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R&D Expenditure

Gross Domestic Expenditure on R&D for 2007 was 331 billion NT$. As per OECD data, R&D density was 2.63 for the year 2007. R&D expenditure data from National R&D Survey and OECD is presented below.

Table: Breakup of R&D Expenditure
SourceNational R&D SurveyOECD
Yearyear 2007Year: 2007
Unitsmillion NT $million PPP USD
Gross Domestic Expenditure on R&D331,38618,324.8
R&D Expenditure by spending sector:  
Business/Industry229,12612,662.4
Government 60,6433,353.4
Higher Education40,4002,235.6
Private &/or non-profit/FFRDCs1,21873.3
Others  
R&D Expenditure by source of funds  
Business/Industry228,07412,607.5
Government98,9665,479.1
Higher Education3,158 
Foreign137 
Other sectors (e.g. Public Research Institutes)105 
Others 238.2
Source: (1) National Science and Technology Survey 2008 (2) OECD, Main Science and Technology Indicators database, May 2009.