Table 3
Business expenditures on research and development compared to gross domestic expenditures on research and development and gross domestic product

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Business expenditures on research and development compared to gross domestic expenditures on research and development and gross domestic product
Table summary
This table displays the results of business expenditures on research and development compared to gross domestic expenditures on research and development and gross domestic product. The row headers provide information by year. The column headers provide information on business expenditures on research and development compared with gross domestic expenditures on research and development and gross domestic product in dollars and percentages.
  Business expenditures on research and development Gross domestic expenditures on research and development Gross domestic product Business expenditures on research and development / Gross domestic expenditures on research and development Business expenditures on research and development / Gross domestic product
  millions of dollars percent
2013 p 15,621 A .. .. .. ..
2012 p 16,063 A 30,043 1,819,967 53.47 0.88
2011 p 15,960 A 29,950 1,760,011 53.29 0.91
2010 r 15,467 A 30,048 1,662,757 51.47 0.93
2009 r 16,038 A 29,660 1,567,007 54.07 1.02
2008 16,644 A 30,751 1,645,974 54.13 1.01
2007 16,756 30,032 1,565,900 55.79 1.07
2006 16,474 29,079 1,486,918 56.65 1.11
2005 15,638 28,022 1,410,710 55.81 1.11
2004 15,144 26,679 1,324,940 56.76 1.14
2003 14,094 24,690 1,243,829 57.08 1.13
2002 13,545 23,536 1,180,948 57.55 1.15
2001 14,266 23,133 1,134,832 61.67 1.26
2000 12,395 20,556 1,098,166 60.30 1.13
1999 10,399 17,638 1,001,845 58.96 1.04
1998 9,682 16,088 936,730 60.18 1.03
1997 8,739 14,635 901,376 59.71 0.97
1996 7,997 13,817 854,847 57.88 0.94
1995 7,991 13,754 826,214 58.10 0.97
1994 7,567 13,341 786,584 56.72 0.96
1993 6,424 12,184 741,593 52.72 0.87
1992 5,742 11,338 713,312 50.64 0.80
1991 5,355 10,767 696,882 49.74 0.77
1990 5,169 10,260 690,763 50.38 0.75
1989 4,779 9,517 667,349 50.22 0.72
Note(s):
Gross domestic product (GDP) is now reported in CANSIM table 380-0064 as CANSIM table 380-0017 has been terminated. All GDP data points were revised based on the new CANSIM table
Source(s):
CANSIM tables 358-0001 and 380-0064.
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