Genomics Research: World Survey of Public Funding

BMC Genomics

Table 6 Genomics funding per GDP by country (×100,000)

Rank	Country	2003	2004	2005	2006
1	Ireland	27.27	24.44	18.61	17.48
2	United Kingdom	19.25	17.02	17.24	15.55
3	Canada	14.38	12.37	11.34	13.06
4	United States	9.34	9.09	8.42	7.81
5	Netherlands	9.04	2.98	8.21	6.91
6	South Korea	6.53	5.15	5.27	5.05
7	Japan	2.72	3.06	3.49	3.62
8	China	4.88	4.14	3.58	0.00*
9	Germany	2.93	2.24	2.22	2.24
10	South Africa	1.44	1.12	1.27	0.87*
11	Australia	1.43	1.00	0.88	1.03
12	Spain	1.13	1.16	1.20	0.96

The amount of genomics research funded per GDP by each country or region is indicated in US$ (× 100,000 for ease of comparison). Rankings were determined by ordering the 2006 values, where the average of the three previous years was used as a substitute for 2006 values when the actual 2006 data was unavailable. Data is reported by fiscal year, as indicated in Table 1.
* The 2006 data is incomplete because of missing information from the South African National Research Foundation or from China's research organizations.

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