Table 18. Summary of R&D expenditure Million NT $ Gov. sector Manufac Basic Business R&D R&D R&D turing research enterprise expenditure expenditure |industry R&D R&D expenditure Year R&D expenditure expenditure Growth as a % of as a % of expenditure as a % of expenditure as a % of GNI rate GDP R&D as a % of as a % of R&D (%) (%) expenditure sales (1) expenditure value-added (9% ) (% ) (% ) in industry (2) 1991 81 765 14.3 1.68 1.73 52.1 1996 137 955 10.3 1.76 1.79 41.6 2001 204 974 3.7 1.98 2.02 33.3 1.26 10.8 1.68 2006 307 037 9.3 2.37 2.43 31.4 1.34 10.2 2.22 2009 367 053 47 2.76 2.84 28.8 1.84 11.0 2.79 2010 395 879 7.9 2.73 2.82 27.5 1.60 10.5 2.74 2011 415 357 49 2.84 2.91 26.4 1.60 10.5 2.88 2012 433 997 4.5 2.87 2.96 24.7 1.75 10.2 3.02 2013 458 433 5.6 2.92 3.00 23.5 1.85 9.8 3.06 2014 484 541 5.7 2.90 2.98 21.9 1.91 9.5 3.03 2015 511 618 5.6 2.92 3.00 21.2 2.23 9.2 3.08 2016 541 757 5.9 3.01 3.09 21.4 2.33 8.6 3.15 2017 574 502 6.0 3.12 3.19 19.8 2.48 8.1 3.29 2018 615 986 7.2 3.28 3.35 18.8 2.58 7.3 3.52 2019 660 786 7.3 3.40 3.49 18.2 2.91 7.0 3.72