Switzerland - Researchers in Research and Development
Researchers in R&D (per million people)
The value for Researchers in R&D (per million people) in Switzerland was 5,450 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,450 in 2017 and a minimum value of 3,141 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 | 3,141 |
| 2000 | 3,654 |
| 2004 | 3,468 |
| 2008 | 3,298 |
| 2012 | 4,469 |
| 2015 | 5,272 |
| 2017 | 5,450 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Technology
