| Figure | Title |
| Cover | Science and Engineering Indicators 2000 Cover |
| National R&D funding, by source: 1953-1998 | |
| 2-2 | National R&D expenditures: 1998 |
| National R&D expenditures, by source of funds | |
| 2-4 | Federal R&D funding, by budget function |
| 2-16 | National R&D expenditures, by source of funds, performing sector, and character of work: 1998 |
| U.S. and other G-7 countries' R&D expenditures | |
| 2-30 | R&D as a percentage of GDP, G-8 countries |
| 2-31 | R&D expenditures, by country, performer, and source: 1996-98 |
| 2-37 | Globalization of U.S. industrial R&D |
| 2-38 | Industrial R&D of U.S. and foreign affiliates, by world region: 1996 |
| 3-9 | Proportion of women in S&E workforce by broad occupation: 1997 |
| 3-10 | Median annual salaries of employed scientists and engineers, by broad occupation and sex: 1997 |
| 3-13 | 1997 age distribution of S&E Ph.D. recipients in the labor force: tenured and tenure-track faculty at four-year institutions |
| 3-17 | S&E labor force engaged in R&D per 10,000 labor force |
| 4-15 | Ratio of NS&E degrees to the 24-year-old population, by country |
| 4-33 | U.S. doctoral S&E degrees earned by U.S. and foreign citizens: 1986-97 |
| 4-36 | Foreign-born S&E faculty in U.S. higher education, by field: 1997 |
| 5-11 | Average scale score on TIMSS physics and advanced mathematics assessment for students in the secondary school: 1994-95 |
| 6-5 | Academic R&D expenditures, by field: 1973-97 |
| 6-12 | Academic doctoral scientists and engineers by type of position: 1973-97 |
| 6-20 | Distribution of primary work activity of recent S&E Ph.D.s in full-time academic faculty positions: 1973-97 |
| 6-41 | Number of citations on U.S. patents to scientific and technical articles: 1987-98 |
| 6-43 | Number of academic patents granted: 1982-98 |
| 7-5 | Country share of global high-technology output |
| 7-12 | U.S. merchandise trade balance |
| 7-22 | U.S. patents granted to foreign inventors, by nationality of inventor |
| 8-4 | Public understanding of scientific terms and concepts: 1999 | 8-6 | Public understanding of the nature of scientific inquiry: 1999 |
| 8-10 | Public assessment of scientific research: 1979-99 (selected years) |
| 8-12 | Public assessment of genetic engineering: 1985-99 (selected years) |
| 8-17 | Home access to computers: 1995, 1997, 1999 |
| 8-24 | Public perception of whether astrology is scientific: 1979-99 |
| 9-3 | Price index for memory chips and microprocessors |
| 9-13 | Employment in core IT occupations: 1983-98 |
| 9-20 | Growth in number of gigabytes on the Web |
| 9-24 | U.S. household ownership of personal computers, by race/ethnicity: 1994 and 1998 |