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Table 87. Federal obligations for basic research to foreign performers, by region, country or economy, and agency: FY 2016

(Dollars in thousands)

Region, country, or economy Total DOC DOD DOE HHS NASA NSF USDA
All areas and organizations 203,912.8 361.0 78,612.2 705.5 94,447.3 5,416.4 22,962.1 1,408.2
Africa 24,699.4 0.0 609.3 0.0 24,048.6 2.2 0.0 39.4
Benin 284.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 284.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Botswana 647.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 647.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ethiopia 624.1 0.0 87.1 0.0 537.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ghana 1,082.0 0.0 40.3 0.0 1,041.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kenya 965.2 0.0 305.6 0.0 635.9 0.0 0.0 23.8
Mali 486.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 486.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mozambique 469.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 469.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Namibia 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.2 0.0 0.0
Nigeria 2,769.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,769.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rwanda 157.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 157.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
South Africa 14,307.6 0.0 159.7 0.0 14,132.3 0.0 0.0 15.6
Tanzania 326.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 326.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tunisia 86.8 0.0 16.6 0.0 70.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Uganda 1,801.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1,801.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Zambia 130.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 130.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Zimbabwe 559.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 559.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Asia 18,701.0 33.0 12,231.7 0.0 4,978.1 1,354.7 0.0 103.5
Bahrain 29.8 0.0 29.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bangladesh 257.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 257.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cambodia 96.5 0.0 96.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
China 1,206.5 33.0 30.0 0.0 1,062.0 0.0 0.0 81.5
Georgia 15.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 15.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Hong Kong 45.6 0.0 45.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
India 1,550.1 0.0 767.6 0.0 782.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Israel 2,872.4 0.0 1,799.4 0.0 672.9 400.0 0.0 0.0
Japan 3,578.1 0.0 2,495.9 0.0 127.5 954.7 0.0 0.0
Jordan 62.0 0.0 62.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Korea, South 3,311.2 0.0 3,311.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Lebanon 54.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 54.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Malaysia 325.8 0.0 256.1 0.0 69.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nepal 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.0
Pakistan 159.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 159.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Philippines 273.5 0.0 93.5 0.0 170.0 0.0 0.0 10.0
Qatar 30.4 0.0 30.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Saudi Arabia 175.2 0.0 175.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Singapore 707.0 0.0 646.5 0.0 60.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sri Lanka 86.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 86.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Taiwan 1,031.1 0.0 1,031.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Thailand 1,987.8 0.0 527.9 0.0 1,459.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
Turkey 288.2 0.0 288.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
United Arab Emirates 331.0 0.0 331.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Vietnam 221.0 0.0 214.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.0
Europe 91,623.8 328.0 46,772.0 705.5 33,481.2 2,559.7 7,357.1 420.3
Austria 8,902.6 0.0 6,002.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,900.0 0.0
Belgium 627.4 0.0 425.9 0.0 169.0 0.0 0.0 32.4
Bulgaria 100.0 0.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Croatia 265.0 0.0 265.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Czechia 30.0 0.0 30.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Denmark 568.4 0.0 568.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0
Finland 85.7 0.0 85.0 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0
France 6,110.9 50.0 1,710.4 0.0 2,062.3 370.3 1,906.6 11.3
Germany 14,720.4 0.0 5,797.4 0.0 6,444.7 0.0 2,300.0 178.3
Greece 40.5 0.0 40.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Hungary 250.0 0.0 250.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Iceland 521.8 0.0 4.8 0.0 517.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ireland 552.9 0.0 333.7 0.0 219.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Italy 2,182.0 0.0 2,107.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 75.0
Latvia 8.0 0.0 8.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Lithuania 31.9 0.0 31.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Macedonia 36.0 0.0 36.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Netherlands 15,421.4 0.0 6,791.5 0.0 7,977.6 632.2 0.0 20.0
Norway 421.5 0.0 230.3 0.0 191.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Poland 244.5 0.0 244.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Portugal 147.4 0.0 147.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Romania 60.1 0.0 60.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Russia 1,445.4 0.0 110.1 0.0 0.0 1,335.3 0.0 0.0
Slovakia 171.1 0.0 171.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Slovenia 180.4 0.0 180.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Spain 1,314.1 87.4 835.9 0.0 370.4 8.0 0.0 12.5
Sweden 1,077.0 0.0 382.1 0.0 666.8 16.0 0.0 12.0
Switzerland 3,626.3 0.0 769.0 0.0 2,848.9 0.9 0.0 7.5
Ukraine 109.9 0.0 109.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
United Kingdom 31,665.5 190.5 18,943.2 0.0 12,014.0 196.1 250.4 71.3
European countries, other 705.5 0.0 0.0 705.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
North America 42,133.0 0.0 6,436.6 0.0 21,010.3 967.8 13,531.5 186.8
Anguilla 8.0 0.0 8.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bermuda 8,808.6 0.0 457.8 0.0 0.0 112.6 8,238.2 0.0
Canada 32,024.2 0.0 5,719.2 0.0 20,141.1 796.3 5,293.3 74.4
Costa Rica 20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 20.0
Greenland 80.9 0.0 60.0 0.0 0.0 20.9 0.0 0.0
Haiti 566.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 566.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mexico 371.0 0.0 191.5 0.0 126.1 0.0 0.0 53.4
Nicaragua 176.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 176.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Panama 39.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.0
North American countries, other 38.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 38.0 0.0 0.0
Oceania 15,102.8 0.0 9,834.8 0.0 4,793.9 197.8 0.0 276.4
Australia 13,923.5 0.0 8,752.0 0.0 4,793.9 127.5 0.0 250.1
Fiji 23.3 0.0 23.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Micronesia, Federated States of 26.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 26.3
New Zealand 1,129.7 0.0 1,059.4 0.0 0.0 70.3 0.0 0.0
South America 11,515.1 0.0 2,590.1 0.0 6,135.3 334.2 2,073.5 382.0
Argentina 1,078.7 0.0 88.4 0.0 671.1 0.0 0.0 319.2
Bolivia 5.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.0
Brazil 2,543.6 0.0 877.0 0.0 1,479.9 164.2 0.0 22.5
Chile 1,524.1 0.0 1,524.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Colombia 1,214.2 0.0 78.8 0.0 1,127.9 0.0 0.0 7.5
Paraguay 10.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.0
Peru 2,852.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,664.2 170.0 0.0 17.8
Suriname 202.3 0.0 10.0 0.0 192.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Uruguay 2,085.3 0.0 11.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,073.5 0.0
International organizations 137.7 0.0 137.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
DOC = Department of Commerce; DOD = Department of Defense; DOE = Department of Energy; HHS = Department of Health and Human Services; NASA = National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NSF = National Science Foundation; USDA = Department of Agriculture.
NOTES: Because of rounding, detail may not add to total. Only those countries that had obligations in variables represented by this table appear in the table. See technical table A-2 for additional notes associated with the agencies listed in this table.
SOURCE: National Science Foundation, National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development, FYs 2016–17.