The Australian Government's Innovation Report

Appendix 2: Overview of Australia’s gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD) – by sector of performance, 1978-79 to 2004-05
Sector of performance 1978-79 1981-82 1984-85 1986-87 1988-89 1990-91 1992-93 1994-95 1996-97 1998-99 2000-01 2002-03 2004-05
Current Prices ($million)
Business 245.8 396.6 721.3 1,280.1 1,798.3 2,099.8 2,861.9 3,508.3 4,234.7 4,094.7 4,982.6 6,940.3 8,446.2
Government 469.9 714.7 955.3 1,154.9 1,352.3 1,704.0 1,823.9 1,976.1 2,064.3 2,043.0 2,355.8 2,482.2 2,550.7
Australian Gov. 321.2 514.8 669.4 786.5 869.6 1,034.0 1,155.4 1,193.3 1,266.6 1,179.4 1,404.8 1,531.3 1,573.4
State Gov. 148.7 199.9 285.9 368.4 482.7 670.0 668.5 782.8 797.7 863.6 951.0 950.9 977.3
Higher Education 325.5 452.5 685.7 881.7 1,072.9 1,332.8 1,695.2 1,829.6 2,307.6 2,555.1 2,789.8 3,429.6 4,282.8
Private non-profit 12.6 20.9 43.5 49.1 53.3 85.4 101.9 152.7 185.8 225.3 289.0 359.5 493.2
Total 1,053.8 1,584.7 2,405.8 3,365.8 4,276.8 5,222.0 6,482.9 7,466.7 8,792.4 8,918.1 10,417.1 13,211.6 15,772.9
Chain Volume Measures ($million at 2004-05 prices)
Business – – – 2,383.8 2,992.2 3,078.0 3,992.0 4,726.9 5,432.6 5,041.3 5,604.5 7,363.8 8,446.2
Government – – – 2,034.3 2,148.9 2,467.4 2,495.4 2,614.6 2,607.6 2,393.9 2,674.3 2,666.5 2,550.7
Australian Gov. – – – 1,385.4 1,381.9 1,497.2 1,580.8 1,578.9 1,599.4 1,378.9 1,592.9 1,644.7 1,573.4
State Gov. – – – 648.9 767.0 970.2 914.6 1,035.7 1,008.4 1,015.4 1,081.6 1,021.9 977.3
Higher Education – – – 1,617.5 1,795.3 2,003.9 2,381.9 2,480.1 2,962.0 3,121.0 3,179.0 3,631.0 4,282.8
Private non-profit – – – 95.7 91.2 128.6 144.7 210.7 240.3 276.9 327.5 385.4 493.2
Total – – – 6,131.4 7,027.6 7,677.9 9,014.1 10,032.3 11,242.5 10,833.1 11,785.3 14,046.7 15,772.9
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