2-27  Research and Development Expenditure and Public
Spending on Education as Percentage of GDP
Source:World Bank WDI Database.				(%)
Country or Area	Research and Development Expenditure as of GDP		Public Spending on Education, Total as of GDP
	2005	2006	2005	2006
World	2.14	2.31	4.60	4.57
High income	2.40	2.48	4.93	5.26
Middle income	0.91		4.44	4.24
China	1.33	1.42
Hong Kong, China			4.20	3.91
Macao, China	0.11		2.41	2.30
Bangladesh				2.46
India	0.69①		3.23
Indonesia	0.59①		2.86	3.60
Iran, Islamic Rep.			4.72	5.06
Israel	4.49	4.53	6.26	6.25
Japan	3.33	3.40	3.52	3.48
Kazakhstan	0.28		2.26	2.63
Korea, Rep.	2.98	3.23	4.43
Lao PDR			2.29	3.00
Malaysia			7.52	4.57
Mongolia	0.26		4.75①
Pakistan	0.44		2.25	2.63
Philippines			2.53
Singapore	2.36	2.39
Thailand			4.23	4.35
Egypt, Arab Rep.			4.79	4.00
South Africa	0.92		5.35	5.40
Canada	1.98	1.97	4.93
Mexico	0.50		5.54	5.46
United States	2.62	2.61	5.34	5.69
Argentina	0.46	0.49	3.78①	4.51
Brazil	0.82		4.53	5.05
Venezuela, RB	0.23			3.65
Czech Republic	1.41	1.54	4.25	4.58
France	2.13	2.12	5.67	5.63
Germany	2.49	2.52	4.54	4.44
Italy	1.10		4.45	4.76
Netherlands	1.74	1.69	5.23	5.59
Poland	0.57	0.56	5.47
Russian Federation	1.07	1.08	3.77	3.87
Spain	1.13	1.21	4.24	4.30
Turkey	0.79	0.76	4.05①
Ukraine	1.03		6.06	6.21
United Kingdom	1.78	1.80	5.54
Australia			4.84	5.16
New Zealand	1.17		6.54	6.22
Note:①Data of 2004.