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Higher education R&D expenditures: FYs 1973–2023

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(Billions of dollars)
Fiscal year Constant 2017 dollars Current dollars
1973 12.4 2.9
1974 11.9 3.0
1975 12.3 3.4
1976 12.7 3.7
1977 13.1 4.1
1978 13.9 4.6
1979 14.9 5.4
1980 15.4 6.1
1981 15.9 6.8
1982 16.0 7.3
1983 16.6 7.9
1984 17.5 8.6
1985 19.1 9.7
1986 21.1 10.9
1987 22.9 12.2
1988 24.5 13.5
1989 26.2 15.0
1990 27.5 16.3
1991 28.7 17.6
1992 30.0 18.8
1993 31.1 20.0
1994 32.1 21.0
1995 33.1 22.2
1996 33.8 23.1
1997 35.2 24.4
1998 36.9 25.9
1999 38.7 27.5
2000 41.4 30.1
2001 44.1 32.8
2002 48.2 36.4
2003 53.9 41.5
2004 56.7 44.8
2005 58.3 47.5
2006 59.1 49.6
2007 59.7 51.6
2008 61.5 54.1
2009 64.7 57.3
2010 68.4 61.3
2011 71.4 65.3
2012 70.7 65.9
2013 70.8 67.1
2014 69.8 67.3
2015 70.6 68.7
2016 73.2 71.9
2017 75.3 75.3
2018 77.4 79.2
2019 80.4 83.6
2020 82.0 86.4
2021 81.5 89.8
2022 82.9 97.8
2023 89.0 108.8
Note(s):

Gross domestic product deflators come from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and are available in Table 1.1.9 "Implicit Price Deflators for Gross Domestic Product" (accessed 9 September 2024).

Source(s):

National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Higher Education Research and Development Survey.