France - Researchers in Research and Development

Researchers in R&D (per million people)

The value for Researchers in R&D (per million people) in France was 4,715 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,715 in 2018 and a minimum value of 2,658 in 1997.

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
1996 2,669
1997 2,658
1998 2,665
1999 2,733
2000 2,916
2001 2,987
2002 3,117
2003 3,200
2004 3,334
2005 3,313
2006 3,424
2007 3,586
2008 3,660
2009 3,747
2010 3,873
2011 3,942
2012 4,073
2013 4,155
2014 4,234
2015 4,307
2016 4,415
2017 4,561
2018 4,715

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology