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Researchers in R&D are professionals engaged in the conception or creation of new knowledge, products, processes, methods, or systems and in the management of the projects concerned. Postgraduate PhD students (ISCED97 level 6) engaged in R&D are included.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Tonga | 45,453.61 per million people | 1995 | ||
2 | Finland | 7,832.21 per million people | 2004 | ||
3 | Iceland | 6,806.71 per million people | 2004 | ||
4 | Sweden | 5,415.74 per million people | 2004 | ||
5 | Japan | 5,286.91 per million people | 2003 | ||
6 | Denmark | 5,016.25 per million people | 2004 | ||
7 | Singapore | 4,999.15 per million people | 2004 | ||
8 | United States | 4,605.01 per million people | 2002 | ||
9 | Norway | 4,587.34 per million people | 2003 | ||
10 | Luxembourg | 4,301.38 per million people | 2003 | ||
11 | New Zealand | 3,945.32 per million people | 2003 | ||
12 | Australia | 3,758.92 per million people | 2002 | ||
13 | Switzerland | 3,600.63 per million people | 2000 | ||
14 | Canada | 3,596.89 per million people | 2002 | ||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 3,474.01 per million people | 2002 | |||
15 | Russia | 3,319.32 per million people | 2004 | ||
16 | Germany | 3,260.92 per million people | 2004 | ||
17 | France | 3,212.73 per million people | 2003 | ||
18 | South Korea | 3,186.75 per million people | 2003 | ||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 3,070.04 per million people | 2001 | |||
19 | Belgium | 3,065.46 per million people | 2004 | ||
20 | Austria | 2,967.98 per million people | 2002 | ||
21 | United Kingdom | 2,705.99 per million people | 1998 | ||
22 | Ireland | 2,674.25 per million people | 2004 | ||
23 | Slovenia | 2,543.16 per million people | 2004 | ||
24 | Estonia | 2,523.44 per million people | 2004 | ||
Eurozone average (profile) | 2,499.39 per million people | 2003 | |||
25 | Netherlands | 2,481.73 per million people | 2004 | ||
NATO countries average (profile) | 2,460.63 per million people | 2003 | |||
European Union average (profile) | 2,404.03 per million people | 2003 | |||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 2,302.98 per million people | 2002 | |||
26 | Spain | 2,195.39 per million people | 2003 | ||
27 | Lithuania | 2,136.3 per million people | 2004 | ||
28 | Slovakia | 1,984.27 per million people | 2004 | ||
29 | Portugal | 1,948.89 per million people | 2003 | ||
30 | Jordan | 1,926.56 per million people | 1998 | ||
31 | Uzbekistan | 1,754.16 per million people | 1992 | ||
32 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1,598.09 per million people | 1995 | ||
33 | Czech Republic | 1,593.5 per million people | 2004 | ||
34 | Poland | 1,580.52 per million people | 2004 | ||
35 | Hong Kong | 1,563.78 per million people | 2002 | ||
36 | Hungary | 1,472.13 per million people | 2004 | ||
37 | Latvia | 1,433.7 per million people | 2004 | ||
38 | Greece | 1,412.81 per million people | 2004 | ||
39 | Croatia | 1,296.01 per million people | 2003 | ||
40 | Iran | 1,279.02 per million people | 2004 | ||
41 | Bulgaria | 1,263.08 per million people | 2004 | ||
42 | Italy | 1,213.45 per million people | 2003 | ||
43 | Cuba | 1,145.41 per million people | 1989 | ||
44 | Tunisia | 1,013.24 per million people | 2002 | ||
45 | Romania | 975.55 per million people | 2004 | ||
46 | Argentina | 720.09 per million people | 2003 | ||
47 | China | 708.15 per million people | 2004 | ||
48 | Malta | 681.07 per million people | 2004 | ||
49 | Tajikistan | 660.16 per million people | 1993 | ||
50 | Cyprus | 629.61 per million people | 2004 | ||
51 | Kazakhstan | 629.21 per million people | 2002 | ||
52 | Qatar | 591.23 per million people | 1986 | ||
