But that's just for Federal R&D spending. Worldbank and the OECD paint a much less bleak picture: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/GB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS?locati

But that's just for Federal R&D spending. Worldbank and the OECD paint a much less bleak picture: http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/GB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS?locations=US&name_desc=true http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/GB.XPD.RSDV.GD.ZS?locati... https://data.oecd.org/rd/gross-domestic-spending-on-r-d.htm https://data.oecd.org/rd/gross-domestic-spending-on-r-d.htm These data sets include all forms of R&D spending, not just federally funded ones: "Gross domestic spending on R&D is defined as the total expenditure (current and capital) on R&D carried out by all resident companies, research institutes, university and government laboratories, etc., in a country"