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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 68.6 | 77.2 | 83.5 | 78.6 | 90.0 | ||||||
| Algeria | 34.2 | 41.9 | |||||||||
| Iran | 187.8 | 189.0 | 160.6 | 496.8 | |||||||
| Iraq | 64.8 | 63.1 | 25.4 | 25.0 | 26.0 | 19.3 | 23.0 | ||||
| Kuwait | 39.6 | 42.3 | 29.1 | 30.0 | 19.7 | 62.0 | 54.8 | 48.5 | 50.9 | 45.2 | |
| Qatar | 179.6 | 390.5 | 397.1 | ||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | 889.5 | ||||||||||
| Angola | 35.4 | 5.2 | |||||||||
| Congo | 35.5 |