Ecuador - Researchers in Research and Development

Researchers in R&D (per million people)

The value for Researchers in R&D (per million people) in Ecuador was 399.49 as of 2014. As the graph below shows, over the past 18 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 399.49 in 2014 and a minimum value of 39.80 in 2001.

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/)

See also:

Year Value
1996 83.99
1997 77.98
1998 83.13
2001 39.80
2002 41.85
2003 48.24
2006 70.06
2007 64.63
2008 102.61
2009 117.68
2010 140.58
2011 179.51
2012 281.17
2013 350.66
2014 399.49

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology