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6. THE BREAKDOWN OF RESEARCH EXPENDITURE BETWEEN THE PUBLIC SECTOR(GOVERNMENT RESEARCH ORGANISATIONS AND UNIVERSITIES) AND THE PRIVATESECTOR VARIES CONSIDERABLY IN THE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.R&D expenditure in the sector of businessenterprise (BERD) and the public and universitysector (GOVERD + HERD) as % of GDP for eachMember State, 1998 or most recent year *JAPANUSAEU15UNITED KINGDOMSWEDENFINLANDPORTUGALAUSTRIANETHERLANDSITALYIRELANDFRANCESPAINGREECEGERMANYDENMARKBELGIUM0.65%2.10%0,61%2,08%0,66%1,14%0,63%1,22%0,97%0,94%1,98%0,42%0,15%0,65%0,83%0,94%1,15%0,48%0,56%0,38%1,05%0,81%1,37%0,43%0,43%0,38%0,11%0,75%1,57%0,70%1,19%0,49%1,07%2,88%0,00 1,00 2,00 3,00 4,00■ BERD//GPDGOVERD+HERD/GPD* Any slight differences in the sum of the percentages for a given countryover the global percentages shown in Table 5 (left) are due to the nonconsiderationof other (limited) categories of expenditure (private sectorfor non-profit-making purposes) and/or differences in the last year ofavailable data.Source: Research DG, based on OCDE data, 199933