| Table 4-15 | ||||||||||
| Government R&D support by major socioeconomic objectives, for selected countries and years: 1990–2011 | ||||||||||
| Percent of nondefense | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Region/country and year |
GBAORD (current US$ millions, PPP) |
Percent of GBAORD |
Economic development programs |
Health and environment |
Education and society |
Civil space |
Non-oriented research |
General university funds |
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| Defense | Nondefense | |||||||||
| United States | ||||||||||
| 1990 | 63,781.0 | 62.6 | 37.4 | 20.1 | 40.2 | 3.4 | 24.2 | 10.1 | na | |
| 2000 | 83,612.5 | 51.6 | 48.4 | 13.4 | 49.9 | 1.8 | 20.9 | 13.8 | na | |
| 2005 | 131,259.0 | 56.9 | 43.1 | 11.2 | 55.8 | 2.8 | 17.1 | 13.2 | na | |
| 2011 | 144,379.0 | 56.8 | 43.2 | 10.5 | 56.8 | 2.9 | 13.9 | 16.0 | na | |
| EU | ||||||||||
| 1990 | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | na | |
| 2000 | 76,388.3 | 12.9 | 87.1 | 22.4 | 11.5 | 3.4 | 6.0 | 15.4 | 34.7 | |
| 2005 | 90,797.3 | 10.4 | 89.6 | 19.8 | 13.3 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 20.0 | 36.4 | |
| 2011 | 111,574.9 | 4.6 | 95.4 | 21.0 | 13.7 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 17.6 | 34.1 | |
| France | ||||||||||
| 1990 | 13,650.6 | 40.0 | 60.0 | 32.8 | 9.3 | 0.8 | 13.0 | 24.6 | 18.9 | |
| 2000 | 14,740.2 | 21.4 | 78.6 | 17.7 | 9.7 | 1.1 | 13.2 | 27.4 | 28.5 | |
| 2005 | 18,084.5 | 20.8 | 79.2 | 16.4 | 11.8 | 0.4 | 10.9 | 28.3 | 29.4 | |
| 2011 | 19,422.2 | 6.8 | 93.2 | 17.3 | 9.8 | 5.4 | 13.9 | 17.9 | 24.4 | |
| Germany | ||||||||||
| 1990 | 13,328.4 | 13.5 | 86.5 | 25.9 | 10.8 | 2.9 | 6.8 | 15.2 | 37.6 | |
| 2000 | 16,808.7 | 7.8 | 92.2 | 21.6 | 9.4 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 17.5 | 42.4 | |
| 2005 | 19,865.0 | 5.8 | 94.2 | 20.3 | 10.1 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 18.0 | 43.1 | |
| 2011 | 29,234.2 | 4.0 | 96.0 | 24.4 | 9.5 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 17.0 | 41.0 | |
| United Kingdom | ||||||||||
| 1990 | 8,102.3 | 43.5 | 56.5 | 31.9 | 18.1 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 10.3 | 29.8 | |
| 2000 | 10,359.1 | 36.2 | 63.8 | 12.1 | 28.3 | 6.4 | 3.5 | 18.8 | 30.4 | |
| 2005 | 13,228.0 | 23.9 | 76.1 | 7.1 | 25.8 | 7.4 | 3.0 | 25.9 | 30.2 | |
| 2011 | 13,280.0 | 14.6 | 85.4 | 7.9 | 32.5 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 22.5 | 29.3 | |
| China | ||||||||||
| 1990 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| 2000 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| 2005 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| 2011 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| Japan | ||||||||||
| 1990 | 10,133.6 | 5.4 | 94.6 | 34.1 | 4.5 | 1.1 | 6.9 | 8.4 | 45.1 | |
| 2000 | 21,173.8 | 4.1 | 95.9 | 33.4 | 6.6 | 1.0 | 5.8 | 14.6 | 37.0 | |
| 2005 | 27,617.8 | 4.0 | 96.0 | 33.2 | 6.8 | 0.8 | 7.0 | 16.9 | 35.3 | |
| 2011 | 34,172.2 | 2.7 | 97.3 | 26.6 | 7.0 | 0.7 | 6.7 | 21.5 | 37.9 | |
| South Korea | ||||||||||
| 1990 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | |
| 2000 | 5,024.7 | 20.5 | 79.5 | 53.4 | 14.8 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 24.9 | ** | |
| 2005 | 8,539.3 | 14.6 | 85.4 | 51.9 | 18.8 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 20.1 | ** | |
| 2011 | 15,897.8 | 16.3 | 83.7 | 49.9 | 14.1 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 30.9 | ** | |
|
** = included in other categories; na = not applicable; NA = not available. EU = European Union; GBAORD = government budget appropriations or outlays for R&D; PPP = purchasing power parity. NOTES: Foreign currencies are converted to dollars through PPPs. GBAORD data are not yet available for China. The socioeconomic objective categories are aggregates of the 14 categories identified by Eurostat’s 2007 Nomenclature for the Analysis and Comparison of Scientific Programs and Budgets. The figures are as reported by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. SOURCE: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Main Science and Technology Indicators (2012/2). See appendix table Science and Engineering Indicators 2014 |
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