Germany - Researchers in Research and Development

Researchers in R&D (per million people)

The value for Researchers in R&D (per million people) in Germany was 5,212 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,212 in 2018 and a minimum value of 2,831 in 1996.

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 2,831
1997 2,897
1998 2,920
1999 3,129
2000 3,168
2001 3,246
2002 3,260
2003 3,295
2004 3,310
2005 3,335
2006 3,435
2007 3,579
2008 3,733
2009 3,922
2010 4,058
2011 4,189
2012 4,352
2013 4,367
2014 4,321
2015 4,744
2016 4,862
2017 5,077
2018 5,212

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology