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Table C2 - Gross domestic expenditure on R&D, as a percentage of Total Gross Value Added
               
Per cent 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
               
North East 1.2 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 1.0 1.4
North West 1.9 2.0 2.0 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.0
Yorkshire and the Humber 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2
East Midlands 2.1 1.9 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.3 1.8
West Midlands 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.1
East of England 4.5 4.6 4.4 4.5 4.7 4.8 4.3 5.0
London 1.5 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2
South East 3.6 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.2 3.3
South West 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.2 2.4 2.3
               
England 2.3 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2 2.2
               
Wales 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.3 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.3
Scotland 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.8 2.0 1.7
Northern Ireland 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1
               
United Kingdom1 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.1 2.0
               
Source: Business Enterprise R&D Survey and Regional Accounts, Office for National Statistics
               
1  Estimates for the United Kingdom include ex-regio GVA data which are excluded from other areas shown in the table. All GVA data presented here exceed published GVA estimates because the FISIM adjustment has not been made.

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Last updated on 19 January, 2007