Australia - Technicians in Research and Development

Technicians in R&D (per million people)

The value for Technicians in R&D (per million people) in Australia was 1,136.46 as of 2008. As the graph below shows, over the past 12 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,136.46 in 2008 and a minimum value of 795.88 in 1998.

Definition: The number of technicians participated in Research & Development (R&D), expressed as per million. Technicians and equivalent staff are people who perform scientific and technical tasks involving the application of concepts and operational methods, normally under the supervision of researchers. R&D covers basic research, applied research, and experimental development.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1996 814.22
1998 795.88
2000 819.47
2002 961.32
2004 885.33
2006 1,017.79
2008 1,136.46

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology