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
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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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (June 15, 2022). Government expenditure on research and development in Australia in financial year 2021, by socio-economic objective (in million Australian dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1314621/australia-government-research-and-development-expenditure-by-socio-economic-objective/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Government expenditure on research and development in Australia in financial year 2021, by socio-economic objective (in million Australian dollars)." Chart. June 15, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1314621/australia-government-research-and-development-expenditure-by-socio-economic-objective/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2022). Government expenditure on research and development in Australia in financial year 2021, by socio-economic objective (in million Australian dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1314621/australia-government-research-and-development-expenditure-by-socio-economic-objective/
Australian Bureau of Statistics. "Government Expenditure on Research and Development in Australia in Financial Year 2021, by Socio-economic Objective (in Million Australian Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Jun 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1314621/australia-government-research-and-development-expenditure-by-socio-economic-objective/
Australian Bureau of Statistics, Government expenditure on research and development in Australia in financial year 2021, by socio-economic objective (in million Australian dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1314621/australia-government-research-and-development-expenditure-by-socio-economic-objective/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Government expenditure on research and development in Australia in financial year 2021, by socio-economic objective (in million Australian dollars) [Graph], Australian Bureau of Statistics, June 15, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1314621/australia-government-research-and-development-expenditure-by-socio-economic-objective/
