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Researchers in R and D per million people

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:
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Researchers in R&D (per million people)Researchers in R&D (per million people)Year
1
Israel
8,250
2012
2
Denmark
7,514
2016
3
Sweden
7,153
2016
4
South Korea
7,113
2016
5
Singapore
6,729
2014
6
Iceland
6,635
2016
7
Finland
6,525
2016
8
Norway
6,073
2016
9
Republic of Ireland
5,563
2016
10
Switzerland
5,257
2015
11
Japan
5,209
2016
12
Austria
5,157
2016
13
Germany
4,893
2016
14
Netherlands
4,842
2016
15
Belgium
4,734
2016
16
Canada
4,552
2014
17
Australia
4,539
2010
18
United Kingdom
4,429
2016
19
Luxembourg
4,350
2016
20
United States
4,313
2015
21
France
4,307
2015
22
New Zealand
4,052
2015
23
Portugal
3,928
2016
24
Slovenia
3,899
2016
25
Czech Republic
3,518
2016
26
Hong Kong
3,411
2017
27
Estonia
3,305
2016
28
Macao
3,227
2017
29
Russia
2,979
2016
30
Lithuania
2,931
2016
31
Spain
2,732
2016
32
Hungary
2,645
2016
33
Greece
2,629
2016
34
Slovakia
2,598
2016
35
United Arab Emirates
2,406
2016
36
Malaysia
2,273
2015
37
Bulgaria
2,243
2016
38
Poland
2,158
2015
39
Italy
2,131
2016
40
Serbia
2,079
2017
41
Tunisia
1,964
2016
42
Malta
1,930
2016
43
Croatia
1,793
2016
44
Latvia
1,599
2016
45
Georgia
1,336
2016
46
Argentina
1,232
2016
47
Turkey
1,215
2015
48
Thailand
1,210
2016
49
China
1,205
2016
50
Ukraine
1,119
2017
51
Morocco
1,068
2016
52
Cyprus
1,000
2016
53
Romania
912
2016
54
Brazil
881
2014
55
Montenegro
832
2015
56
Algeria
820
2017
57
Republic of Macedonia
728
2017
58
Moldova
723
2017
59
Kazakhstan
687
2016
60
Vietnam
672
2015
61
Iran
671
2013
62
Egypt
669
2017
63
Uruguay
667
2017
64
Qatar
603
2015
65
Jordan
601
2017
66
Senegal
549
2015
67
Costa Rica
529
2016
68
Chile
502
2016
69
Uzbekistan
496
2017
70
Kuwait
491
2017
71
South Africa
473
2015
72
Bosnia and Herzegovina
463
2017
73
Ecuador
400
2014
74
Bahrain
368
2014
75
Puerto Rico
320
2015
76
Guam
303
2005
77
Pakistan
293
2015
78
Brunei
283
2004
79
Venezuela
283
2016
80
Mexico
244
2013
81
Oman
243
2017
82
Kenya
225
2010
83
India
216
2015
84
Philippines
187
2013
85
Mauritius
181
2012
86
Botswana
179
2013
87
Bolivia
165
2010
88
Albania
156
2008
89
Seychelles
146
2005
90
Namibia
143
2014
91
Paraguay
122
2016
92
Swaziland
119
2015
93
Sri Lanka
106
2015
94
Iraq
103
2017
95
Indonesia
89
2009
96
Colombia
88
2016
97
Syria
87
2015
98
Nicaragua
71
1997
99
El Salvador
65
2016
100
Nepal
61
2002
101
Chad
58
2016
102
Cape Verde
49
2011
103
Burkina Faso
47
2010
104
Ethiopia
44
2013
105
Mozambique
41
2015
106
Zambia
40
2008
107
Panama
39
2013
108
Togo
38
2017
109
Ghana
38
2010
110
Nigeria
38
2007
111
Papua New Guinea
36
2016
112
Gambia
33
2011
113
Mali
32
2017
114
Madagascar
30
2017
115
Cambodia
30
2015
116
Uganda
26
2014
117
Lesotho
22
2015
118
Honduras
22
2015
119
Guatemala
22
2015
120
Tanzania
18
2013
121
Myanmar
15
2017
122
Laos
15
2002
123
Democratic Republic Of Congo
10
2015
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