53 | Costa Rica | 529.95 per million people | 1988 | ||
54 | New Caledonia | 503.27 per million people | 1985 | ||
55 | Egypt | 492.66 per million people | 1991 | ||
56 | Chile | 444.17 per million people | 2003 | ||
57 | Uruguay | 366.26 per million people | 2002 | ||
58 | Libya | 361.49 per million people | 2000 | ||
59 | Mauritius | 359.85 per million people | 1992 | ||
60 | Brazil | 344.18 per million people | 2000 | ||
61 | Turkey | 341.43 per million people | 2002 | ||
62 | South Africa | 307.46 per million people | 2001 | ||
63 | Malaysia | 298.57 per million people | 2002 | ||
64 | Thailand | 286.87 per million people | 2003 | ||
65 | Brunei | 274.08 per million people | 2003 | ||
66 | Mexico | 268.36 per million people | 2002 | ||
67 | Peru | 225.89 per million people | 1997 | ||
68 | Indonesia | 206.61 per million people | 2001 | ||
69 | Benin | 174.05 per million people | 1989 | ||
70 | Guam | 166.55 per million people | 1991 | ||
71 | Sri Lanka | 127.82 per million people | 2000 | ||
72 | Cape Verde | 127.02 per million people | 2002 | ||
73 | Bolivia | 120.07 per million people | 2002 | ||
74 | India | 119.05 per million people | 1998 | ||
75 | Vietnam | 115.33 per million people | 2002 | ||
76 | Colombia | 109.19 per million people | 2003 | ||
77 | Guatemala | 102.88 per million people | 1988 | ||
78 | Togo | 101.65 per million people | 1994 | ||
79 | Panama | 97.46 per million people | 2003 | ||
80 | Paraguay | 79.27 per million people | 2002 | ||
81 | Pakistan | 75.25 per million people | 1997 | ||
82 | Nicaragua | 72.78 per million people | 1997 | ||
83 | Nepal | 58.79 per million people | 2002 | ||
84 | Zambia | 51.11 per million people | 1999 | ||
85 | Bangladesh | 50.75 per million people | 1995 | ||
86 | Fiji | 50.42 per million people | 1986 | ||
87 | Ecuador | 50.18 per million people | 2003 | ||
88 | Philippines | 47.65 per million people | 2002 | ||
89 | Central African Republic | 47.05 per million people | 1996 | ||
90 | El Salvador | 46.65 per million people | 2000 | ||
=91 | Monaco | 40.58 per million people | 2000 | ||
=91 | Macau | 40.58 per million people | 2000 | ||
93 | Rwanda | 29.89 per million people | 1985 | ||
94 | Congo, Republic of the | 29.6 per million people | 2000 | ||
95 | Syria | 29.3 per million people | 1997 | ||
96 | Burundi | 21.49 per million people | 1989 | ||
97 | Seychelles | 18.56 per million people | 2002 | ||
98 | Burma | 17.11 per million people | 2002 | ||
99 | Burkina Faso | 16.96 per million people | 1997 | ||
100 | Nigeria | 15.16 per million people | 1987 | ||
101 | Madagascar | 14.82 per million people | 2000 | ||
102 | Jamaica | 7.71 per million people | 1986 |
Citation
Interesting observations about Economy > Researchers in RandD > Per million people
- All of the top 4 countries by researchers in randD > per million people are Christian.
- Finland ranked first for researchers in randD > per million people amongst European Union in 2004.
- Jamaica has ranked last for researchers in randD > per million people since 1982.
- Iceland ranked first for researchers in randD > per million people amongst NATO countries in 2004.
- Russia ranked first for researchers in randD > per million people amongst Emerging markets in 2004.
- Germany ranked third for researchers in randD > per million people amongst Eurozone in 2004.
- Sweden ranked third for researchers in randD > per million people amongst Europe in 2004.
- Japan ranked #4 for researchers in randD > per million people amongst High income OECD countries in 2003.
- United States ranked #5 for researchers in randD > per million people amongst Cold countries in 2002.
- 2 of the top 3 countries by researchers in randD > per million people are Sparsely populated.