[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: 1949-1999 (In Current Dollars, as Percentages of Total Outlays, as Percentages of GDP, and in Constant (FY 1992) Dollars)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
Table 9.7--SUMMARY OF OUTLAYS FOR THE CONDUCT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: 1949-1999
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In Millions of Dollars In Billions of Constant (FY As Percentages of Total As Percentages of GDP
-------------------------------- 1992) 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 4.1 1.0 5.1 2.0 0.5 2.4 0.3 0.1 0.3
1950............................................................ 772 282 1,054 4.3 1.6 5.8 1.8 0.7 2.5 0.3 0.1 0.4
1951............................................................ 846 279 1,125 4.4 1.5 5.9 1.9 0.6 2.5 0.3 0.1 0.4
1952............................................................ 1,204 291 1,495 6.1 1.5 7.5 1.8 0.4 2.2 0.3 0.1 0.4
1953............................................................ 1,553 295 1,848 7.7 1.5 9.1 2.0 0.4 2.4 0.4 0.1 0.5
1954............................................................ 1,551 297 1,848 7.6 1.5 9.0 2.2 0.4 2.6 0.4 0.1 0.5
1955............................................................ 1,550 345 1,895 7.5 1.7 9.2 2.3 0.5 2.8 0.4 0.1 0.5
1956............................................................ 1,898 428 2,326 8.9 2.0 11.0 2.7 0.6 3.3 0.4 0.1 0.5
1957............................................................ 2,134 577 2,711 9.7 2.6 12.3 2.8 0.8 3.5 0.5 0.1 0.6
1958............................................................ 2,459 729 3,188 10.9 3.2 14.1 3.0 0.9 3.9 0.5 0.2 0.7
1959............................................................ 5,364 1,020 6,384 23.3 4.4 27.7 5.8 1.1 6.9 1.1 0.2 1.3
1960............................................................ 5,937 1,385 7,322 25.6 6.0 31.5 6.4 1.5 7.9 1.1 0.3 1.4
1961............................................................ 6,922 1,864 8,786 29.4 7.9 37.3 7.1 1.9 9.0 1.3 0.4 1.7
1962............................................................ 7,090 2,747 9,837 29.7 11.5 41.3 6.6 2.6 9.2 1.2 0.5 1.7
1963............................................................ 7,144 4,221 11,365 29.6 17.5 47.1 6.4 3.8 10.2 1.2 0.7 1.9
1964............................................................ 7,865 5,931 13,796 32.2 24.3 56.4 6.6 5.0 11.6 1.2 0.9 2.2
1965............................................................ 7,077 6,763 13,840 28.5 27.2 55.7 6.0 5.7 11.7 1.0 1.0 2.0
1966............................................................ 7,097 7,821 14,918 27.9 30.8 58.7 5.3 5.8 11.1 0.9 1.0 2.0
1967............................................................ 8,068 7,894 15,962 30.8 30.1 60.9 5.1 5.0 10.1 1.0 1.0 2.0
1968............................................................ 8,544 7,628 16,172 31.4 28.0 59.4 4.8 4.3 9.1 1.0 0.9 1.9
1969............................................................ 8,314 7,346 15,660 29.2 25.8 55.1 4.5 4.0 8.5 0.9 0.8 1.7
1970............................................................ 8,021 7,132 15,153 26.8 23.8 50.6 4.1 3.6 7.7 0.8 0.7 1.5
1971............................................................ 8,108 7,301 15,409 25.8 23.2 49.0 3.9 3.5 7.3 0.8 0.7 1.4
1972............................................................ 8,837 7,466 16,303 26.8 22.6 49.4 3.8 3.2 7.1 0.8 0.6 1.4
1973............................................................ 9,139 7,896 17,035 26.6 22.9 49.5 3.7 3.2 6.9 0.7 0.6 1.3
