Singapore - Technicians in Research and Development

Technicians in R&D (per million people)

The value for Technicians in R&D (per million people) in Singapore was 597.14 as of 2008. As the graph below shows, over the past 12 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 597.14 in 2008 and a minimum value of 316.26 in 1996.

Definition: Technicians in R&D and equivalent staff are people whose main tasks require technical knowledge and experience in engineering, physical and life sciences (technicians), or social sciences and humanities (equivalent staff). They participate in R&D by performing scientific and technical tasks involving the application of concepts and operational methods, normally under the supervision of researchers.

Source: United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Institute for Statistics.

See also:

Year Value
1996 316.26
1997 373.20
1998 358.68
1999 377.13
2000 347.00
2001 360.42
2002 393.26
2003 419.26
2004 489.27
2005 556.65
2006 543.51
2007 516.94
2008 597.14

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology