Technicians in R&D and equivalent staff are people whose main tasks require technical knowledge and experience in engineering, physical and life sciences (technicians), or social sciences and humanities (equivalent staff). They participate in R&D by performing scientific and technical tasks involving the application of concepts and operational methods, normally under the supervision of researchers.
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic of Korea | 447.5 | 539.4 | 959.9 | 1,042.4 | 1,152.9 | 1,156.1 | 1,228.2 | 1,212.1 | 1,227.8 | 1,251.1 | 1,311.4 |
| India | 85.2 | 92.2 | 100.6 | 95.5 | 73.1 | ||||||
| Turkey | 37.3 | 70.0 | 143.1 | 172.3 | 190.0 | 198.0 | 208.3 | 220.5 | 316.2 | 353.7 | |
| Pakistan | 40.4 | 56.2 | 68.4 | 67.4 | 31.8 | ||||||
| Sri Lanka | 91.4 | 60.9 | 82.7 | 74.7 | |||||||
| Madagascar | 46.3 | 10.6 | 15.4 | 16.5 | 19.4 | 10.8 | 12.6 | ||||
| Philippines | 10.4 | 12.5 | 28.0 | 17.5 | |||||||
| Guatemala | 10.6 | 18.7 | 14.3 | 18.1 | 23.1 | 26.4 | 25.6 | 26.7 | 20.4 | 11.0 | |
| Panama | 45.6 | 92.8 | 155.1 | ||||||||
| Kenya | 627.7 | ||||||||||
| Mozambique | 46.4 | 26.7 | |||||||||
| Senegal | 34.8 | 36.9 | |||||||||
| United Republic of Tanzania | 10.6 | 6.2 | |||||||||
| Uganda | 13.8 | 10.8 | |||||||||
| Botswana | 72.6 | 125.1 | |||||||||
| Mauritius | 54.4 | 130.3 | |||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 10.7 | ||||||||||
| Indonesia | 16.3 | 17.5 | 34.7 | ||||||||
| Honduras | 10.0 | ||||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 278.2 | 268.4 | |||||||||
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6.7 |