Japan - Researchers in Research and Development
Researchers in R&D (per million people)
The value for Researchers in R&D (per million people) in Japan was 5,331 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,333 in 2006 and a minimum value of 4,872 in 2002.
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/)
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1996 | 4,875 |
| 1997 | 4,929 |
| 1998 | 5,136 |
| 1999 | 5,175 |
| 2000 | 5,078 |
| 2001 | 5,113 |
| 2002 | 4,872 |
| 2003 | 5,094 |
| 2004 | 5,099 |
| 2005 | 5,304 |
| 2006 | 5,333 |
| 2007 | 5,326 |
| 2008 | 5,109 |
| 2009 | 5,099 |
| 2010 | 5,104 |
| 2011 | 5,110 |
| 2012 | 5,033 |
| 2013 | 5,147 |
| 2014 | 5,328 |
| 2015 | 5,173 |
| 2016 | 5,209 |
| 2017 | 5,304 |
| 2018 | 5,331 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Technology
