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         Country          |   All science   |Natural sciences |Math and computer|   Engineering
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                          |1985 |1990 |1991 |1985 |1990 |1991 |1985 |1990 |1991 |1985 |1990 |1991
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Australia ................|  ---|  ---|13.9 |  ---|  ---| 9.6 |  ---|  ---|  ---|  ---|  ---| 4.3
Austria ...............   |43.3 |37.7 |37.4 |14.2 |12.3 |13.4 | 7.3 | 4.6 | 6.1 |21.7 |20.8 |17.9
Canada .................  |19.7 |20.0 |19.7 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 8.7
Denmark ..................|16.0 |22.2 |22.9 | 4.1 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 9.2 |11.6 |13.0
Finland ................. |47.6 |30.6 |29.2 |24.0 |14.7 |12.4 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 4.6 |17.2 |10.5 |12.2
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Germany\1\ ...............|27.7 |33.2 |33.9 |18.7 |23.5 |23.3 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 7.2 | 7.4 | 8.4
Ireland ..................|31.4 |34.5 |28.4 |18.9 |19.5 |15.7 | 2.6 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 9.9 | 9.3 | 8.6
Japan ....................|50.1 |54.6 |54.2 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 |  ---|  ---|  ---|40.5 |45.1 |44.7
Netherlands ..............|  ---|28.9 |29.9 |20.6 |17.7 |16.7 |  ---| 1.5 | 1.6 | 7.5 | 9.7 |11.6
New Zealand ..............|45.1 |22.6 |19.3 |24.6 |13.8 |11.5 | 5.4 | 4.7 | 3.6 |15.1 | 4.0 | 4.2
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Norway ...................|40.1 |33.4 |33.8 |17.9 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 2.5 |18.7 |23.3 |23.4
Spain ..................  |35.6 |26.9 |26.6 |28.6 |19.7 |19.1 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 2.5 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 5.0
Sweden .................. |48.0 |48.5 |44.4 |21.2 |19.4 |15.1 | 6.8 | 9.2 | 8.2 |20.0 |19.9 |21.1
Switzerland ..............|30.7 |30.2 |32.6 |20.3 |22.0 |23.1 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 7.6 | 6.5 | 7.6
Turkey .................. |35.8 |24.0 |21.7 | 6.6 | 7.6 | 6.4 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 2.8 |26.3 |13.2 |12.4
United States ............|13.5 |14.5 |13.8 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 6.7
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SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, unpublished data. (This table was prepared May 1995.)