Table 1. Brazil, expenditures in science and technology and Gross Domestic Product, 1980/1990, in US$ millions of 1991(*).

year

I-federal budget(2)

II-state budgets(2)

III-Government expenditures(I+II)

IV- Expenditures of the Productive sector

V - National Expenditures (III+IV)

VI - National expenditures as % of GDP

VI - Gross Domestic Product (GDP)(3)

1980

824.5

496.8

1321.3

330.3

1651.6

0.43

386863

1981

1519.6

672.4

2192.0

548.0

2740.0

0.74

370279

1982

1863.3

654.6

2517.9

629.5

3147.4

0.85

372122

1983

1475.4

462.6

1938.0

484.5

2422.5

0.67

359727

1984

1426.9

500.7

1927.6

481.9

2409.5

0.64

378422

1985

1953.9

501.9

2455.8

613.9

3069.7

0.75

408151

1986

2288.6

651.3

2939.9

735.0

3674.9

0.84

439451

1987

2556.1

466.9

3023.0

755.7

3778.7

0.83

455424

1988

2506.4

396.7

2903.1

725.8

3628.9

0.80

454918

1989

2147.1

512.5

2659.6

664.9

3324.5

0.71

469663

1990

1679.0

672.2

2351.2

587.8

2938.9

0.72

406906

Source: Brisolla, 1993. Data from MCT-.CNPq/DAD/SUP/COOE. 

Notes: (*) Deflated according to general price index of the Fundação Getúlio Vargas (IGP-DI/FGV) and converted to US dollars according to the average rate for 1991; (2) - actual expenditures; (3) - Corrected for inflation and converted to US dollars according to the average rate for 1991.