Euro area - Researchers in Research and Development

Researchers in R&D (per million people)

The value for Researchers in R&D (per million people) in Euro area was 4,180 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,180 in 2018 and a minimum value of 2,104 in 1997.

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 2,141
1997 2,104
1998 2,186
1999 2,242
2000 2,388
2001 2,411
2002 2,502
2003 2,502
2004 2,731
2005 2,762
2006 2,881
2007 2,995
2008 3,174
2009 3,250
2010 3,360
2011 3,398
2012 3,531
2013 3,566
2014 3,594
2015 3,761
2016 3,844
2017 4,018
2018 4,180

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology