Table 2-3. National R&D expenditures as a percent of GNP by source, 1960-74 



[Current dollars in billions) 



Year 



1960 



1961 



1962 



1963 



1964 



1965 



1966 



1967 



1968 



1969 



1970 



1971 



1972 



1973 



1974 (est.) 



Gross 

 National 

 Product 



^GNP) 



All sources 



Federal sources 



All other sources 



Total 

 R&D 



R&D as a 

 percent 

 of GNP 



Total 

 R&D 



R&D as a 

 percent 

 of GNP 



Total 

 R&D 



R&D as a 

 percent 

 of GNP 



$503.7 

 520 1 

 560.3 

 590.5 

 632.4 



684.9 

 749.9 

 793 9 

 864.2 

 930.3 



977.1 

 1,054.9 

 1,158.0 

 1,294.9 

 1,396.7 



513.6 

 14.3 

 15.4 

 17.1 

 18.9 



20.1 

 21.9 

 23.2 

 24.7 

 25.7 



26.0 

 26.7 

 28.4 

 30.4 

 32.0 



2.70 

 2.75 

 2.75 

 2.90 

 299 



2.93 

 2.92 

 2.92 

 2.86 

 2.76 



2.66 

 2.53 

 2.45 

 2.35 

 2.29 



9.3 



9.9 



11.2 



12.6 



13.0 

 14.0 

 14.4 

 15.0 

 14.9 



14.8 

 15.0 

 15.9 

 16.5 

 17.0 



1.75 

 1.79 

 1.77 

 1.90 

 1.99 



1.90 

 1.87 

 1.81 

 1.74 

 1.60 



1.51 

 1.42 

 1.37 

 1.27 

 1.22 



$4.8 

 5.1 

 5.5 

 5.9 

 6.3 



7.1 

 7.9 

 8.8 

 9.7 

 10.8 



11.3 

 11.8 

 12.5 

 14.0 

 15.1 



0.95 

 0.98 

 0.98 

 1.00 

 1.00 



1.04 

 1.05 

 1.11 

 1.12 

 1.16 



1.16 

 1.12 

 1.08 

 1.08 

 1.08 



NOTE: Detail may not add to totals because ot rounding 



SOURCE National Science Foundation. National Patterns ot R&D Resources. 1953-75 (NSF 75-307) and The Budget ol the United States Government, 

 Fiscal Year 1976. 



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