Table 4-20
Industrial R&D, by industry sector for selected countries: Selected years, 1997–2000
 
Industry United
States
(2000)
Canada
(2000)
Germany
(2000)
France
(1999)
Italy
(2000)
Japan
(2000)
United
Kingdom
(2000)
Russian
Federation
(1997)
South
Korea
(2000)
Sweden
(1999)
Finland
(2000)
European
Union
(1999)
  Billions of PPP dollars
Total 199.5 9.0 37.4 19.2 7.4 69.7 17.8 5.7 14.1 5.9 3.1 101.7
  Percent distribution
All business enterprise 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Manufacturing 64.9 67.3 91.3 85.7 79.9 95.0 80.2 36.8 83.7 85.4 85.0 84.3
Food, beverages,
and tobacco
0.8 1.0 0.6 1.8 1.3 2.4 2.3 0.1 1.4 0.9 1.6 1.7
Textiles, fur, and leather 0.1 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.1 0.9 0.1 0.4 0.5
Wood, paper, printing,
and publishing
1.6 1.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 1.1 0.3 0.2 0.4 2.4 3.5 0.7
Coke, refined petroleum
products, and nuclear fuel
0.6 0.5 0.1 1.4 0.9 0.3 1.6 0.5 2.0 0.2 0.8 0.8
Chemicals (less
pharmaceuticals)
4.2 1.4 10.9 6.1 5.1 8.1 5.9 1.8 4.7 1.6 2.4 NA
Pharmaceuticals 6.5 6.1 6.1 13.2 8.6 6.9 24.7 0.2 1.4 16.5 5.0 NA
Rubber and plastic
products
0.8 0.4 1.7 2.8 1.8 2.4 0.5 0.3 1.4 0.7 1.9 1.7
Nonmetallic mineral
products
0.4 0.1 1.2 1.3 0.3 1.6 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.9
Basic metals 0.3 1.4 0.7 1.4 0.4 2.8 0.5 1.1 1.3 2.0 1.0 1.0
Fabricated metal products 1.0 1.1 1.4 1.0 0.6 1.1 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.3 2.2 1.1
Machinery NEC 3.4 2.2 9.5 4.5 7.5 9.3 6.1 11.9 2.8 8.7 7.6 7.6
Office, accounting, and
computing machinery
5.2 4.8 1.9 1.9 1.1 10.8 1.0 0.0 7.1 0.7 0.1 1.8
Electrical machinery 1.9 1.4 3.0 3.7 2.3 9.8 3.7 1.3 1.7 1.4 4.6 3.1
Electronic equipment
(radio, television, and
communications)
12.9 28.8 10.7 12.5 19.3 18.8 8.9 3.2 36.7 23.4 49.2 13.5
Instruments, watches,
and clocks
9.6 1.3 4.9 6.7 2.9 4.5 4.2 0.8 1.0 5.7 2.7 4.6
Motor vehicles 9.3 1.9 29.6 13.4 15.4 12.4 7.5 3.2 14.3 17.0 0.4 16.1
Other transport equipment
(less aerospace)
0.6 0.1 1.0 0.6 1.2 0.3 2.0 3.0 1.9 0.5 0.6 1.0
Aerospace 5.2 12.3 6.6 11.8 10.5 0.8 9.5 8.7 2.9 2.9 0.1 7.6
Furniture, other
manufacturing NEC
0.4 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.2 0.9 0.2 0.0 0.8 0.2 0.3 0.5
Recycling NA NA 0.0 0.0 0.0 NA 0.0 0.0 0.0 NA 0.2 NA
Electricity, gas, and water 0.1 1.6 0.3 2.5 0.2 0.9 1.4 0.5 1.8 0.6 1.2 NA
Construction 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.9 0.2 1.7 0.3 0.9 3.7 0.4 1.0 NA
Agriculture and mining NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 3.3 NA NA NA NA
Services 34.4 29.0 7.8 9.1 19.7 2.1 16.6 58.5 10.5 12.8 12.0 13.0
Wholesale, retail trade,
motor vehicle repair, etc.
12.6 7.3 NA 0.0 0.4 NA NA 0.0 0.3 0.2 0.1 NA
Hotels and restaurants NA NA NA 0.0 0.0 NA NA 0.0 0.0 NA NA NA
Transport and storage 0.1 0.2 NA 3.6 0.1 0.2 NA 0.5 0.5 0.0 0.5 NA
Communications 0.7 0.9 NA NA 0.1 NA 5.9 0.7 3.6 2.6 6.1 NA
Financial intermediation
(including insurance)
2.0 1.9 NA NA 1.2 NA NA 0.0 0.0 NA NA NA
Computer and related
activities
7.4 6.2 NA 2.5 2.5 1.9 5.3 1.1 3.9 4.5 3.8 3.7
Research and development 7.0 10.5 2.5 NA 12.9 NA 3.7 44.9 0.3 4.8 NA NA
Other business
activities NEC
NA 1.9 NA 3.0 2.2 NA 1.1 0.4 1.8 0.6 0.3 2.2
Community, social, and
personal service
activities, etc.
NA NA NA NA 0.2 NA 0.1 10.9 0.2 0.0 1.2 NA
 
NA not available separately
NEC not elsewhere classified
PPP purchasing power parity

NOTES: Data for communications industry in United States include only telecommunications R&D. Analytical Business Enterprise Research and Development (ANBERD) data not available for Switzerland. Data are for years listed under country names.

SOURCES: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), ANBERD database, 2002; and OECD, R&D Efforts in China, Israel, and Russia: Some Comparisons With OECD Countries (Paris, 2000).
 
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