United Kingdom - Researchers in Research and Development

Researchers in R&D (per million people)

The value for Researchers in R&D (per million people) in United Kingdom was 4,603 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 22 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,603 in 2018 and a minimum value of 2,491 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 2,491
1997 2,498
1998 2,695
1999 2,854
2000 2,895
2001 3,081
2002 3,340
2003 3,638
2004 3,824
2005 4,124
2006 4,176
2007 4,111
2008 4,054
2009 4,077
2010 4,043
2011 3,926
2012 3,970
2013 4,119
2014 4,228
2015 4,320
2016 4,358
2017 4,341
2018 4,603

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Technology