United States - Researchers in Research and Development
Researchers in R&D (per million people)
The value for Researchers in R&D (per million people) in United States was 4,412 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 21 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 4,412 in 2017 and a minimum value of 3,141 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 | 3,141 |
| 1997 | 3,243 |
| 1998 | 3,408 |
| 1999 | 3,466 |
| 2000 | 3,496 |
| 2001 | 3,567 |
| 2002 | 3,652 |
| 2003 | 3,895 |
| 2004 | 3,789 |
| 2005 | 3,743 |
| 2006 | 3,806 |
| 2007 | 3,781 |
| 2008 | 3,935 |
| 2009 | 4,090 |
| 2010 | 3,885 |
| 2011 | 4,027 |
| 2012 | 3,991 |
| 2013 | 4,091 |
| 2014 | 4,205 |
| 2015 | 4,268 |
| 2016 | 4,248 |
| 2017 | 4,412 |
Classification
Topic: Infrastructure Indicators
Sub-Topic: Technology
