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 |
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