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 | ||||||||||
| Malaysia | 39.7 | 130.3 | 158.8 | 162.8 | 212.2 | 132.4 | 263.3 | 233.4 | |||
| 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 | |
| India | 85.2 | 92.2 | 100.6 | 95.5 | 73.1 | ||||||
| New Zealand | 773.8 | 1,018.4 | 995.9 | 1,040.2 | 1,276.0 | ||||||
| Singapore | 337.6 | 556.7 | 456.3 | 458.4 | 456.3 | 454.3 | 450.7 | 450.0 | 422.3 | 377.4 | |
| Cyprus | 279.6 | 366.9 | 257.2 | 256.4 | 236.8 | 236.6 | 264.5 | 257.0 | 271.4 | 325.1 | |
| Pakistan | 40.4 | 56.2 | 68.4 | 67.4 | 31.8 | ||||||
| Sri Lanka | 91.4 | 60.9 | 82.7 | 74.7 | |||||||
| South Africa | 109.6 | 105.6 | 107.0 | 124.6 | 128.6 | 141.7 | 138.8 | 134.6 | 129.5 | ||
| Malta | 548.6 | 808.7 | 974.4 | 912.7 | 807.2 | 948.4 | 765.8 | 743.0 | 886.0 | ||
| Lesotho | 0.9 | 6.9 | |||||||||
| United Kingdom | 688.3 | 934.3 | 1,140.1 | 1,061.3 | 1,188.2 | 1,255.5 | 1,350.0 | 1,305.4 | |||
| Seychelles | 597.9 | ||||||||||
| Ghana | 29.5 | 28.7 | |||||||||
| Kenya | 627.7 | ||||||||||
| Malawi | 60.0 | ||||||||||
| Mozambique | 46.4 | 26.7 | |||||||||
| Rwanda | 5.3 | 5.7 | |||||||||
| Gambia | 398.8 | 88.8 | |||||||||
| United Republic of Tanzania | 10.6 | 6.2 | |||||||||
| Uganda | 13.8 | 10.8 | |||||||||
| Botswana | 72.6 | 125.1 | |||||||||
| Mauritius | 54.4 | 130.3 | |||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 10.8 | ||||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 278.2 | 268.4 | |||||||||
| Namibia | 66.1 | ||||||||||
| इस्वातिनी | 36.0 |