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Division of Science Resource Statistics R&D Expenditures as a Percentage of GDP: 1999
Country R&D Expenditures as a
Percentage of GDP: 1999
Total Total Non-Defense
United States 2.63 2.2
Japan 2.94 2.9
Germany 2.44 2.4
France 2.19 2.0
United Kingdom 1.88 1.6
Italy 1.04 1.0
Canada 1.80 1.8