| 1 | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2 | higher education r&d expenditures, by source of funds: fys 2012-2017 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 3 | fiscal year | all r&d expenditures | source of funds |  |  |  |  |  |
| 4 |  |  | federal government | state and local government | institution funds | business | nonprofit organizations | all other sources |
| 5 | 2012 | 65873 | 40217 | 3744 | 13625 | 3279 | 4037 | 970 |
| 6 | 2013 | 67145 | 39510 | 3706 | 14974 | 3515 | 3903 | 1537 |
| 7 | 2014 | 67349 | 38031 | 3915 | 15781 | 3733 | 3977 | 1911 |
| 8 | 2015 | 68692 | 37911 | 3864 | 16638 | 4008 | 4235 | 2037 |
| 9 | 2016 | 71935 | 38845 | 4034 | 18004 | 4216 | 4629 | 2207 |
| 10 | 2017 | 75315 | 40305 | 4247 | 18922 | 4430 | 5133 | 2278 |

Question: how many million dollars did total r&d expenditures reach in fy 2017?
Answer: 75315

Question: how many million dollars did total r&d expenditures reach in fy 2016?
Answer: 71935