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 | |
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Australia | 3,492 | 4,594 | |||||||||||||
Brunei Darussalam | 514 | ||||||||||||||
Cambodia | 31 | ||||||||||||||
China | 552 | 860 | 901 | 974 | 1,031 | 1,082 | 1,104 | 1,165 | 1,211 | 1,238 | 1,319 | 1,486 | 1,602 | 1,687 | |
Indonesia | 212 | 180 | 216 | 218 | 391 | 400 | |||||||||
Japan | 5,112 | 5,328 | 5,120 | 5,127 | 5,052 | 5,169 | 5,353 | 5,198 | 5,235 | 5,331 | 5,362 | 5,410 | 5,495 | 5,638 | |
Republic of Korea | 2,323 | 3,761 | 5,425 | 5,903 | 6,388 | 6,454 | 6,864 | 7,018 | 7,056 | 7,451 | 7,914 | 8,323 | 8,615 | 9,082 | |
Malaysia | 284 | 1,448 | 1,632 | 1,769 | 2,020 | 2,265 | 2,350 | 2,140 | 726 | ||||||
Mongolia | 332 | 680 | 534 | ||||||||||||
Myanmar | 30 | 34 | 30 | 33 | 19 | ||||||||||
New Zealand | 3,161 | 3,733 | 4,045 | 5,492 | 5,099 | 5,724 | 5,102 | ||||||||
Papua New Guinea | 33 | ||||||||||||||
Philippines | 81 | 84 | 187 | 106 | 172 | ||||||||||
Singapore | 4,143 | 5,544 | 6,285 | 6,445 | 6,402 | 6,631 | 6,632 | 6,978 | 6,897 | 6,778 | 6,787 | 7,276 | 7,225 | ||
Thailand | 313 | 531 | 777 | 945 | 847 | 1,183 | 1,321 | 1,718 | 1,750 | 2,024 | 1,699 | ||||
Viet Nam | 687 | 686 | 715 | 766 | 779 | ||||||||||
Armenia | 1,220 | ||||||||||||||
Austria | 3,472 | 4,380 | 4,432 | 4,722 | 4,783 | 5,011 | 5,074 | 5,401 | 5,417 | 5,683 | 5,960 | 5,830 | 6,342 | ||
Azerbaijan | 1,694 | 1,712 | 1,729 | 1,691 | |||||||||||
Belarus | 1,434 | 1,394 | 1,382 | ||||||||||||
Belgium | 2,982 | 3,161 | 3,767 | 3,910 | 4,147 | 4,188 | 4,562 | 4,742 | 4,811 | 4,758 | 5,032 | 5,280 | 5,411 | 6,582 | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 61 | 156 | 228 | 283 | 353 | 406 | 470 | 458 | 449 | 444 | 443 | 535 | |||
Bulgaria | 1,166 | 1,282 | 1,442 | 1,572 | 1,503 | 1,646 | 1,783 | 1,939 | 2,199 | 2,092 | 2,311 | 2,391 | 2,378 | 2,339 | |
Croatia | 1,479 | 1,291 | 1,623 | 1,570 | 1,540 | 1,511 | 1,424 | 1,491 | 1,837 | 1,857 | 1,912 | 2,128 | 2,215 | 2,331 | |
Cyprus | 439 | 930 | 1,105 | 1,092 | 1,022 | 1,027 | 1,051 | 1,011 | 1,059 | 1,210 | 1,408 | 1,658 | 1,740 | 1,743 | |
Czech Republic | 1,353 | 2,353 | 2,799 | 2,926 | 3,162 | 3,259 | 3,428 | 3,619 | 3,547 | 3,721 | 3,911 | 4,034 | 4,195 | 4,569 | |
Denmark | 5,194 | 6,760 | 7,042 | 7,172 | 7,102 | 7,346 | 7,561 | 7,874 | 7,683 | 7,636 | 7,727 | 7,667 | 7,708 | ||
Estonia | 1,903 | 2,452 | 3,058 | 3,393 | 3,458 | 3,338 | 3,285 | 3,188 | 3,296 | 3,552 | 3,766 | 3,770 | 3,836 | 4,038 | |
