Ireland - Researchers in Research and Development
Researchers in R&D (per million people)
The value for Researchers in R&D (per million people) in Ireland was 5,243 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,401 in 2017 and a minimum value of 1,774 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 | 1,774 |
| 1997 | 1,930 |
| 1998 | 2,093 |
| 1999 | 2,111 |
| 2000 | 2,251 |
| 2001 | 2,329 |
| 2002 | 2,399 |
| 2003 | 2,522 |
| 2004 | 2,713 |
| 2005 | 2,798 |
| 2006 | 2,877 |
| 2007 | 2,935 |
| 2008 | 3,284 |
| 2009 | 3,157 |
| 2010 | 3,113 |
| 2011 | 3,326 |
| 2012 | 4,854 |
| 2013 | 5,136 |
| 2014 | 5,304 |
| 2015 | 5,271 |
| 2016 | 5,178 |
| 2017 | 5,401 |
| 2018 | 5,243 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Technology
