Switzerland - Technicians in Research and Development

Technicians in R&D (per million people)

The value for Technicians in R&D (per million people) in Switzerland was 2,620 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,935 in 2015 and a minimum value of 2,321 in 2000.

Definition: The number of technicians participated in Research & Development (R&D), expressed as per million. Technicians and equivalent staff are people who perform scientific and technical tasks involving the application of concepts and operational methods, normally under the supervision of researchers. R&D covers basic research, applied research, and experimental development.

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (http://uis.unesco.org/)

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Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology