| Table 4-11 |
| International comparisons of gross domestic expenditures on R&D and R&D share of gross domestic product, by country/economy/region: Most recent year |
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| Country/economy |
GERD (millions PPP$) |
GERD/GDP (%) |
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| Regions/selected countries: |
| North America |
| United States (2007) |
368,799.0 |
2.68 |
| Canada (2008) |
23,781.0 |
1.82 |
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| Latin America and Caribbean |
| Mexico (2005) |
5,919.0 |
0.46 |
| Argentina (2007) |
2,656.2 |
0.51 |
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| Western Europe |
| Germany (2007) |
71,860.8 |
2.54 |
| France (2007) |
43,232.6 |
2.08 |
| United Kingdom (2007) |
38,892.8 |
1.79 |
| Italy (2006) |
19,678.1 |
1.13 |
| Spain (2007) |
18,000.3 |
1.27 |
| Sweden (2007) |
12,076.3 |
3.60 |
| Netherlands (2007) |
10,949.8 |
1.70 |
| Austria (2008) |
8,530.1 |
2.66 |
| Switzerland (2004) |
7,474.3 |
2.90 |
| Belgium (2007) |
7,028.3 |
1.87 |
| Finland (2008) |
6,519.7 |
3.46 |
| Denmark (2007) |
5,008.4 |
2.55 |
| Norway (2007) |
4,133.0 |
1.64 |
| Ireland (2008) |
2,855.1 |
1.45 |
| Portugal (2007) |
2,849.7 |
1.18 |
| Greece (2007) |
1,828.4 |
0.58 |
| Luxembourg (2007) |
624.0 |
1.63 |
| Iceland (2008) |
318.2 |
2.76 |
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| Central and Eastern Europe |
| Russian Federation (2007) |
23,482.0 |
1.12 |
| Turkey (2007) |
6,830.0 |
0.71 |
| Czech Republic (2007) |
3,813.8 |
1.54 |
| Poland (2007) |
3,482.3 |
0.57 |
| Hungary (2007) |
1,822.9 |
0.97 |
| Romania (2007) |
1,433.9 |
0.53 |
| Slovenia (2007) |
828.3 |
1.53 |
| Slovak Republic (2007) |
497.9 |
0.46 |
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| East, South, West Asia |
| Japan (2007) |
147,800.8 |
3.44 |
| China (2007) |
102,331.0 |
1.49 |
| South Korea (2007) |
41,741.6 |
3.47 |
| Taiwan (2007) |
18,324.8 |
2.63 |
| Singapore (2007) |
5,945.5 |
2.61 |
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| Pacific |
| Australia (2006) |
14,914.4 |
2.01 |
| New Zealand (2007) |
1,383.7 |
1.20 |
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| Africa and Middle East |
| Israel (2007) |
8,845.8 |
4.68 |
| South Africa (2005) |
3,654.3 |
0.92 |
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| Selected country groups: |
| OECD (2007) |
886,347.1 |
2.29 |
| European Union-27 (2007) |
262,985.0 |
1.77 |
| G-7 countries (2007) |
715,329.6 |
2.53 |
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EU = European Union; GDP = gross domestic product; GERD = gross domestic expenditure on R&D; OECD = Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; PPP = purchasing power parity
NOTE: Data for Israel is civilian R&D only.
SOURCE: OECD, Main Science and Technology Indicators (2009/1).
Science and Engineering Indicators 2010 |
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