[Historical Tables]
[Section 9 - Federal Government Outlays for Major Physical Capital, Research and Development, and Education and Training]
[Table 9.7 - Summary of Outlays for the Conduct of Research and Development: 1949-1997 (In Current Dollars, as Percentages of Total Outlays, as Percentages of GDP, and in Constant (FY 1987) Dollars)]
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Table 9.7--SUMMARY OF OUTLAYS FOR THE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: 1949-1997
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In Millions of Dollars In Billions of Constant (FY As Percentages of Total As Percentages of GDP
-------------------------------- 1987) Dollars Outlays -------------------------------
Fiscal Year ----------------------------------------------------------------
National Nondefense Total National National National Nondefense Total
Defense Defense Nondefense Total Defense Nondefense Total Defense
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1949............................................................ 762 178 940 3.8 0.9 4.6 2.0 0.5 2.4 0.3 0.1 0.4
1950............................................................ 772 282 1,054 3.9 1.4 5.3 1.8 0.7 2.5 0.3 0.1 0.4
1951............................................................ 846 279 1,125 4.0 1.3 5.3 1.9 0.6 2.5 0.3 0.1 0.4
1952............................................................ 1,204 291 1,495 5.6 1.4 7.0 1.8 0.4 2.2 0.4 0.1 0.4
1953............................................................ 1,553 295 1,848 7.1 1.3 8.4 2.0 0.4 2.4 0.4 0.1 0.5
1954............................................................ 1,551 297 1,848 7.0 1.3 8.3 2.2 0.4 2.6 0.4 0.1 0.5
1955............................................................ 1,550 345 1,895 6.8 1.5 8.4 2.3 0.5 2.8 0.4 0.1 0.5
1956............................................................ 1,898 428 2,326 8.1 1.8 9.9 2.7 0.6 3.3 0.5 0.1 0.6
1957............................................................ 2,134 577 2,711 8.8 2.4 11.2 2.8 0.8 3.5 0.5 0.1 0.6
1958............................................................ 2,459 729 3,188 9.9 2.9 12.8 3.0 0.9 3.9 0.5 0.2 0.7
1959............................................................ 5,364 1,020 6,384 21.1 4.0 25.1 5.8 1.1 6.9 1.1 0.2 1.3
1960............................................................ 5,937 1,385 7,322 22.8 5.3 28.1 6.4 1.5 7.9 1.2 0.3 1.5
1961............................................................ 6,922 1,864 8,786 26.3 7.1 33.4 7.1 1.9 9.0 1.3 0.4 1.7
1962............................................................ 7,090 2,747 9,837 26.5 10.3 36.7 6.6 2.6 9.2 1.3 0.5 1.8
1963............................................................ 7,144 4,221 11,365 26.2 15.5 41.7 6.4 3.8 10.2 1.2 0.7 1.9
1964............................................................ 7,865 5,931 13,796 28.4 21.4 49.9 6.6 5.0 11.6 1.3 0.9 2.2
1965............................................................ 7,077 6,763 13,840 25.0 23.9 48.9 6.0 5.7 11.7 1.1 1.0 2.1
1966............................................................ 7,097 7,821 14,918 24.4 26.8 51.2 5.3 5.8 11.1 1.0 1.1 2.0
1967............................................................ 8,068 7,894 15,962 26.8 26.2 53.0 5.1 5.0 10.1 1.0 1.0 2.0
1968............................................................ 8,544 7,628 16,172 27.3 24.4 51.7 4.8 4.3 9.1 1.0 0.9 1.9
1969............................................................ 8,314 7,346 15,660 25.3 22.4 47.7 4.5 4.0 8.5 0.9 0.8 1.7
1970............................................................ 8,021 7,132 15,153 23.2 20.6 43.8 4.1 3.6 7.7 0.8 0.7 1.5
1971............................................................ 8,108 7,301 15,409 22.3 20.1 42.3 3.9 3.5 7.3 0.8 0.7 1.5
