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Table D.4.1
Total domestic expenditures on research and development (R&D) as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP), Canada in relation to all Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries, 2005 (or latest available year)
| OECD countries | Domestic R&D expenditures/GDP |
|---|---|
| percentage | |
| Sweden3 | 3.89 |
| Finland | 3.48 |
| Japan | 3.33 |
| Iceland | 2.78 |
| United States1 | 2.62P |
| Switzerland (2004) | 2.90 |
| Republic of Korea2 | 2.98 |
| Germany | 2.48 |
| Denmark | 2.45 |
| Total OECD | 2.25P |
| France | 2.13 |
| Belgium | 1.86 |
| Austria | 2.41 |
| Canada | 1.98P |
| Netherlands | 1.73P |
| United Kingdom | 1.78 |
| European Union | 1.74 |
| Norway | 1.52 |
| Australia (2004) | 1.78 |
| Czech Republic | 1.41 |
| New Zealand | 1.17 |
| Ireland | 1.26 |
| Italy | 1.10 |
| Spain | 1.12 |
| Hungary | 0.94 |
| Portugal | 0.81 |
| Turkey | 0.79 |
| Greece | 0.51 |
| Poland | 0.57 |
| Slovak Republic | 0.51 |
| Mexico | 0.50 |
| p preliminary 1. Excludes most or all capital expenditures. 2. Excludes R&D in the social sciences and humanities. 3. Break in series with previous year for which data is available. Data source: Main Science and Technology Indicators, No. 2, DSTI, OECD 2007, Table 02. Table source: Statistics Canada and Council of Ministers of Education, Canada. 2007. Education indicators in Canada: Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program. Catalogue no. 81-582-XIE. Ottawa. Updated June 16, 2008. |
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