Belgium - Technicians in Research and Development

Technicians in R&D (per million people)

The value for Technicians in R&D (per million people) in Belgium was 1,377.90 as of 2011. As the graph below shows, over the past 15 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1,481.72 in 2002 and a minimum value of 938.84 in 1996.

Definition: The number of technicians participated in Research & Development (R&D), expressed as per million. Technicians and equivalent staff are people who perform scientific and technical tasks involving the application of concepts and operational methods, normally under the supervision of researchers. R&D covers basic research, applied research, and experimental development.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

See also:

Year Value
1996 938.84
1997 971.24
1998 1,004.89
1999 1,061.93
2000 1,403.23
2001 1,457.26
2002 1,481.72
2003 1,467.82
2004 1,404.79
2005 1,426.64
2006 1,348.96
2007 1,384.88
2008 1,461.59
2009 1,471.86
2010 1,316.48
2011 1,377.90

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology