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THAILAND: R&D Expenditure

During the year 2005, Gross Domestic Expenditure on R&D was 16.7 billion baht or one billion PPP USD. R&D density is around 0.26%. The raw data was provided to UNESCO by national agency, which is presented below in local currency and USD.

Table: Breakup of R&D Expenditure
SourceNational R&D SurveyUNESCO
Year20052005
Unitsmillion bahtmillion PPP USD
Gross Domestic Expenditure on R&D16,6671,028.1
R&D Expenditure by spending sector: 493.4
Business/Industry7,999493.4
Government 2,859176.4
Higher Education6,381393.6
Private &/or non-profit/FFRDCs1599.8
Others  
R&D Expenditure by source of funds  
Business/Industry8,109500.2
Government5,246323.6
Higher Education2,488153.5
Foreign30618.9
Other sectors (e.g. Public Research Institutes)1187.3
Others40024.7
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), 2009 edition