Finland | 7,559 | 7,741 | 7,442 | 7,493 | 7,223 | 7,022 | 6,856 | 6,544 | 6,732 | 6,873 | 7,246 | 7,549 | 7,871 | ||
France | 2,942 | 3,358 | 3,911 | 3,981 | 4,114 | 4,200 | 4,282 | 4,386 | 4,467 | 4,625 | 4,757 | 4,870 | 4,986 | 5,175 | |
Georgia | 604 | 1,132 | 1,366 | 1,391 | 1,390 | 1,553 | 1,800 | 1,812 | 1,717 | 1,823 | |||||
Germany | 3,162 | 3,350 | 4,035 | 4,162 | 4,325 | 4,343 | 4,305 | 4,733 | 4,863 | 5,087 | 5,240 | 5,428 | 5,414 | 5,536 | |
Greece | 1,763 | 2,239 | 2,257 | 2,672 | 2,744 | 3,203 | 2,728 | 3,264 | 3,441 | 3,685 | 4,074 | 4,326 | |||
Hungary | 1,410 | 1,575 | 2,134 | 2,308 | 2,400 | 2,526 | 2,653 | 2,568 | 2,625 | 2,901 | 3,845 | 4,021 | 4,309 | 4,452 | |
Iceland | 7,333 | 7,085 | 5,737 | 5,904 | 6,629 | 6,055 | 5,879 | 6,940 | |||||||
Ireland | 2,276 | 2,845 | 3,140 | 3,367 | 4,912 | 5,182 | 5,332 | 5,283 | 5,185 | 5,155 | 4,750 | 4,836 | 4,859 | 5,251 | |
Italy | 1,161 | 1,420 | 1,733 | 1,771 | 1,842 | 1,927 | 1,958 | 2,088 | 2,222 | 2,337 | 2,541 | 2,689 | 2,632 | 2,678 | |
Kazakhstan | 365 | 380 | 604 | 729 | 791 | 771 | 689 | 662 | 663 | 634 | 686 | 626 | 682 | ||
Latvia | 1,583 | 1,460 | 1,843 | 1,890 | 1,890 | 1,775 | 1,855 | 1,805 | 1,590 | 1,773 | 1,777 | 1,886 | 2,135 | 2,405 | |
Lithuania | 2,150 | 2,247 | 2,722 | 2,690 | 2,604 | 2,810 | 3,014 | 2,741 | 2,891 | 2,995 | 3,093 | 3,364 | 3,591 | 3,935 | |
Luxembourg | 3,805 | 4,832 | 5,203 | 5,530 | 4,405 | 4,665 | 4,785 | 4,638 | 4,803 | 4,971 | 4,756 | 5,092 | 4,690 | 4,941 | |
North Macedonia | 653 | 536 | 527 | 440 | 605 | 667 | 827 | 847 | 843 | 719 | 788 | 775 | 775 | 744 | 642 |
Republic of Moldova | 717 | 760 | 777 | 769 | 737 | 925 | 946 | 912 | 923 | 903 | 824 | 775 | 781 | 768 | |
Monaco | 311 | ||||||||||||||
Montenegro | 644 | 638 | 664 | 825 | 709 | 697 | 758 | 743 | |||||||
Netherlands | 2,661 | 2,948 | 3,240 | 3,682 | 4,374 | 4,921 | 4,951 | 4,911 | 5,129 | 5,302 | 5,535 | 5,640 | 5,866 | 6,074 | |
Norway | 4,602 | 5,444 | 5,533 | 5,583 | 5,604 | 5,722 | 5,929 | 6,120 | 6,395 | 6,484 | 6,737 | 6,765 | 7,228 | ||
Poland | 1,439 | 1,611 | 1,672 | 1,661 | 1,735 | 1,850 | 2,037 | 2,141 | 2,288 | 2,974 | 3,057 | 3,136 | 3,238 | 3,534 | |
Portugal | 1,631 | 2,009 | 3,918 | 4,164 | 4,028 | 3,603 | 3,657 | 3,725 | 3,996 | 4,356 | 4,627 | 4,879 | 5,163 | 5,473 | 5,743 |
Romania | 932 | 1,084 | 969 | 793 | 893 | 924 | 904 | 875 | 909 | 887 | 876 | 887 | 941 | 985 | |
Russian Federation | 3,442 | 3,224 | 3,086 | 3,124 | 3,090 | 3,064 | 3,087 | 3,110 | 2,960 | 2,826 | 2,787 | 2,749 | 2,725 | 2,676 | 2,698 |
