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.
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 3,470.7 | 4,568.6 | ||||||||||||||
| China | 549.6 | 856.7 | 898.9 | 972.0 | 1,029.0 | 1,079.6 | 1,101.8 | 1,162.7 | 1,208.9 | 1,235.8 | 1,317.5 | 1,483.9 | 1,600.3 | 1,686.0 | 1,849.2 | |
| Japan | 5,102.4 | 5,322.5 | 5,117.2 | 5,123.3 | 5,048.6 | 5,166.8 | 5,351.5 | 5,198.5 | 5,232.7 | 5,319.8 | 5,339.5 | 5,376.1 | 5,450.4 | 5,589.8 | 5,629.8 | |
| Republic of Korea | 2,324.1 | 3,763.2 | 5,429.4 | 5,908.8 | 6,393.3 | 6,457.9 | 6,867.3 | 7,020.4 | 7,057.2 | 7,453.2 | 7,918.5 | 8,329.0 | 8,620.0 | 9,071.5 | 9,434.8 | |
| Malaysia | 283.0 | 1,452.7 | 1,633.9 | 1,769.9 | 2,016.0 | 2,256.6 | 2,334.1 | 2,110.4 | 711.5 | |||||||
| Mexico | 227.1 | 417.9 | 341.2 | 348.0 | 250.7 | 254.5 | 262.9 | 284.6 | 319.6 | 273.6 | 278.4 | 282.2 | 281.6 | 273.1 | 273.7 | 272.3 |
| Canada | 3,510.5 | 4,234.4 | 4,664.1 | 4,802.7 | 4,652.4 | 4,647.6 | 4,564.2 | 4,546.0 | 4,400.5 | 4,429.1 | 4,715.9 | 4,850.9 | 5,155.7 | 5,411.8 | ||
| हांगकांग | 1,160.1 | 2,612.0 | 3,062.5 | 3,036.8 | 3,137.6 | 3,309.7 | 3,512.8 | 3,487.9 | 3,668.3 | 3,720.2 | 3,978.2 | 4,240.4 | 4,355.8 | 4,591.7 | 4,815.2 | 5,273.7 |
| New Zealand | 3,159.2 | 3,731.3 | 4,044.0 | 5,476.9 | 5,035.6 | 5,665.4 | 5,094.8 | |||||||||
| Singapore | 4,167.6 | 5,650.6 | 6,368.3 | 6,578.6 | 6,514.1 | 6,735.0 | 6,756.2 | 7,134.9 | 7,052.9 | 6,950.1 | 7,002.5 | 7,509.6 | 7,503.3 | 7,917.0 | ||
| Thailand | 311.9 | 528.6 | 773.8 | 941.8 | 844.1 | 1,179.1 | 1,315.7 | 1,712.2 | 1,744.2 | 2,018.3 | 1,695.8 | 1,863.1 | ||||
| Russian Federation | 3,446.2 | 3,206.2 | 3,071.6 | 3,109.4 | 3,075.2 | 3,050.3 | 3,072.9 | 3,096.0 | 2,947.0 | 2,812.0 | 2,772.6 | 2,734.7 | 2,710.2 | 2,662.5 | 2,683.9 | |
| United States of America | 3,487.8 | 3,560.3 | 3,550.1 | 3,659.1 | 3,642.6 | 3,725.8 | 3,824.0 | 3,858.0 | 3,809.1 | 3,931.6 | 4,226.8 | 4,265.9 | 4,464.1 | 4,825.2 | ||
| Brunei Darussalam | 506.2 | |||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | 209.7 | 177.7 | 214.1 | 215.2 | 387.2 | 395.3 | ||||||||||
| Philippines | 79.1 | 82.6 | 182.6 | 103.2 | 170.2 | |||||||||||
| Viet Nam | 684.8 | 681.7 | 707.7 | 754.6 | 767.9 | |||||||||||
| Chile | 318.2 | 352.0 | 389.9 | 334.8 | 426.8 | 455.3 | 495.4 | 494.6 | 523.7 | 507.3 | 515.3 | 638.8 | ||||
| Papua New Guinea | 33.2 |