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Researchers / million

SP.POP.SCIE.RD.P6 · /M

Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Guatemala, Hungary. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.

Latest value, United Kingdom
4,472.69 /M2017
Period covered
1996 - 201722 annual values
Highest of the compared countries
6,563.34 /MNetherlands, 2023
Lowest of the compared countries
1.45 /MGuatemala, 2023

8 countries compared, that is the maximum. Remove one to add another.

02,5005,0007,50019962003201020162023

Latest known valuesorted by value

  • Netherlands6,563.34 /M2023
  • United States4,937.49 /M2022
  • Hungary4,567.08 /M2023
  • United Kingdom4,472.69 /M2017
  • Spain3,653.8 /M2023
  • Italy2,855.13 /M2023
  • China2,107.27 /M2023
  • Guatemala1.45 /M2023

Year by year values

Click the Year header to reverse the order. An empty cell means the World Bank publishes nothing for that country that year.

Annual values by country
United KingdomItalySpainNetherlandsUnited StatesChinaGuatemalaHungary
20232,855.13 /M3,653.8 /M6,563.34 /M2,107.27 /M1.45 /M4,567.08 /M
20222,795.53 /M3,387.5 /M6,319.18 /M4,937.49 /M1,849.24 /M4.4 /M4,725.15 /M
20212,658.89 /M3,229.65 /M6,003.87 /M4,900.77 /M1,685.98 /M14.53 /M4,452.49 /M
20202,614.68 /M3,051.65 /M5,799.28 /M4,567.79 /M1,600.31 /M17.3 /M4,309.62 /M
20192,670.65 /M3,048.15 /M5,592.12 /M4,367.21 /M1,483.86 /M14.96 /M4,021.15 /M
20182,524.31 /M2,984.3 /M5,496.79 /M4,322.79 /M1,317.49 /M13.28 /M3,846.49 /M
20174,472.69 /M2,322.42 /M2,847.37 /M5,273.18 /M4,020.59 /M1,235.85 /M14.49 /M2,902.24 /M
20164,434.66 /M2,209.59 /M2,712.75 /M5,109.21 /M3,897.11 /M1,208.86 /M22.71 /M2,625.94 /M
20154,389.56 /M2,075.81 /M2,622.53 /M4,891.78 /M3,949.66 /M1,162.71 /M22.74 /M2,569.67 /M
20144,280.8 /M1,947.34 /M2,614.45 /M4,926.09 /M3,915.03 /M1,101.8 /M20.79 /M2,654.8 /M
20134,171.81 /M1,916.3 /M2,623.65 /M4,887.39 /M3,815.21 /M1,079.64 /M17.78 /M2,527.85 /M
20124,017.98 /M1,831.34 /M2,693.4 /M4,336.15 /M3,734.66 /M1,028.98 /M27.51 /M2,400.89 /M
20113,973.02 /M1,760.64 /M2,775.3 /M3,648.13 /M3,754.88 /M972.02 /M25.27 /M2,309.99 /M
20104,089.21 /M1,722.67 /M2,880 /M3,210.02 /M3,643.93 /M898.86 /M25.29 /M2,135.63 /M
20094,113.42 /M1,703.85 /M2,876.51 /M2,822.25 /M3,877.89 /M861.25 /M39.36 /M2,004.5 /M
20084,077.29 /M1,613.51 /M2,850.36 /M3,063.96 /M3,751.46 /M1,197.59 /M39.14 /M1,846 /M
20074,122.71 /M1,579.89 /M2,720.22 /M3,093.11 /M3,624.05 /M1,076.74 /M34.57 /M1,731.43 /M
20064,176.44 /M1,507.9 /M2,613.24 /M3,224.92 /M3,674.19 /M931.2 /M24.57 /M1,745 /M
20054,117.75 /M1,412.59 /M2,516.2 /M2,908.98 /M3,635.29 /M856.66 /M29.96 /M1,575.85 /M
20043,818.24 /M1,242.48 /M2,356.18 /M2,951.21 /M3,710.15 /M713.43 /M1,476.27 /M

World Bank definition

Researchers in R&D (per million people)

The number of researchers engaged in Research &Development (R&D), expressed as per million. Researchers are professionals who conduct research and improve or develop concepts, theories, models techniques instrumentation, software of operational methods. R&D covers basic research, applied research, and experimental development.

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