IBRD only - Researchers in Research and Development

Researchers in R&D (per million people)

The value for Researchers in R&D (per million people) in IBRD only was 864.77 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 864.77 in 2018 and a minimum value of 460.80 in 1998.

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 519.03
1998 460.80
2000 491.66
2005 620.17
2010 677.63
2015 786.23
2018 864.77

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology