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Total R&D Expenditure in % of GDP
|
Country
|
1996
|
1997
|
1998
|
1999
|
2000
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Belgium
|
1.80
|
1.87
|
1.89
|
1.96
|
na
|
|
Denmark
|
1.89
|
1.94
|
2.07
|
2.06
|
na
|
|
Germany
|
2.26
|
2.29
|
2.31
|
2.44
|
2.48
|
|
Greece
|
na
|
0.51
|
na
|
0.68
|
na
|
|
Spain
|
0.83
|
0.82
|
0.89
|
0.88
|
0.94
|
|
France
|
2.30
|
2.22
|
2.17
|
2.19
|
2.15
|
|
Ireland
|
1.31
|
1.28
|
1.25
|
1.21
|
na
|
|
Italy
|
1.01
|
1.05
|
1.07
|
1.04
|
na
|
|
Luxembourg
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
na
|
|
Netherlands
|
2.07
|
2.03
|
1.93
|
2.02
|
na
|
|
Austria
|
1.60
|
1.69
|
1.81
|
1.83
|
1.80
|
|
Portugal
|
0.60
|
0.62
|
0.68
|
0.75
|
0.76
|
|
Finland
|
2.54
|
2.72
|
2.89
|
3.22
|
3.37
|
|
Sweden
|
na
|
3.67
|
na
|
3.78
|
na
|
|
UK
|
1.88
|
1.81
|
1.80
|
1.88
|
1.86
|
|
EU-15 (1)
|
1.87
|
1.87
|
1.87
|
1.93
|
1.93
|
|
US
|
2.53
|
2.56
|
2.59
|
2.64
|
2.69
|
|
Japan
|
2.77
|
2.83
|
2.94
|
2.94
|
2.98
|
Notes:
(1) EU-15 does not include Luxembourg
na = Not Available
Data in italics are estimated or provisional.
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