Science and technology: Key tables from OECD - ISSN 2075-843X - © OECD 2009
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As a percentage of national total | |||||||||
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | ||
Australia | 13.2 | .. | 11.0 | .. | 10.4 | .. | 9.7 | .. | |
Austria | .. | .. | 4.1 | .. | 4.0 | 4.6 | |||
Belgium | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.9 | |||
Canada | 7.1 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 6.0 | .. | .. | |||
Czech Republic | 31.9 | 32.3 | 29.6 | 30.6 | 28.6 | 25.3 | 25.0 | 23.8 | |
Denmark | .. | 18.0 | 8.9 | 9.4 | 8.7 | 7.5 | 7.5 | ||
Finland | 12.9 | 12.3 | 11.9 | 11.3 | 10.2 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.5 | |
France | 15.2 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.7 | 12.2 | 12.8 | 12.1 | .. | |
Germany | 14.6 | 14.4 | 15.6 | 14.7 | 14.8 | ||||
Greece | .. | 13.8 | .. | 13.7 | .. | 10.6 | |||
Hungary | 32.3 | 31.8 | 30.9 | 31.2 | 31.5 | 31.2 | 29.8 | 26.3 | |
Iceland | .. | 22.8 | .. | 24.4 | .. | 23.3 | 22.0 | 20.8 | |
Ireland | 5.6 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 3.6 | .. | |||
Italy | 21.7 | 19.5 | 19.0 | 19.9 | 19.8 | 17.5 | 18.8 | .. | |
Japan | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 | |
Korea | 10.7 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.1 | |
Luxembourg | 13.6 | .. | .. | 16.7 | 16.8 | 16.8 | 21.2 | ||
Mexico | .. | .. | .. | 19.1 | .. | .. | |||
Netherlands | 14.1 | 14.9 | 17.8 | 20.6 | |||||
New Zealand | .. | 15.1 | .. | 11.7 | .. | 10.6 | .. | 11.5 | |
Norway | .. | 15.4 | .. | 15.5 | 15.6 | 15.9 | 15.3 | 15.7 | |
Poland | 20.1 | 18.9 | 25.9 | 22.6 | 21.0 | 19.6 | 20.9 | 20.9 | |
Portugal | 20.6 | 17.0 | 15.8 | ||||||
Slovak Republic | 25.4 | 25.4 | 25.9 | 25.3 | 21.9 | 22.9 | 21.2 | 23.4 | |
Spain | 16.6 | 16.7 | 15.2 | 16.7 | 17.0 | 18.6 | 17.3 | 17.5 | |
Sweden | .. | 4.9 | .. | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.5 | 5.5 | ||
Switzerland | 1.6 | .. | .. | .. | 1.7 | .. | .. | .. | |
Turkey | 10.7 | 11.1 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 9.7 | |
United Kingdom | 9.3 | 6.0 | 5.3 | 5.3 | 5.2 | ||||
United States | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
OECD Total | 8.1 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.3 | .. | |
Last updated: 12 November 2009 | |||||||||
Note: Country specific footnotes are available at www.oecd.org/dataoecd/52/43/43143328.pdf | |||||||||
National estimate or projection adjusted, if necessary, by the Secretariat to meet OECD norms | |||||||||
Provisional | |||||||||
Source: Main Science and Technology Indicators, OECD Science, Technology and R&D Statistics |