Food and agricultural research and development (R&D) funding, real (inflation-adjusted) dollars, 1970-2015

$ billion (2013 dollars)

Line graph with 4 lines and 46 points per line.

Line 1, Public food and agricultural R&D (total).
Point 1, 1970 is 3.527.
Point 2, 1971 is 3.594.
Point 3, 1972 is 3.943.
Point 4, 1973 is 3.886.
Point 5, 1974 is 3.975.
Point 6, 1975 is 4.2.
Point 7, 1976 is 4.316.
Point 8, 1977 is 4.681.
Point 9, 1978 is 4.715.
Point 10, 1979 is 4.927.
Point 11, 1980 is 4.989.
Point 12, 1981 is 5.065.
Point 13, 1982 is 5.231.
Point 14, 1983 is 5.078.
Point 15, 1984 is 5.13.
Point 16, 1985 is 5.164.
Point 17, 1986 is 5.244.
Point 18, 1987 is 5.136.
Point 19, 1988 is 5.231.
Point 20, 1989 is 5.31.
Point 21, 1990 is 5.338.
Point 22, 1991 is 5.498.
Point 23, 1992 is 5.45.
Point 24, 1993 is 5.414.
Point 25, 1994 is 5.483.
Point 26, 1995 is 5.456.
Point 27, 1996 is 5.305.
Point 28, 1997 is 5.264.
Point 29, 1998 is 5.315.
Point 30, 1999 is 5.376.
Point 31, 2000 is 5.552.
Point 32, 2001 is 5.745.
Point 33, 2002 is 6.045.
Point 34, 2003 is 5.94.
Point 35, 2004 is 5.934.
Point 36, 2005 is 5.913.
Point 37, 2006 is 5.802.
Point 38, 2007 is 5.668.
Point 39, 2008 is 5.635.
Point 40, 2009 is 5.586.
Point 41, 2010 is 5.035.
Point 42, 2011 is 5.011.
Point 43, 2012 is 4.81.
Point 44, 2013 is 4.446.
Point 45, 2014 is 4.293.
Point 46, 2015 is 4.373.
Line 2, Private food and agricultural R&D (total).
Point 1, 1970 is 3.554.
Point 2, 1971 is 3.525.
Point 3, 1972 is 3.406.
Point 4, 1973 is 3.533.
Point 5, 1974 is 3.698.
Point 6, 1975 is 3.928.
Point 7, 1976 is 4.141.
Point 8, 1977 is 4.686.
Point 9, 1978 is 5.008.
Point 10, 1979 is 5.264.
Point 11, 1980 is 5.65.
Point 12, 1981 is 5.646.
Point 13, 1982 is 6.005.
Point 14, 1983 is 6.082.
Point 15, 1984 is 6.479.
Point 16, 1985 is 6.244.
Point 17, 1986 is 6.29.
Point 18, 1987 is 5.9.
Point 19, 1988 is 5.778.
Point 20, 1989 is 5.599.
Point 21, 1990 is 5.934.
Point 22, 1991 is 5.488.
Point 23, 1992 is 5.592.
Point 24, 1993 is 5.322.
Point 25, 1994 is 5.467.
Point 26, 1995 is 5.854.
Point 27, 1996 is 6.222.
Point 28, 1997 is 7.015.
Point 29, 1998 is 7.105.
Point 30, 1999 is 5.934.
Point 31, 2000 is 5.765.
Point 32, 2001 is 5.839.
Point 33, 2002 is 5.992.
Point 34, 2003 is 5.86.
Point 35, 2004 is 6.734.
Point 36, 2005 is 7.183.
Point 37, 2006 is 7.11.
Point 38, 2007 is 6.853.
Point 39, 2008 is 7.18.
Point 40, 2009 is 9.45.
Point 41, 2010 is 10.333.
Point 42, 2011 is 10.446.
Point 43, 2012 is 10.407.
Point 44, 2013 is 11.76.
Point 45, 2014 is 12.041.
Point 46, 2015 is No data.
Line 3, Private food manufacturing R&D.
Point 1, 1970 is 1.565.
Point 2, 1971 is 1.584.
Point 3, 1972 is 1.637.
