New Zealand - Researchers in Research and Development
Researchers in R&D (per million people)
The value for Researchers in R&D (per million people) in New Zealand was 5,530 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,530 in 2017 and a minimum value of 2,202 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 |
|---|---|
| 1997 | 2,202 |
| 1999 | 2,296 |
| 2001 | 2,643 |
| 2003 | 3,074 |
| 2005 | 3,140 |
| 2007 | 3,449 |
| 2009 | 3,724 |
| 2011 | 3,689 |
| 2013 | 3,961 |
| 2015 | 5,418 |
| 2017 | 5,530 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Technology
