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186 Total R & D expenditure as share of GDP in selected OECD countries. Million current USD (PPP) and as a percentage of GDP
Country Total R & D expenditure Total R & D expenditure as percentage of GDP R & D expenditure in the business enterprise sector as percentage of GDP
2010 2011 2010 2011 2010 2011
Austria 9 449.3 9 761.9 2.79 2.75 1.90 1.87
Belgium 8 265.0 8 719.4 2.00 2.04 1.33 1.37
Canada 24 647.7 24 258.1 1.85 1.74 0.93 0.89
Czech Republic 4 144.6 5 086.5 1.55 1.84 0.96 1.11
Denmark 6 910.4 7 052.4 3.07 3.09 2.09 2.09
Finland 7 534.5 7 634.8 3.90 3.78 2.72 2.67
France 49 934.3 51 891.0 2.24 2.25 1.41 1.43
Germany 86 279.8 91 736.8 2.80 2.84 1.88 1.90
Greece .. .. .. .. .. ..
Hungary 2 404.7 2 581.9 1.17 1.21 0.70 0.75
Iceland .. .. .. .. .. ..
Ireland 3 134.0 3 277.2 1.71 1.72 1.17 1.17
Italy 24 540.5 24 812.1 1.26 1.25 0.68 0.68
Japan  140 958.5 .. 3.26 .. 2.49 ..
South Korea 53 243.0 .. 3.74 .. 2.80 ..
Mexico .. .. .. .. 0.16 ..
Netherlands 12 810.1 14 581.5 1.85 2.04 0.89 1.07
New Zealand .. .. .. .. .. ..
Norway 4 720.7 4 970.1 1.68 1.64 0.86 0.85
Poland 5 625.3 6 227.9 0.74 0.77 0.20 0.23
Portugal 4 321.1 4 037.6 1.59 1.49 0.73 0.69
Slovakia  796.1  882.3 0.63 0.68 0.27 0.25
Spain 20 232.5 19 763.1 1.39 1.33 0.72 0.70
Sweden 12 485.7 13 216.2 3.39 3.37 2.33 2.34
Turkey 9 713.4 .. 0.84 .. 0.36 ..
United Kingdom 39 505.8 39 627.2 1.80 1.77 1.10 1.09
United States  408 657.0  415 193.0 2.83 2.77 1.93 1.89
             
Total OECD  995 732.3 .. 2.38 .. 1.58 ..
EU27  305 221.2  318 382.8 1.91 1.94 1.17 1.20
EU15  287 689.2  298 307.1 2.06 2.08 1.28 1.30
Source: OECD - SourceOECD Science and Technology Database.
More information:  http://www.oecd.org/ 

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