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Table 87. Federal obligations for basic research to foreign performers, by region, country, or economy, and agency: FY 2018

(Dollars in thousands)

Region, country, or economy Total DOC DOD DOE HHS NASA NSF USDA
All areas and organizations 202,536.2 263.0 67,963.4 602.2 107,286.7 4,477.7 20,450.8 1,492.4
Africa 30,241.4 0.0 320.5 0.0 29,858.7 0.0 0.0 62.2
Botswana 571.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 571.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 70.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 70.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ethiopia 493.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 493.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gambia, The 55.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 55.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Ghana 2,165.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,165.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Kenya 1,687.6 0.0 245.9 0.0 1,379.5 0.0 0.0 62.2
Madagascar 70.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 70.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
Malawi 77.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 77.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mali 840.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 840.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mozambique 478.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 478.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nigeria 3,411.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,411.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rwanda 372.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 372.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
South Africa 15,607.4 0.0 74.6 0.0 15,532.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tanzania 625.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 625.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Tunisia 44.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 44.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
Uganda 2,846.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,846.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Zambia 313.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 313.8 0.0 0.0 0.0
Zimbabwe 509.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 509.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Asia 17,826.3 65.0 12,227.2 0.0 5,211.4 0.0 0.0 322.7
Bangladesh 256.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 256.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cambodia 17.0 0.0 17.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
China 786.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 741.5 0.0 0.0 44.6
Hong Kong 90.1 15.0 75.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
India 2,050.0 0.0 722.6 0.0 1,327.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Israel 3,074.8 0.0 1,980.8 0.0 853.6 0.0 0.0 240.4
Japan 2,903.6 0.0 2,903.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jordan 20.0 0.0 20.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Korea, South 2,752.1 0.0 2,752.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Lebanon 80.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 80.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Malaysia 355.3 50.0 234.2 0.0 71.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Nepal 71.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 71.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Pakistan 226.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 226.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Philippines 77.1 0.0 77.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Saudi Arabia 10.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.0
Singapore 1,345.9 0.0 1,345.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Sri Lanka 241.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 241.9 0.0 0.0 0.0
Taiwan 524.6 0.0 511.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 12.9
Thailand 1,919.2 0.0 762.7 0.0 1,156.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Turkey 231.7 0.0 231.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
United Arab Emirates 306.6 0.0 306.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Vietnam 485.2 0.0 286.1 0.0 184.3 0.0 0.0 14.8
Europe 77,571.8 198.0 36,510.9 602.2 28,346.9 3,484.5 8,159.6 269.6
Austria 2,745.6 0.0 418.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 2,326.8 0.0
Belgium 496.7 0.0 496.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bulgaria 21.3 0.0 21.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Croatia 16.3 0.0 16.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Czechia 157.0 0.0 155.4 0.0 0.0 1.5 0.0 0.0
Denmark 717.3 0.0 573.3 0.0 144.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Estonia 145.8 0.0 145.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Finland 515.6 0.0 38.4 0.0 477.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
France 12,094.9 98.0 6,978.1 0.0 2,565.0 722.5 1,731.3 0.0
Germany 12,261.1 0.0 2,366.6 0.0 8,459.5 97.6 1,298.0 39.4
Greece 284.3 0.0 277.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.7
Iceland 1.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.9 0.0 0.0
Ireland 212.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 212.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Italy 1,919.9 0.0 1,216.3 0.0 608.6 0.0 0.0 95.0
Macedonia 72.0 0.0 72.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Netherlands 3,229.0 100.0 1,289.7 0.0 1,717.7 0.0 100.0 21.5
Norway 1,909.8 0.0 136.6 0.0 0.0 1,773.3 0.0 0.0
Poland 236.0 0.0 236.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Portugal 181.3 0.0 181.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Romania 60.0 0.0 60.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Slovakia 27.3 0.0 27.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Slovenia 224.0 0.0 224.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Spain 1,832.0 0.0 1,095.1 0.0 84.2 640.7 0.0 12.0
Sweden 5,095.2 0.0 581.5 602.2 1,394.0 17.5 2,500.0 0.0
Switzerland 4,988.0 0.0 1,951.9 0.0 2,925.1 100.0 0.0 11.0
Ukraine 406.3 0.0 162.9 0.0 243.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
United Kingdom 27,720.8 0.0 17,788.1 0.0 9,515.7 129.5 203.5 84.0
North America 46,126.5 0.0 7,599.3 0.0 25,967.4 224.4 12,142.5 192.9
Bahamas, The 44.1 0.0 44.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bermuda 7,534.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7,534.5 0.0
Canada 32,451.1 0.0 5,730.6 0.0 21,862.3 207.6 4,608.0 42.5
Costa Rica 3,319.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 3,228.3 16.8 0.0 74.7
Guatemala 162.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 162.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
Haiti 539.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 539.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
Jamaica 25.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 25.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mexico 1,838.3 0.0 1,809.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 29.1
Nicaragua 69.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 69.5 0.0 0.0 0.0
Panama 39.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.1
Saint Kitts and Nevis 80.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 80.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Trinidad and Tobago 7.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.5
Virgin Islands, British 15.4 0.0 15.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Oceania 20,224.9 0.0 8,002.4 0.0 11,823.3 158.2 0.0 241.0
Australia 17,149.2 0.0 6,793.1 0.0 9,965.2 150.0 0.0 241.0
Fiji 199.6 0.0 199.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
New Zealand 2,876.1 0.0 1,009.7 0.0 1,858.1 8.2 0.0 0.0
South America 10,545.3 0.0 3,303.1 0.0 6,079.0 610.6 148.7 404.0
Argentina 1,613.4 0.0 311.6 0.0 951.5 0.0 0.0 350.3
Brazil 2,473.0 0.0 905.2 0.0 1,268.7 286.5 0.0 12.5
Chile 2,590.8 0.0 2,068.1 0.0 522.6 0.0 0.0 0.0
Colombia 576.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 571.0 0.0 0.0 5.0
Paraguay 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.1
Peru 2,974.8 0.0 10.7 0.0 2,605.0 324.0 0.0 35.0
Suriname 167.5 0.0 7.5 0.0 160.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Uruguay 148.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 148.7 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 Center for Science and Engineering Statistics, Survey of Federal Funds for Research and Development, FYs 2018–19.