World - Researchers in Research and Development

Researchers in R&D (per million people)

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
2000 1,075
2005 1,204
2010 1,282
2015 1,410

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology