Venezuela - Researchers in Research and Development

Researchers in R&D (per million people)

The value for Researchers in R&D (per million people) in Venezuela was 182.64 as of 2009. As the graph below shows, over the past 11 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 187.51 in 2008 and a minimum value of 49.48 in 1998.

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
1998 49.48
1999 55.93
2000 61.40
2001 70.98
2002 69.68
2003 95.20
2004 104.92
2005 121.81
2006 146.60
2007 163.19
2008 187.51
2009 182.64

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology