Sweden - Researchers in Research and Development

Researchers in R&D (per million people)

The value for Researchers in R&D (per million people) in Sweden was 7,536 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7,536 in 2018 and a minimum value of 4,158 in 1997.

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
1997 4,158
1999 4,499
2001 5,169
2003 5,383
2004 5,426
2005 6,085
2006 6,127
2007 5,000
2008 5,437
2009 5,080
2010 5,251
2011 5,145
2012 5,164
2013 6,674
2014 6,876
2015 6,834
2016 7,155
2017 7,383
2018 7,536

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology