Nondefense federal investment spending, 1965–2013

Fiscal year Physical capital Research and development Education and training
1965 0.699% 0.952% 0.276%
1966 0.627% 1.000% 0.447%
1967 0.623% 0.942% 0.659%
1968 0.654% 0.848% 0.749%
1969 0.626% 0.748% 0.708%
1970 0.671% 0.680% 0.775%
1971 0.702% 0.652% 0.874%
1972 0.688% 0.612% 0.909%
1973 0.651% 0.582% 0.881%
1974 0.660% 0.540% 0.839%
1975 0.673% 0.548% 1.024%
1976 0.752% 0.568% 1.033%
1977 0.793% 0.521% 0.881%
1978 0.803% 0.547% 0.868%
1979 0.801% 0.552% 0.867%
1980 0.805% 0.557% 0.915%
1981 0.707% 0.549% 0.888%
1982 0.618% 0.448% 0.721%
1983 0.578% 0.384% 0.650%
1984 0.573% 0.385% 0.584%
1985 0.582% 0.395% 0.575%
1986 0.577% 0.363% 0.564%
1987 0.496% 0.338% 0.516%
1988 0.481% 0.350% 0.520%
1989 0.451% 0.366% 0.539%
1990 0.457% 0.384% 0.534%
1991 0.460% 0.398% 0.567%
1992 0.452% 0.413% 0.578%
1993 0.458% 0.412% 0.617%
1994 0.490% 0.395% 0.522%
1995 0.522% 0.405% 0.604%
1996 0.506% 0.364% 0.546%
1997 0.489% 0.364% 0.519%
1998 0.459% 0.365% 0.508%
1999 0.462% 0.356% 0.495%
2000 0.479% 0.324% 0.499%
2001 0.505% 0.340% 0.593%
2002 0.539% 0.365% 0.637%
2003 0.528% 0.389% 0.713%
2004 0.491% 0.397% 0.710%
2005 0.472% 0.382% 0.745%
2006 0.468% 0.364% 0.856%
2007 0.494% 0.367% 0.633%
2008 0.493% 0.375% 0.616%
2009 0.522% 0.395% 0.559%
2010 0.631% 0.405% 0.897%
2011 0.627% 0.416% 0.696%
2012 0.529% 0.396% 0.602%
2013 0.472% 0.369% 0.487%

Source: Office of Management and Budget data (OMB 2015, tables 9.6, 9.8, 9.9, and 10.1)

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