RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, AND EMPLOYMENT IN HIGH AND MEDIUM-HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRIES

Table 14(c) - Gross domestic expenditure on R&D;, as a percentage of Total Gross Value Added
Per Cent GO Region/Country
    United Kingdom1 North East North West Yorkshire and the Humber East Midlands West Midlands East of England London South East South West England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland
Business 1998 1.3 0.7 1.5 0.5 1.5 1.1 3.5 0.4 2.4 1.5 1.4 0.4 0.7 0.5
  1999 1.4 0.6 1.8 0.5 1.6 1.1 3.7 0.5 2.6 1.4 1.5 0.7 0.6 0.5
  2000 1.3 0.6 1.7 0.5 1.7 0.8 3.8 0.5 2.5 1.3 1.5 0.4 0.6 0.7
  2001 1.3 0.4 1.7 0.5 1.6 1.0 3.6 0.4 2.5 1.4 1.4 0.4 0.7 0.7
  2002 1.3 0.4 1.7 0.5 1.6 1.0 3.3 0.4 2.3 1.6 1.4 0.5 0.7 0.7
  2003 1.2 0.5 1.5 0.5 1.3 1.0 3.4 0.3 2.3 1.6 1.4 0.5 0.6 0.5
  2004 1.2 0.4 1.6 0.4 1.4 0.9 2.9 0.4 2.1 1.5 1.3 0.6 0.6 0.5
Government 1998 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.1
  1999 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.1
  2000 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.1
  2001 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1
  2002 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1
  2003 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1
  2004 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.1
Higher Education 1998 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.3
  1999 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.3
  2000 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.4
  2001 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.4
  2002 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.8 0.4
  2003 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.4
  2004 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.7 0.5
Total 1998 1.9 1.1 1.9 1.0 2.0 1.6 4.3 1.1 3.4 2.3 2.1 0.9 1.6 0.9
  1999 2.0 1.0 2.2 1.0 2.1 1.6 4.4 1.1 3.5 2.1 2.2 1.3 1.5 1.0
  2000 2.0 1.0 2.1 1.0 2.2 1.4 4.6 1.2 3.5 2.1 2.1 1.1 1.6 1.1
  2001 1.9 0.9 2.2 1.0 2.1 1.4 4.4 1.1 3.3 2.0 2.1 1.0 1.8 1.2
  2002 1.9 0.9 2.1 1.1 2.1 1.4 4.1 1.1 3.1 2.1 2.0 1.1 1.8 1.2
  2003 1.9 0.9 2.0 1.0 1.8 1.4 4.2 1.0 3.1 2.2 2.0 1.2 1.7 1.0
  2004 1.8 0.9 2.1 1.0 1.8 1.3 3.8 1.0 2.9 2.2 1.9 1.2 1.6 1.1
                               
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 (see section 1 of Definitions for details).
                               
Source: Business Enterprise R&D; Survey and Regional Accounts, Office for National Statistics