South Africa - Researchers in Research and Development
Researchers in R&D (per million people)
The value for Researchers in R&D (per million people) in South Africa was 517.72 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 517.72 in 2017 and a minimum value of 198.50 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 | 198.50 |
| 2001 | 311.20 |
| 2003 | 302.46 |
| 2004 | 378.81 |
| 2005 | 361.38 |
| 2006 | 383.03 |
| 2007 | 393.33 |
| 2008 | 389.40 |
| 2009 | 392.12 |
| 2010 | 365.50 |
| 2011 | 386.80 |
| 2012 | 404.72 |
| 2013 | 434.85 |
| 2014 | 432.16 |
| 2015 | 472.31 |
| 2016 | 492.04 |
| 2017 | 517.72 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Technology
