Budgets
The annual budgets listed are the official budgets for national space agencies available in public domain. The budgets are not normalized to the expenses of space research in different countries, i.e. higher budget does not necessarily mean more activity or better performance in space exploration. For European contributors to ESA, the national budgets shown are separate from their contributions to ESA.
| Country | Agency | Budget (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| United States | NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) | $17,700 million (2012) |
| Russia | ROSCOSMOS (Russian Federal Space Agency) | $5,600 million (2013) |
|
Austria |
ESA (European Space Agency) | $5,380 million (2012) |
| France | CNES (French Space Agency) | $2,822 million (2010) |
| Japan | JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) | $2,460 million |
| Germany | DLR (German Aerospace Center) | $2,000 million |
| India | ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) | $1,320 million |
| China | CNSA (China National Space Administration) | $1,300 million |
| Italy | ASI (Italian Space Agency) | $1,000 million |
| Iran | ISA (Iranian Space Agency) | $500 million |
| Canada | CSA (Canadian Space Agency) | $488.7 million |
| United Kingdom | UKSA (UK Space Agency) | $414 million |
| Brazil | AEB (Brazilian Space Agency) | $343 million |
| South Korea | KARI (Korea Aerospace Research Institute) | $300 million |
| Ukraine | NSAU (National Space Agency of Ukraine) | $250 million |
| Belgium | BELSPO (Belgian Federal Office for Science Policy) | $170 million |
| Argentina | CONAE (Comisión Nacional de Actividades Espaciales) | $148 million |
| Spain | INTA (Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial) | $135 million |
| Sweden | SNSB (Swedish National Space Board) | $100 million |
| Pakistan | SUPARCO (Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission) | $82 million |
| Netherlands | SRON (Netherlands Institute for Space Research) | $26 million |
| Switzerland | SSO (Swiss Space Office) | $10 million |
| Mexico | AEM (Mexican Space Agency) | $8.34 million |
| World | All space agencies (Total of listed budgets) | $40,618.34 million |
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