Italy - Researchers in Research and Development

Researchers in R&D (per million people)

The value for Researchers in R&D (per million people) in Italy was 2,307 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,314 in 2017 and a minimum value of 1,149 in 1999.

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 1,340
1997 1,154
1998 1,152
1999 1,149
2000 1,166
2001 1,173
2002 1,246
2003 1,222
2004 1,243
2005 1,415
2006 1,511
2007 1,583
2008 1,625
2009 1,723
2010 1,743
2011 1,781
2012 1,849
2013 1,931
2014 1,956
2015 2,078
2016 2,204
2017 2,314
2018 2,307

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology