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Number of Researchers per million inhabitants by Country

Number of Researchers per million inhabitants by Country

This map shows the distribution of researchers per million inhabitants, latest available year. Researchers are professionals engaged in the conception or creation of new knowledge, products, processes, methods and systems and also in the management of the projects concerned.

Number of researchers in the World: 1,080.8 per million inhabitants

Note: The data are expressed in full-time equivalents (FTE), which are a measure of the actual volume of human resources devoted to R&D. It is important to note when interpreting the data that headcounts (HC) were used for countries where FTE figures were not available.

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CountryResearchers per million inhabitants Latest Avaliable YearResearchers per million inhabitants (FTE) 2005Researchers per million inhabitants (FTE) 2006Researchers per million inhabitants (FTE) 2007Researchers per million inhabitants (FTE) 2008Researchers per million inhabitants (HC) 2005Researchers per million inhabitants (HC) 2006Researchers per million inhabitants (HC) 2007Researchers per million inhabitants (HC) 2008Researchers per million inhabitants (HC) 2009
Finland7,7077,5487,6787,3827,7079,68110,12210,111
Iceland7,3157,2877,9627,1677,31512,92014,23412,91313,181
Singapore6,0885,5755,7366,0886,5556,7547,059
Denmark5,6705,2025,3115,5415,6708,0238,1187,895
Japan5,5735,5315,5685,5736,7636,8636,934
Norway5,4684,6714,9305,2475,4687,9818,845
Sweden5,2396,0766,1155,2165,2399,0997,982
Luxembourg4,7484,7994,3754,6324,7485,2655,200
United States of America4,6634,5844,663
Republic of Korea4,6273,7804,1874,6274,9345,3726,028
New Zealand4,3654,1934,3656,7077,084
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland4,2694,1254,1934,1814,2696,0546,219
Canada4,2604,2334,260
Australia4,2244,224
Austria4,1233,4193,5303,8134,1235,9966,451
Portugal3,7992,0032,3262,6483,7993,5814,2094,834
Germany3,5323,3023,3963,5324,9305,317
France3,4963,3193,4313,4964,1244,3824,432
Slovenia3,4902,6252,9213,1093,4903,8204,1244,349
Switzerland3,436
Belgium3,4353,1823,3313,4493,4354,6814,7044,869
Russian Federation3,1913,2453,2583,3053,1912,7322,7292,7682,658
Ireland3,0902,7672,8532,9093,0904,2164,3534,450
Netherlands3,0892,8663,1753,0213,089
Jordan3,030
Estonia2,9662,4732,6132,7482,9664,2574,6265,0835,174
Spain2,9442,5482,6572,7842,9444,2044,4294,681
Czech Republic2,8862,3712,5692,7152,8863,6833,8804,1434,287
China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region2,6502,6192,6503,1072,984
Lithuania2,5472,2352,3712,5292,5473,4893,5453,991
Slovakia2,3312,0282,1852,2902,3313,2543,4913,5923,669
Belarus1,9531,8611,8931,953
Latvia1,9351,4321,7651,8611,9352,5083,1583,448
Nauru1,925
Greece1,8731,7711,7961,8733,019
Georgia1,8171,817
Hungary1,7331,5761,7451,7333,1173,2613,295
Poland1,6231,6271,5611,6101,6232,5622,5252,551
Italy1,6161,4071,4991,5681,6162,1412,326
Tunisia1,5881,4831,5882,5762,761
Croatia1,5141,2891,3031,3841,5142,3332,3512,508
Bulgaria1,4991,2991,3441,4661,4991,5401,5651,713
Ukraine1,4581,4761,4581,8161,7271,703
Azerbaijan1,3581,4291,4251,358
Armenia1,3391,6501,5771,339
Malta1,2861,1901,2881,2161,2862,4152,5912,455
Serbia1,1961,1961,5561,6331,436
Montenegro1,0811,0139691,081
China1,0718539271,071
Cyprus1,0268909611,0121,0261,8581,9221,941
Argentina9808238969801,2661,3691,495
Botswana942942
Romania9081,0619528779081,3691,3981,433
Chile833
Republic of Moldova726720700726720700726
Iran (Islamic Republic of)706706947
Brazil6945886206576949561,0001,0491,098
Turkey6805505926801,1781,2501,397
Mongolia666679661666
Morocco647647814910
Kazakhstan646784811748695646
Egypt6176171,198
China, Macao Special Administrative Region6126121,150
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia5215475211,1991,088
Cuba493494490467493
Trinidad and Tobago477457521477
South Africa393360382393817814815
Kyrgyzstan380419408380
Malaysia372372729
Mexico353417341353
Uruguay346346955643
Thailand311311517
Monaco308308308
Sudan290290
Brunei Darussalam281
Senegal276260276694732
Guinea253
Indonesia205162
Nigeria203203
Bosnia and Herzegovina19767177197300706782
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines194
Tajikistan191305286191
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)187122146163187139170189215
Peru181
Democratic Republic of the Congo176176
Algeria170170420
Kuwait166142141166142141166
Seychelles157157169
Pakistan15277152187310
Panama144144157171
India137137
Cape Verde132
Colombia126145142126307303271
Costa Rica122122334720790
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)120
Benin119119
Viet Nam115
Gabon107107
Sri Lanka9393229
Honduras81
Philippines8181125
Paraguay7171133
Ecuador697569118121
Zambia6767
C�te d'Ivoire6666125
Nicaragua61
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya605660
Nepal59
Madagascar505050509198100
El Salvador4943434565
Mali4242102
Saudi Arabia4141
Congo34
Togo3431223411167132
Gambia3030
Guatemala29312529484247
Uganda29272829
Cameroon2626
Ethiopia2122212930
Myanmar18
Cambodia17
Lao People's Democratic Republic16
Mozambique161616
Burkina Faso132213
Central African Republic103510
Lesotho10
Niger8810
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ChartsBin statistics collector team 2011, Number of Researchers per million inhabitants by Country, ChartsBin.com, viewed 23rd November, 2024, <http://chartsbin.com/view/1124>.
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