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Other national R-D expenditure by field of science and by source of funds

Sector of Performance
Country
Measure
Source of Funds
Unit		Australian Dollar, Millions
Year		1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Year
Field of Sciences
All fields of science		452.5	..	..	685.7	..	881.7	983.8	1 072.9	..	1 332.8	..	1 695.2	..	1 829.6	2 039.1	2 307.578	..	2 555.1	..	2 789.8	..	3 429.6	..	4 327.2	..	5 433.5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Natural sciences and engineering		315.1	..	..	474.4	..	613.2	715.5	757.1	..	912.3	..	1 161.5	..	1 312.5	1 488.423	1 678.037	..	1 873.44	..	2 043.6	..	2 511	..	3 124	..	4 017.4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Natural Sciences		170.2	..	..	248.5	..	308.1	..	364.3	..	238.1	..	488.3	..	534.3	590.992	664.069	..	804.1	..	834.6	..	1 017	..	1 283.4	..	1 610.9	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Engineering and technology		51.4	..	..	79.2	..	112.4	..	147.1	..	332.9	..	261.7	..	292.5	320.208	394.756	..	309.8	..	333.8	..	395.1	..	513.5	..	642.5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Medical and Health sciences		59.7	..	..	104.6	..	136.2	..	179.3	..	255.7	..	314.3	..	375.9	453.795	491.378	..	589.7	..	670.4	..	863.8	..	1 092.5	..	1 471.4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Agricultural Sciences		33.7	..	..	42.1	..	57.1	..	66.4	..	85.7	..	97.2	..	109.8	123.427	127.833	..	169.9	..	204.8	..	235.2	..	234.5	..	292.6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Social sciences and humanities		137.4	..	..	211.3	..	268.5	268.1	315.8	..	420.5	..	533.8	..	517.1	550.671	629.541	..	681.677	..	746.2	..	918.6	..	1 203.2	..	1 416.2	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Social Siences		..	..	..	136.3	..	165.8	..	194.9	..	298.2	..	370.5	..	372.4	388.318	445.948	..	489.835	..	554.8	..	706.2	..	930.4	..	1 086.7	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Humanities		..	..	..	75	..	102.3	..	120.9	..	122.3	..	163.2	..	144.7	162.353	183.593	..	191.842	..	191.4	..	212.3	..	272.8	..	329.5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Not elsewhere classified (Fields of Science)		..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..

Data extracted on 23 Sep 2023 11:35 UTC (GMT) from OECD.Stat

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