1974............................................................ 9,406 8,028 17,434 25.5 21.8 47.2 3.5 3.0 6.5 0.7 0.6 1.2
1975............................................................ 9,715 8,821 18,536 23.9 21.7 45.5 2.9 2.7 5.6 0.6 0.6 1.2
1976............................................................ 9,819 10,169 19,988 22.5 23.3 45.8 2.6 2.7 5.4 0.6 0.6 1.2
TQ.............................................................. 2,455 2,745 5,200 5.4 6.1 11.5 2.6 2.9 5.4 0.5 0.6 1.1
1977............................................................ 10,874 10,569 21,443 23.2 22.5 45.7 2.7 2.6 5.2 0.6 0.5 1.1
1978............................................................ 12,077 12,455 24,532 24.0 24.8 48.8 2.6 2.7 5.3 0.5 0.6 1.1
1979............................................................ 12,129 14,196 26,325 22.3 26.1 48.4 2.4 2.8 5.2 0.5 0.6 1.1
1980............................................................ 14,643 15,592 30,235 24.7 26.3 51.0 2.5 2.6 5.1 0.5 0.6 1.1
1981............................................................ 16,937 17,231 34,168 26.0 26.5 52.5 2.5 2.5 5.0 0.6 0.6 1.1
1982............................................................ 19,809 14,850 34,660 28.4 21.3 49.7 2.7 2.0 4.6 0.6 0.5 1.1
1983............................................................ 22,298 13,602 35,900 30.6 18.6 49.2 2.8 1.7 4.4 0.7 0.4 1.0
1984............................................................ 25,765 15,221 40,986 34.0 20.1 54.1 3.0 1.8 4.8 0.7 0.4 1.1
1985............................................................ 30,360 16,856 47,216 38.7 21.5 60.2 3.2 1.8 5.0 0.7 0.4 1.2
1986............................................................ 35,656 16,485 52,141 44.2 20.5 64.7 3.6 1.7 5.3 0.8 0.4 1.2
1987............................................................ 37,097 16,159 53,256 44.7 19.5 64.2 3.7 1.6 5.3 0.8 0.4 1.2
1988............................................................ 38,032 18,068 56,100 44.3 21.1 65.4 3.6 1.7 5.3 0.8 0.4 1.1
1989 \1\........................................................ 40,366 20,394 60,760 45.1 22.8 67.9 3.5 1.8 5.3 0.8 0.4 1.1
1990 \1\........................................................ 41,078 22,732 63,810 44.1 24.4 68.5 3.3 1.8 5.1 0.7 0.4 1.1
1991 \1\........................................................ 37,887 24,296 62,183 39.0 25.0 64.0 2.9 1.8 4.7 0.6 0.4 1.1
1992 \1\........................................................ 38,170 26,558 64,728 38.2 26.6 64.7 2.8 1.9 4.7 0.6 0.4 1.1
1993 \1\........................................................ 40,396 27,982 68,378 39.4 27.3 66.6 2.9 2.0 4.9 0.6 0.4 1.1
1994 \1\........................................................ 38,055 28,397 66,453 36.2 27.0 63.2 2.6 1.9 4.5 0.6 0.4 1.0
1995 \1\........................................................ 37,699 30,733 68,432 35.0 28.5 63.5 2.5 2.0 4.5 0.5 0.4 1.0
1996 \1\........................................................ 39,428 29,011 68,439 35.7 26.3 62.0 2.5 1.9 4.4 0.5 0.4 0.9
1997 \1\........................................................ 40,177 30,896 71,073 35.6 27.4 63.0 2.5 1.9 4.4 0.5 0.4 0.9
1998 estimate \1\............................................... 39,024 32,355 71,379 34.0 28.2 62.1 2.3 1.9 4.3 0.5 0.4 0.9
1999 estimate \1\............................................... 39,417 34,287 73,704 33.6 29.3 62.9 2.3 2.0 4.3 0.5 0.4 0.8
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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: 55;
1997: 68; 1998: 56; 1999: 59.