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Table 3
Business expenditures on research and development compared to gross domestic expenditures on research and development and gross domestic product

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Business expenditures on research and development compared to gross domestic expenditures on research and development and gross domestic product
  Business expenditures on research and development Gross domestic expenditures on research and development Gross domestic product Business expenditures on research and development / Gross domestic expenditures on research and development Business expenditures on research and development / Gross domestic product
  millions of dollars percent
2008 p 16,316 E .. .. .. ..
2007 p 16,159 28,984 1,535,646 55.75 1.05
2006 p 16,137 28,067 1,450,490 57.49 1.11
2005 r 15,791 27,699 1,372,626 57.01 1.15
2004 r 15,299 26,480 1,290,906 57.78 1.19
2003 14,039 24,635 1,213,175 56.99 1.16
2002 13,541 23,532 1,152,905 57.54 1.17
2001 14,266 23,132 1,108,048 61.67 1.29
2000 12,395 20,581 1,076,577 60.23 1.15
1999 10,399 17,638 982,441 58.96 1.06
1998 9,682 16,088 914,973 60.18 1.06
1997 8,739 14,635 882,733 59.71 0.99
1996 7,997 13,817 836,864 57.88 0.96
1995 7,991 13,754 810,426 58.10 0.99
1994 7,567 13,341 770,873 56.72 0.98
1993 6,424 12,184 727,184 52.72 0.88
1992 5,742 11,338 700,480 50.64 0.82
1991 5,355 10,767 685,367 49.74 0.78
1990 5,169 10,260 679,921 50.38 0.76
1989 4,779 9,517 657,728 50.22 0.73
1988 4,623 9,045 613,094 51.11 0.75
1987 4,341 7,950 558,949 54.60 0.78
1986 4,022 7,546 512,541 53.30 0.78
1985 3,635 6,985 485,714 52.04 0.75
1984 3,022 6,273 449,582 48.17 0.67
1983 2,602 5,517 411,386 47.16 0.63
1982 2,489 5,198 379,859 47.88 0.66
Source(s):
CANSIM tables 358-0001 and 380-0017.