Year

Korea’s proportion of R&D expenditure to GDP

Proportion of OECD national average R&D expenditure to GDP

Proportion of China’s R&D expenditure to GDP

1998

2.16

2.05

-

1999

2.07

2.10

-

2000

2.18

2.14

-

2001

2.34

2.18

1.00

2002

2.27

2.15

1.10

2003

2.35

2.15

1.30

2004

2.53

2.13

1.35

2005

2.63

2.16

1.30

2006

2.83

2.19

1.41

2007

3.00

2.22

1.49

2008

3.12

2.29

1.52

2009

3.29

2.34

1.62

2010

3.47

2.30

1.75

2011

3.74

2.33

1.83

2012

4.03

2.34

1.97

2013

4.15

2.37

2.09

2014

4.29

2.37

2.09