Korea - Researchers in Research and Development
Researchers in R&D (per million people)
The value for Researchers in R&D (per million people) in Korea was 7,980 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 7,980 in 2018 and a minimum value of 1,985 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/)
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1996 | 2,173 |
| 1997 | 2,222 |
| 1998 | 1,985 |
| 1999 | 2,131 |
| 2000 | 2,287 |
| 2001 | 2,858 |
| 2002 | 2,957 |
| 2003 | 3,134 |
| 2004 | 3,221 |
| 2005 | 3,692 |
| 2006 | 4,091 |
| 2007 | 4,526 |
| 2008 | 4,801 |
| 2009 | 4,946 |
| 2010 | 5,331 |
| 2011 | 5,803 |
| 2012 | 6,304 |
| 2013 | 6,393 |
| 2014 | 6,826 |
| 2015 | 7,013 |
| 2016 | 7,086 |
| 2017 | 7,498 |
| 2018 | 7,980 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Technology