Serbia | 1,503 | 1,616 | 1,635 | 1,719 | 1,823 | 2,060 | 2,122 | 2,068 | 2,076 | 2,087 | 2,150 | 2,207 | 2,350 | ||
Slovakia | 1,852 | 2,031 | 2,815 | 2,839 | 2,825 | 2,721 | 2,721 | 2,657 | 2,607 | 2,801 | 3,001 | 3,115 | 3,166 | 3,211 | |
Slovenia | 2,184 | 2,626 | 3,755 | 4,252 | 4,297 | 4,204 | 4,135 | 3,805 | 3,893 | 4,441 | 4,789 | 4,980 | 5,125 | 5,223 | |
Spain | 1,887 | 2,532 | 2,896 | 2,791 | 2,709 | 2,638 | 2,629 | 2,637 | 2,727 | 2,864 | 3,004 | 3,068 | 3,071 | 3,252 | |
Sweden | 6,093 | 5,280 | 5,168 | 5,181 | 6,686 | 6,873 | 6,811 | 7,108 | 7,309 | 7,433 | 7,698 | 7,759 | 8,131 | ||
Switzerland | 3,645 | 4,499 | 5,310 | 5,259 | 5,563 | 6,023 | |||||||||
Turkey | 363 | 573 | 885 | 979 | 1,100 | 1,174 | 1,160 | 1,205 | 1,247 | 1,369 | 1,531 | 1,630 | 1,787 | 2,000 | |
Ukraine | 1,328 | 1,259 | 1,231 | 1,160 | 1,021 | 1,006 | 1,037 | 994 | 988 | 881 | 846 | 753 | 581 | ||
United Kingdom | 2,904 | 4,131 | 4,105 | 3,988 | 4,031 | 4,179 | 4,286 | 4,397 | 4,448 | 4,491 | |||||
Uzbekistan | 662 | 633 | 547 | 578 | 516 | 511 | 505 | 501 | 510 | 500 | 480 | 421 | 427 | 525 | 547 |
Argentina | 717 | 820 | 1,124 | 1,181 | 1,204 | 1,199 | 1,208 | 1,231 | 1,261 | 1,212 | 1,227 | 1,232 | 1,256 | 1,284 | |
Bolivia | 70 | 162 | 50 | 58 | 62 | ||||||||||
Brazil | 295 | 510 | 687 | 739 | 789 | 839 | 888 | ||||||||
Chile | 322 | 356 | 394 | 338 | 431 | 460 | 500 | 500 | 529 | 512 | 519 | ||||
Colombia | 58 | 59 | 70 | 91 | 90 | ||||||||||
Costa Rica | 123 | 381 | 405 | 336 | 353 | 566 | 493 | 523 | 379 | 344 | 366 | 399 | |||
Ecuador | 142 | 181 | 283 | 353 | 402 | ||||||||||
El Salvador | 64 | 67 | 65 | 73 | 75 | 59 | 65 | ||||||||
Guatemala | 30 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 15 | ||
Honduras | 22 | 34 | 201 | 187 | |||||||||||
Mexico | 229 | 419 | 345 | 351 | 253 | 257 | 265 | 287 | 322 | 320 | 317 | 335 | 358 | 384 | |
Panama | 96 | 105 | 120 | 38 | 40 | 93 | 91 | 97 | 106 | 107 | 111 | 168 | 135 | 142 | |
Paraguay | 77 | 55 | 184 | 166 | 199 | 132 | 147 | 152 | 169 | 141 | 142 | ||||
Trinidad and Tobago | 486 | 531 | 450 | 591 | 525 | ||||||||||
Uruguay | 280 | 631 | 622 | 640 | 645 | 657 | 680 | 732 | 749 | 779 | 796 | 813 | 839 | ||
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 62 | 123 | 203 | 232 | 297 | 365 | 273 | 247 | 292 | 231 | 289 | 276 | 352 | ||
Algeria | 171 | 832 | |||||||||||||
Bahrain | 384 | ||||||||||||||
Egypt | 472 | 471 | 495 | 517 | 646 | 643 | 659 | 648 | 658 | 791 | 805 | 822 | 841 | ||
Iran | 732 | 686 | 667 | 801 | 1,418 | 1,597 | |||||||||
