Netherlands - Researchers in Research and Development

Researchers in R&D (per million people)

The value for Researchers in R&D (per million people) in Netherlands was 2,818 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,245 in 2006 and a minimum value of 2,290 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:

Year Value
1996 2,290
1997 2,438
1998 2,491
1999 2,560
2000 2,653
2001 2,853
2002 2,378
2003 2,714
2004 2,983
2005 2,935
2006 3,245
2007 3,105
2008 3,074
2009 2,818

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology