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United States R&D Spending 2000s

Gross domestic expenditure on research and development as a share of GDP. Covers basic research, applied research, and experimental development. · World Bank
2.60% decade average (2000–2009)

United States's r&d spending during the 2000s ranged from 2.49% (2004) to 2.79% (2009), averaging 2.60% over 10 years of data.

2000s Data
YearValueChangeRank
2000 2.62% +0.08% 4th
2001 2.64% +0.02% 6th
2002 2.55% −0.09% 5th
2003 2.55% +0.00% 6th
2004 2.49% −0.06% 6th
2005 2.50% +0.02% 7th
2006 2.55% +0.04% 7th
2007 2.62% +0.07% 6th
2008 2.74% +0.13% 7th
2009 2.79% +0.05% 7th