Australia - Researchers in Research and Development

Researchers in R&D (per million people)

The value for Researchers in R&D (per million people) in Australia was 4,259 as of 2008. As the graph below shows, over the past 12 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,259 in 2008 and a minimum value of 3,332 in 1996.

Definition: Researchers in R&D are professionals engaged in the conception or creation of new knowledge, products, processes, methods, or systems and in the management of the projects concerned. Postgraduate PhD students (ISCED97 level 6) engaged in R&D are included.

Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

See also:

• Thematic map
• Country comparison
• Country ranking

Year	Value
1996	3,332
1998	3,355
2000	3,444
2002	3,733
2004	4,039
2006	4,204
2008	4,259

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology