Table D.4.2
Total domestic expenditures on research and development (R&D) as percentage of gross domestic product (GDP), Canada and provinces, G-7, and leading OECD countries, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010 to 2012

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Table D.4.2
Total domestic expenditures on research and development (R&D) as percentage of gross domestic product (GDP), Canada and provinces, G-7, and leading OECD countries, 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010 to 2012
Table summary
This table displays the results of Total domestic expenditures on research and development (R&D) as percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) 1995, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2011 and 2012, calculated using percent units of measure (appearing as column headers).
  1995 2000 2005 2010 2011 2012
percent
CanadaNote 1 1.7 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.7
Newfoundland and Labrador 0.9 1.0 1.2 0.9 0.9 1.1
Prince Edward Island 0.6 1.1 1.6 1.3 1.2 1.1
Nova Scotia 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.3
New Brunswick 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.8
Quebec 2.1 2.5 2.7 2.5 2.4 2.3
Ontario 1.9 2.4 2.5 2.2 2.2 2.1
Manitoba 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.1
Saskatchewan 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7
Alberta 1.1 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.1
British Columbia 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.3
G-7 countries  
CanadaNote 1 1.7 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.7
France 2.3 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.2
Germany 2.2 2.4 2.5 2.7 2.8 2.9
Italy 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.3
Japan 2.9 3.0 3.3 3.3 3.4 3.4
United Kingdom 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6
United States 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.8
Leading OECD countries  
Israel 2.5 4.0Note r: revised 4.4 4.0Note r: revised 4.1 4.3
Finland 2.3 3.3 3.5 3.7Note r: revised 3.6 3.4
Sweden 3.3 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period 3.6 3.2Note r: revised 3.2 3.3
Korea 2.3 2.2 2.8 3.5Note r: revised 3.7 4.0
OECD total 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.4
.. not available for a specific reference period
r revised since previous publication in PCEIP
Note 1.

Includes the Yukon, Northwest Territories and Nunavut, 2000 through 2012.

Return to note 1 referrer

Note: For a brief description of this indicator, including the methodology, please see the Handbook for the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program.
Sources: Statistics Canada, 2014, Gross Domestic Expenditures on Research and Development in Canada (GERD), the Provinces and Territories: National Estimates 2004 to 2014 / Provincial and Territorial Estimates 2008 to 2012, Catalogue number 88-221-X, Table 1.1 (for Canada)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Main Science and Technology Indicators,2014/2, Table 2.
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