PNP EXPENDITURE ON R&D (PNPERD)

In 2011-12, PNPERD showed an increase of 24% in current price terms and 16% in chain volume terms.

Subsequent expenditure figures and supporting commentary relate to current price terms.

PNPERD and Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

PNPERD as a proportion of GDP remained steady at approximately 0.06% between 2008-09 and 2011-12.


Type of expenditure

In 2011-12, Current expenditure accounted for 91% ($840 million) of total PNPERD. As in 2008-09, Labour costs was the largest component of Current expenditure ($447 million) and represented 48% of total PNPERD. R&D related Capital expenditure amounted to $85 million during 2011-12.


Source of funds

The main sources of funds for PNPERD in 2011-12 were Commonwealth government ($324 million or 35% of total PNPERD) and Own funds ($248 million or 27%). Of all sources of funds, Own funds showed the largest dollar increase from 2008-09 (up $69 million) followed by Other private non-profit organisations (up $51 million) in 2011-12.


Location of expenditure

Location of expenditure relates to the region in which R&D activity was performed; see also Explanatory Note 27. In 2011-12, Victoria and New South Wales accounted for 87% of PNPERD with $461 million (50%) and $340 million (37%), respectively. These locations also recorded the highest dollar increases in PNPERD from 2008-09, up $59 million and $81 million, respectively.

In 2011-12, PNPERD as a proportion of Gross State Product (GSP) was highest for Victoria at 0.14%, followed by New South Wales at 0.07%. Since 2008-09, PNPERD/GSP ratios have remained relatively stable for all states and territories.

PNPERD by location of expenditure - proportion of GSP(a)
	NSW	Vic.	Qld	SA	WA	Tas.	NT	ACT
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
2008-09	0.07	0.14	-	-	0.02	np	np	np
2011-12	0.07	0.14	0.01	0.01	0.02	-	np	np
- nil or rounded to zero (including null cells)
np not available for publication but included in totals where applicable, unless otherwise indicated
(a) See Explanatory Note 28 for details.

Type of activity

In 2011-12, 68% of PNPERD was directed into Applied research ($320 million or 35%) and Strategic basic research ($312 million or 34%). The distribution of PNPERD across types of activity in 2011-12 remained largely unchanged from 2008-09.


Fields of Research (FOR)

Medical and health sciences FOR attracted 81% ($749 million) of the total PNPERD in 2011-12. The next highest FOR, Biological sciences (at $90 million) represented only 10% of PNPERD in 2011-12.


Socio-economic Objective (SEO)

As in 2008--09, the majority of PNPERD (97%) was directed into the SEO sector of Society in 2011-12. At $828 million, the Health division contributed 93% to the Society sector and 90% to total PNPERD.

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