Portugal - Researchers in Research and Development

Researchers in R&D (per million people)

The value for Researchers in R&D (per million people) in Portugal was 4,538 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,538 in 2018 and a minimum value of 1,245 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 1,245
1997 1,341
1998 1,439
1999 1,536
2000 1,626
2001 1,714
2002 1,828
2003 1,941
2004 1,975
2005 2,010
2006 2,338
2007 2,665
2008 3,814
2009 3,757
2010 3,919
2011 4,168
2012 4,037
2013 3,611
2014 3,662
2015 3,730
2016 4,005
2017 4,368
2018 4,538

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology