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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 819.5 | ||||||||||
| Japan | 619.1 | 558.9 | 582.4 | 559.1 | 512.6 | 513.8 | 537.0 | 522.0 | 502.6 | 520.7 | 524.3 |
| 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 |
| Germany | 1,159.0 | 1,400.7 | 1,725.5 | 1,733.3 | 1,709.5 | 1,883.2 | 1,909.9 | 1,945.7 | 2,006.7 | ||
| Belgium | 1,403.2 | 1,426.6 | 1,316.5 | 1,377.9 | |||||||
| Ireland | 686.7 | 734.8 | 670.1 | 794.0 | 874.5 | 1,009.2 | 1,045.9 | 1,161.9 | 1,152.0 | 1,164.6 | |
| Czech Republic | 711.3 | 1,342.6 | 1,515.7 | 1,619.1 | 1,739.6 | 1,788.4 | 1,873.8 | 1,825.2 | 1,828.9 | 1,957.2 | 2,186.4 |
| Hungary | 505.5 | 455.2 | 601.1 | 657.5 | 708.9 | 787.9 | 696.9 | 727.4 | 641.0 | 770.3 | |
| Mexico | 95.3 | 243.3 | 182.0 | 184.9 | 142.7 | 137.6 | 115.6 | 120.9 | 140.3 | ||
| Canada | 1,240.7 | 1,642.3 | 1,520.8 | 1,555.0 | 1,369.9 | 1,378.3 | 1,353.0 | 1,455.6 | 1,247.8 | 1,268.4 | |
| New Zealand | 773.8 | 1,018.4 | 995.9 | 1,040.2 | 1,276.0 | ||||||
| Austria | 2,169.0 | 2,373.7 | 2,579.5 | 2,648.1 | |||||||
| Estonia | 378.8 | 418.3 | 680.9 | 662.0 | 708.9 | 802.1 | 676.1 | 675.1 | 710.2 | 654.8 | |
| Greece | 752.8 | 585.1 | |||||||||
| Iceland | 2,266.9 | 1,868.2 | 1,639.5 | 2,100.9 | 2,371.5 | ||||||
| Netherlands | 1,514.3 | 1,421.4 | 1,326.4 | 2,037.7 | |||||||
| Poland | 354.0 | 233.2 | 285.4 | 359.8 | 420.6 | 384.7 | 438.5 | 443.6 | 399.8 | 415.3 | |
| Portugal | 259.9 | 277.7 | 377.9 | 339.9 | 338.2 | 742.3 | 709.2 | 752.8 | 701.0 | 780.1 | |
| Slovakia | 666.2 | 415.8 | 386.2 | 355.0 | 383.9 | 329.4 | 366.5 | 389.2 | 412.1 | 484.1 | 520.6 |
| Slovenia | 1,616.4 | 1,413.6 | 1,922.3 | 2,459.4 | 2,313.1 | 2,522.9 | 2,392.3 | 2,399.6 | 2,373.9 | 1,814.2 | |
| Spain | 627.6 | 906.5 | 1,293.3 | 1,243.6 | 1,233.0 | 1,210.8 | 1,163.1 | 1,189.6 | 1,189.2 | 1,264.9 | |
| Switzerland | 2,320.9 | 2,682.8 | 2,935.2 | 2,619.7 | |||||||
| Turkey | 37.3 | 70.0 | 143.1 | 172.3 | 190.0 | 198.0 | 208.3 | 220.5 | 316.2 | 353.7 | |
| Denmark | 1,988.6 | 2,260.5 | 2,123.6 | ||||||||
| France | 1,720.7 | 1,882.4 | 1,876.4 | 1,874.2 | 1,836.1 | 1,809.3 | 1,798.4 | 1,804.9 | 1,805.5 | ||
| Luxembourg | 3,402.5 | 3,362.8 | 3,289.3 | 2,954.3 | 2,941.3 | 3,094.0 | 3,285.5 | 3,109.1 | 3,166.0 | ||
| United Kingdom | 688.3 | 934.3 | 1,140.1 | 1,061.3 | 1,188.2 | 1,255.5 | 1,350.0 | 1,305.4 | |||
| Sweden | 2,027.5 | ||||||||||
| Chile | 229.1 | 268.7 | 308.3 | 272.5 | 313.7 | 284.7 | 296.7 | 303.5 |