European Union - Researchers in Research and Development
Researchers in R&D (per million people)
The value for Researchers in R&D (per million people) in European Union was 3,994 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,994 in 2018 and a minimum value of 1,968 in 1996.
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 | 1,968 |
| 1997 | 1,993 |
| 1998 | 1,981 |
| 1999 | 2,092 |
| 2000 | 2,123 |
| 2001 | 2,237 |
| 2002 | 2,267 |
| 2003 | 2,340 |
| 2004 | 2,528 |
| 2005 | 2,601 |
| 2006 | 2,691 |
| 2007 | 2,769 |
| 2008 | 2,935 |
| 2009 | 2,991 |
| 2010 | 3,092 |
| 2011 | 3,130 |
| 2012 | 3,252 |
| 2013 | 3,332 |
| 2014 | 3,387 |
| 2015 | 3,532 |
| 2016 | 3,631 |
| 2017 | 3,840 |
| 2018 | 3,994 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Technology
