Global R&D Investment will exceed one trillion dollar

"On a planetary scale, annual budgets devoted to R&D will soon exceed one trillion US dollars. According to UNESCO Science Report 2005, [pdf] investments were all ready up to $830 billion in 2002 and were allocated as follows:

• 37.0% in North America, with 35.0% in the United States;
• 31.5% in Asia, with12.8% in Japan, 8.7% in China and 2.5% in India;
• 27.3% in Europe, with 6.7% in Germany, 4.2% in France and 3.5% in the UK;
• 2.6% in Latin America and the Caribbean, with 1.6% in Brazil;
• 1.1% in Oceania;
• 0.6% in Africa, with 0.4% in South Africa." link
  

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