Point 4, 1973 is 1.61.
Point 5, 1974 is 1.66.
Point 6, 1975 is 1.747.
Point 7, 1976 is 1.747.
Point 8, 1977 is 1.964.
Point 9, 1978 is 2.111.
Point 10, 1979 is 2.202.
Point 11, 1980 is 2.381.
Point 12, 1981 is 2.229.
Point 13, 1982 is 2.524.
Point 14, 1983 is 2.528.
Point 15, 1984 is 3.138.
Point 16, 1985 is 3.121.
Point 17, 1986 is 3.332.
Point 18, 1987 is 2.95.
Point 19, 1988 is 2.89.
Point 20, 1989 is 2.827.
Point 21, 1990 is 2.97.
Point 22, 1991 is 2.564.
Point 23, 1992 is 2.679.
Point 24, 1993 is 2.488.
Point 25, 1994 is 2.643.
Point 26, 1995 is 2.724.
Point 27, 1996 is 2.644.
Point 28, 1997 is 3.133.
Point 29, 1998 is 3.099.
Point 30, 1999 is 2.392.
Point 31, 2000 is 2.307.
Point 32, 2001 is 2.788.
Point 33, 2002 is 3.025.
Point 34, 2003 is 2.887.
Point 35, 2004 is 3.618.
Point 36, 2005 is 4.048.
Point 37, 2006 is 3.892.
Point 38, 2007 is 3.368.
Point 39, 2008 is 3.141.
Point 40, 2009 is 4.96.
Point 41, 2010 is 5.501.
Point 42, 2011 is 5.092.
Point 43, 2012 is 4.648.
Point 44, 2013 is 5.855.
Point 45, 2014 is 6.1.
Point 46, 2015 is No data.
Line 4, Private agricultural inputs R&D.
Point 1, 1970 is 2.145.
Point 2, 1971 is 2.096.
Point 3, 1972 is 1.922.
Point 4, 1973 is 2.076.
Point 5, 1974 is 2.186.
Point 6, 1975 is 2.325.
Point 7, 1976 is 2.536.
Point 8, 1977 is 2.865.
Point 9, 1978 is 3.031.
Point 10, 1979 is 3.2.
Point 11, 1980 is 3.402.
Point 12, 1981 is 3.545.
Point 13, 1982 is 3.606.
Point 14, 1983 is 3.678.
Point 15, 1984 is 3.465.
Point 16, 1985 is 3.24.
Point 17, 1986 is 3.267.
Point 18, 1987 is 3.251.
Point 19, 1988 is 3.186.
Point 20, 1989 is 3.062.
Point 21, 1990 is 3.291.
Point 22, 1991 is 3.24.
Point 23, 1992 is 3.22.
Point 24, 1993 is 3.13.
Point 25, 1994 is 3.115.
Point 26, 1995 is 3.415.
Point 27, 1996 is 3.859.
Point 28, 1997 is 4.159.
Point 29, 1998 is 4.278.
Point 30, 1999 is 3.808.
Point 31, 2000 is 3.719.
Point 32, 2001 is 3.303.
Point 33, 2002 is 3.215.
Point 34, 2003 is 3.218.
Point 35, 2004 is 3.355.
Point 36, 2005 is 3.37.
Point 37, 2006 is 3.447.
Point 38, 2007 is 3.7.
Point 39, 2008 is 4.255.
Point 40, 2009 is 4.691.
Point 41, 2010 is 5.053.
Point 42, 2011 is 5.615.
Point 43, 2012 is 6.053.
Point 44, 2013 is 6.227.
Point 45, 2014 is 6.286.
Point 46, 2015 is No data.

Note: Private agricultural research funding data are through 2014; public agricultural research funding is available through 2015. Source: USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS) using data from National Science Foundation, USDA's Current Research Information System, and various private sector data sources. Data are adjusted for inflation using an index for agricultural research spending developed by ERS. Data as of February 2019.