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Research & Development Expenditure

Gross Domestic Expenditure on R&D for 2005 was 6,327 million pesos and per capita GERD per R&D personnel was 449,000 pesos or 20,645 USD. GERD was growing at the rate of 3.5% during the last three years. R&D density for 2005 was 0.12. Key R&D expenditure data is presented below:

Table: Breakup of R&D Expenditure
SourceNational R&D SurveyUNESCO data
YearYear: 2005Year: 2005
Unitsmillion pesosmillion USD
Gross Domestic Expenditure on R&D6,327290.8
R&D Expenditure by spending sector:  
Business/Industry3,705170.3
Government 1,17554.0
Higher Education1,35062.1
Private &/or non-profit/FFRDCs964.4
Others  
R&D Expenditure by source of funds  
Business/Industry3,705182.1
Government1,62074.6
Higher Education37917.4
Foreign30213.9
Other sectors (e.g. Public Research Institutes)  
Others2570.9
Source: (1) DOST R&D Surveys, May 2009 (2) UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2009 edition