Malaysia - Researchers in Research and Development

Researchers in R&D (per million people)

The value for Researchers in R&D (per million people) in Malaysia was 2,184.72 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,396.54 in 2016 and a minimum value of 90.11 in 1996.

Definition: The number of researchers engaged in Research &Development (R&D), expressed as per million. Researchers are professionals who conduct research and improve or develop concepts, theories, models techniques instrumentation, software of operational methods. R&D covers basic research, applied research, and experimental development.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1996 90.11
1998 154.47
2000 276.91
2002 295.66
2004 502.94
2006 369.98
2008 600.11
2009 1,067.54
2010 1,462.47
2011 1,648.88
2012 1,790.70
2014 2,054.17
2015 2,307.95
2016 2,396.54
2018 2,184.72

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology