005)   1.51
Czech Republic (2005)   1.42
China (2005)   1.34
Ireland (2005)   1.25
Slovenia (2005)   1.22
New Zealand (2003)   1.14
Spain (2005)   1.12
Italy (2004)   1.10
Russian Federation (2005)   1.07
Hungary (2005)   0.94
South Africa (2004)   0.87
Portugal (2005)   0.81
Turkey (2004)   0.67
Greece (2005)   0.61
Poland (2005)   0.57
Slovak Republic (2005)   0.51
Argentina (2005)   0.46
Mexico (2003)   0.43
Romania (2004)   0.39
 

EU = European Union; OECD = Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

NOTE: Civilian R&D only for Israel and Taiwan.

SOURCES: National Science Foundation, Division of Science Resources Statistics, National Patterns of R&D Resources (annual series); and OECD, Main Science and Technology Indicators (2006).

Science and Engineering Indicators 2008