Australia: government research and development expenditure by socio-economic objective 2021

In the 2021 financial year in Australia, the government allocated over 670 million Australian dollars to research and development in the health field. The government's expenditure on defence also reached over 600 million Australian dollars that year.

Government expenditure on research and development in Australia in financial year 2021, by socio-economic objective (in million Australian dollars)

Characteristic	Expenditure in million Australian dollars
Health	670
Defence	614
Environmental management	412
Plant production and plant primary products	379
Expanding knowledge	260
Animal production and animal primary products	227
Environmental policy, climate change and natural hazards	201
Manufacturing	174
Energy	154

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June 2022

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Australia

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financial year 2021

Supplementary notes

A financial year in Australia from from July 1 to the following June 30. For example, the 2021 financial year began on July 1, 2020 and ended on June 30, 2021.

Research and development is defined by the source as "creative and systematic work undertaken in order to increase the stock of knowledge - including knowledge of humankind, culture and society - and to devise new applications of available knowledge".

Socio-economic objectives allow research and development projects to be categorized by the perceived and intended purpose of the research and development.

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