Iraq | 418 | 427 | 66 | 63 | 62 | 102 | 107 | 117 | 135 | 162 | |||||
Jordan | 256 | 575 | 578 | ||||||||||||
Kuwait | 170 | 176 | 142 | 136 | 134 | 607 | 405 | 465 | 505 | 504 | 176 | 166 | 182 | ||
Malta | 1,169 | 1,408 | 1,773 | 1,965 | 1,855 | 1,784 | 1,817 | 1,940 | 1,970 | 1,866 | 1,887 | 1,984 | 2,161 | ||
Morocco | 722 | 848 | 853 | 1,029 | 1,081 | ||||||||||
Oman | 159 | 179 | 134 | 182 | 222 | 250 | 251 | 296 | 382 | 373 | 330 | 382 | |||
Qatar | 649 | 647 | 585 | 983 | |||||||||||
Saudi Arabia | 435 | 692 | 835 | ||||||||||||
Syrian Arab Republic | 84 | 142 | |||||||||||||
Tunisia | 1,359 | 1,404 | 1,590 | 1,756 | 1,771 | 1,751 | 1,943 | 1,893 | 1,765 | 1,702 | 1,620 | 1,584 | 1,672 | ||
United Arab Emirates | 2,067 | 2,491 | 2,516 | 2,537 | 2,612 | 2,666 | |||||||||
Canada | 3,534 | 4,264 | 4,696 | 4,835 | 4,684 | 4,678 | 4,596 | 4,582 | 4,428 | 4,467 | 4,758 | 4,894 | 5,076 | ||
United States of America | 3,479 | 3,548 | 3,549 | 3,664 | 3,650 | 3,736 | 3,837 | 3,875 | 3,830 | 3,959 | 4,262 | 4,309 | 4,452 | ||
India | 110 | 135 | 156 | 215 | 251 | 260 | |||||||||
Pakistan | 74 | 133 | 148 | 265 | 325 | 374 | 415 | ||||||||
Sri Lanka | 135 | 104 | 108 | 97 | 104 | 105 | 105 | 104 | 105 | ||||||
Angola | 48 | 19 | |||||||||||||
Botswana | 163 | 174 | |||||||||||||
Burkina Faso | 47 | ||||||||||||||
Burundi | 20 | 23 | |||||||||||||
केप वर्दे | 48 | 118 | |||||||||||||
Chad | 59 | ||||||||||||||
Congo | 33 | 128 | |||||||||||||
Côte d'Ivoire | 68 | ||||||||||||||
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10 | ||||||||||||||
Ethiopia | 21 | 42 | 45 | 90 | |||||||||||
Ghana | 37 | 87 | |||||||||||||
Kenya | 227 | 169 | |||||||||||||
Lesotho | 6 | 24 | |||||||||||||
Madagascar | 15 | 47 | 51 | 50 | 24 | 30 | 34 | ||||||||
Malawi | 50 | ||||||||||||||
Mali | 29 | 30 | 32 | 57 | 29 | ||||||||||
Mauritius | 177 | 464 | 540 | 553 | 557 | 569 | |||||||||
Mozambique | 40 | 44 | |||||||||||||
Namibia | 153 | ||||||||||||||
Niger | 7 | 27 | |||||||||||||
Nigeria | 23 | ||||||||||||||
Rwanda | 15 | 14 | 59 | ||||||||||||
Senegal | 379 | 581 | |||||||||||||
Seychelles | 152 | ||||||||||||||
South Africa | 355 | 364 | 386 | 405 | 436 | 435 | 474 | 489 | 524 | 511 | 491 | 473 | |||
इस्वातिनी | 139 | ||||||||||||||
United Republic of Tanzania | 36 | 19 | |||||||||||||
Gambia | 30 | 50 | |||||||||||||
Togo | 33 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 38 | 36 | 32 | 38 | 48 | 46 | 45 | 45 | 44 | ||
Uganda | 40 | 29 | |||||||||||||
Zimbabwe | 99 |