North America - Researchers in Research and Development
Researchers in R&D (per million people)
The value for Researchers in R&D (per million people) in North America was 4,404 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,404 in 2017 and a minimum value of 3,134 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/)
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1996 | 3,134 |
| 1997 | 3,232 |
| 1998 | 3,385 |
| 1999 | 3,445 |
| 2000 | 3,499 |
| 2001 | 3,581 |
| 2002 | 3,659 |
| 2003 | 3,897 |
| 2004 | 3,819 |
| 2005 | 3,792 |
| 2006 | 3,857 |
| 2007 | 3,861 |
| 2008 | 4,012 |
| 2009 | 4,126 |
| 2010 | 3,960 |
| 2011 | 4,102 |
| 2012 | 4,054 |
| 2013 | 4,144 |
| 2014 | 4,239 |
| 2015 | 4,293 |
| 2016 | 4,260 |
| 2017 | 4,404 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Technology