1972............................................................ 8,837 7,466 16,303 23.1 19.5 42.6 3.8 3.2 7.1 0.8 0.7 1.4
1973............................................................ 9,139 7,896 17,035 22.7 19.6 42.4 3.7 3.2 6.9 0.7 0.6 1.3
1974............................................................ 9,406 8,028 17,434 21.7 18.5 40.3 3.5 3.0 6.5 0.7 0.6 1.2
1975............................................................ 9,715 8,821 18,536 20.4 18.5 39.0 2.9 2.7 5.6 0.6 0.6 1.2
1976............................................................ 9,819 10,169 19,988 19.2 19.8 39.0 2.6 2.7 5.4 0.6 0.6 1.2
TQ.............................................................. 2,455 2,745 5,200 4.6 5.2 9.8 2.6 2.9 5.4 0.6 0.6 1.2
1977............................................................ 10,874 10,569 21,443 19.6 19.1 38.7 2.7 2.6 5.2 0.6 0.6 1.1
1978............................................................ 12,077 12,455 24,532 20.3 20.9 41.2 2.6 2.7 5.3 0.6 0.6 1.1
1979............................................................ 12,129 14,196 26,325 18.7 21.9 40.7 2.4 2.8 5.2 0.5 0.6 1.1
1980............................................................ 14,643 15,592 30,235 20.7 22.1 42.8 2.5 2.6 5.1 0.6 0.6 1.1
1981............................................................ 16,937 17,231 34,168 21.8 22.2 43.9 2.5 2.5 5.0 0.6 0.6 1.2
1982............................................................ 19,809 14,850 34,660 23.7 17.8 41.5 2.7 2.0 4.6 0.6 0.5 1.1
1983............................................................ 22,298 13,602 35,900 25.6 15.6 41.3 2.8 1.7 4.4 0.7 0.4 1.1
1984............................................................ 25,765 15,221 40,986 28.4 16.8 45.1 3.0 1.8 4.8 0.7 0.4 1.1
1985............................................................ 30,360 16,856 47,216 32.2 17.9 50.1 3.2 1.8 5.0 0.8 0.4 1.2
1986............................................................ 35,656 16,485 52,141 36.7 17.0 53.7 3.6 1.7 5.3 0.8 0.4 1.2
1987............................................................ 37,097 16,159 53,256 37.1 16.2 53.3 3.7 1.6 5.3 0.8 0.4 1.2
1988............................................................ 38,032 18,068 56,100 36.7 17.4 54.1 3.6 1.7 5.3 0.8 0.4 1.2
1989\1\......................................................... 40,366 20,394 60,760 37.3 18.8 56.1 3.5 1.8 5.3 0.8 0.4 1.2
1990\1\......................................................... 41,078 22,732 63,810 36.4 20.1 56.5 3.3 1.8 5.1 0.7 0.4 1.2
1991\1\......................................................... 37,887 24,296 62,183 32.2 20.7 52.9 2.9 1.8 4.7 0.7 0.4 1.1
1992\1\......................................................... 38,170 26,558 64,728 31.5 21.9 53.4 2.8 1.9 4.7 0.6 0.4 1.1
1993\1\......................................................... 40,396 27,982 68,378 32.6 22.6 55.1 2.9 2.0 4.9 0.6 0.4 1.1
1994\1\......................................................... 38,055 28,397 66,453 30.1 22.5 52.6 2.6 1.9 4.5 0.6 0.4 1.0
1995\1\......................................................... 37,699 30,733 68,432 29.3 23.9 53.1 2.5 2.0 4.5 0.5 0.4 1.0
1996 estimate\1\................................................ 37,682 30,834 68,516 28.7 23.5 52.2 2.4 2.0 4.4 0.5 0.4 0.9
1997 estimate\1\................................................ 37,292 31,796 69,088 27.8 23.7 51.5 2.3 1.9 4.2 0.5 0.4 0.9
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\1\Includes off-budget Postal Service investments of the following amounts (in millions of current dollars): 1989:64; 1990:82; 1991:116; 1992:152; 1993:57; 1994:51; 1995:52; 1996:67; 1997:71.
Note: GDP data / percentages and constant-dollar data / deflators are based on pre-benchmark revision GDP.