Niger - Researchers in Research and Development

Researchers in R&D (per million people)

The value for Researchers in R&D (per million people) in Niger was 26.46 as of 2013. As the graph below shows, over the past 12 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 26.46 in 2013 and a minimum value of 7.41 in 2005.

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:

• Thematic map
• Country comparison
• Country ranking
• More details
• Download data to Excel

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology