4. Year R&D Spending Researchers Patents Number of Graduates as % of GDP per million Publications in 1000s 1996 0.65 154 37 10410 1997 0.69 135 48 10352 1998 0.71 117 94 11072 1999 0.74 114 114 11792 2000 0.77 111 131 12176 2000 2001 0.75 115 180 12561 2100 2002 0.73 123 267 13545 2350 2003 0.72 128 356 14529 2800 2004 0.69 133 376 51913 3300 2005 0.8 137 403 89297 3500 2006 0.79 140 506 3900 2007 0.81 143 578 4800 2008 0.8 212 672 2009 0.82 220 720