Indicator 9.5.2

Indicator 9.5.2

Researchers (in full-time equivalent), per 1,000,000 population

The researchers (in full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants is a direct measure of the number of research and development workers per 1 million people.

INDICATOR 9.5.2
Researchers (in full-time equivalent). The researchers (in full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants is a direct measure of the number of research and development workers per 1 million people.
TARGET 9.5
Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, in particular developing countries, including, by 2030, encouraging innovation and substantially increasing the number of research and development workers per 1 million people and public and private research and development spending.
GOAL 9
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
See United Nations Global SDG Database

Indicator 9.5.2

Indicator 9.5.2

Researchers (in full-time equivalent), per 1,000,000 population

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INDICATOR 9.5.2
Researchers (in full-time equivalent). The researchers (in full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants is a direct measure of the number of research and development workers per 1 million people.
TARGET 9.5
Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, in particular developing countries, including, by 2030, encouraging innovation and substantially increasing the number of research and development workers per 1 million people and public and private research and development spending.
GOAL 9
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
See United Nations Global SDG Database

Indicator 9.5.2

Indicator 9.5.2

Researchers (in full-time equivalent), per 1,000,000 population

INDICATOR 9.5.2
Researchers (in full-time equivalent). The researchers (in full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants is a direct measure of the number of research and development workers per 1 million people.
TARGET 9.5
Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, in particular developing countries, including, by 2030, encouraging innovation and substantially increasing the number of research and development workers per 1 million people and public and private research and development spending.
GOAL 9
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
See United Nations Global SDG Database

Indicator 9.5.2

Indicator 9.5.2

Researchers (in full-time equivalent), per 1,000,000 population

Country 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Albania .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Armenia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1187.4 1039.8
Austria 4379.2 4430.5 4720.8 4782.1 5009.4 5073.4 5400.3 5416.1 5682.4 5958.9 5829.3 6323.0 6658.5 ..
Azerbaijan .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1715.5 1732.4 1743.4 1702.3 1663.3
Belarus .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1473.4 1439.2 1434.2 1504.4
Belgium 3755.6 3880.2 4116.6 4161.6 4544.9 4731.8 4798.3 4757.3 5040.0 5290.9 5418.9 6596.7 6983.2 ..
Bosnia and Herzegovina .. .. 155.7 228.0 283.7 353.7 406.9 471.5 459.8 451.0 446.1 445.7 540.1 669.8
Bulgaria 1470.7 1606.2 1537.4 1685.2 1822.0 1976.8 2236.9 2125.5 2343.5 2420.1 2401.2 2346.7 2557.2 ..
Canada 4664.1 4802.7 4652.4 4647.6 4564.2 4546.0 4400.5 4429.1 4715.9 4850.9 5155.7 5411.8 .. ..
Croatia 1649.2 1594.2 1567.5 1535.6 1445.0 1513.8 1871.4 1900.9 1973.0 2203.6 2295.4 2414.4 2534.4 ..
Cyprus 1104.8 1092.0 1022.0 1026.7 1051.3 1010.6 1058.6 1209.6 1408.2 1657.7 1739.9 1743.1 1727.6 ..
Czechia 2799.1 2925.9 3162.1 3260.8 3428.3 3619.2 3546.9 3718.3 3906.7 4027.6 4187.2 4560.5 4696.7 ..
Denmark 6763.6 7045.8 7181.9 7115.4 7358.2 7566.5 7852.1 7647.6 7597.5 7693.5 7651.3 7708.2 8735.6 ..
Estonia 3057.8 3392.8 3457.8 3338.4 3285.6 3188.5 3296.4 3552.5 3766.1 3770.4 3836.4 4036.1 4654.9 ..
Finland 7740.9 7442.0 7492.5 7222.8 7022.2 6856.0 6543.7 6731.5 6872.7 7245.9 7548.3 7870.4 8073.1 ..
France 3849.6 3920.7 4052.2 4133.6 4210.0 4310.7 4392.0 4546.8 4670.5 4774.0 4883.2 5058.1 5181.8 ..
Georgia .. .. .. 599.6 1126.8 1359.0 1383.7 1381.9 1544.7 1788.4 1799.2 1703.0 1809.0 1768.2
Germany 4056.4 4191.5 4355.6 4380.4 4336.0 4755.3 4839.8 5058.4 5209.2 5398.6 5390.1 5520.6 5787.4 ..
Greece .. 2217.3 2236.3 2655.5 2733.9 3196.5 2726.6 3250.6 3416.1 3644.6 4008.2 4244.4 4926.8 ..
Hungary 2135.6 2310.0 2400.9 2527.8 2654.8 2569.7 2625.9 2902.2 3846.5 4021.2 4309.6 4452.5 4725.2 ..
Iceland .. 7088.8 .. 5739.7 .. .. .. 5979.7 5645.7 .. .. 6941.3 6863.5 ..
Ireland 3116.6 3341.4 4873.7 5141.7 5291.0 5242.1 5143.9 5114.2 4656.8 4961.4 5196.1 5213.4 5511.7 ..
Italy 1722.7 1760.6 1831.3 1916.3 1947.3 2075.8 2209.6 2322.4 2524.3 2670.7 2614.7 2658.9 2795.5 ..
Kazakhstan 360.1 375.5 596.8 720.2 781.4 760.8 678.9 650.8 650.0 619.6 668.8 610.0 661.7 693.1
Latvia 1837.0 1902.4 1909.0 1790.9 1872.3 1818.8 1600.6 1785.2 1786.3 1891.2 2134.1 2395.3 2270.1 ..
Liechtenstein .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20047.0 .. .. .. 18129.8
Lithuania 2736.5 2748.0 2670.6 2878.7 3082.3 2794.9 2950.4 3068.3 3181.0 3445.3 3643.2 3946.5 4153.7 ..
Luxembourg 5200.1 5525.7 4402.0 4661.6 4782.9 4636.4 4802.2 4969.2 4754.9 5090.8 4688.8 4939.1 4879.2 ..
Malta 1391.9 1761.1 1968.7 1880.5 1835.3 1865.3 1989.6 2027.4 1904.9 1902.7 1964.9 2157.6 2427.6 ..
Monaco .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Montenegro .. 643.0 .. 637.6 665.3 830.6 716.9 708.8 775.0 764.4 .. .. .. ..
Netherlands 3210.0 3648.1 4336.1 4887.4 4926.1 4891.8 5109.2 5273.2 5496.8 5592.1 5799.3 6003.9 6319.2 ..
North Macedonia 535.9 450.8 623.9 693.8 867.5 897.2 901.8 778.2 862.5 858.8 868.9 843.9 730.9 922.5
Norway 5444.7 5533.9 5584.1 5605.0 5722.6 5929.9 6120.8 6396.2 6484.2 6737.6 6766.0 7228.7 7394.8 ..
Poland 1697.0 1679.9 1752.1 1868.3 2054.7 2158.4 2304.0 2994.9 3079.5 3159.1 3260.2 3558.2 3721.1 ..
Portugal 3923.8 4166.1 4032.3 3605.8 3658.4 3724.6 3992.1 4348.1 4614.4 4859.2 5131.4 5430.9 5686.7 ..
Republic of Moldova 760.2 777.2 768.6 736.9 925.3 946.5 912.0 923.5 903.4 823.5 774.7 781.2 768.0 717.4
Romania 964.5 789.9 891.6 923.7 904.8 876.4 910.4 887.7 876.2 887.5 942.3 988.7 998.7 ..
Russian Federation 3071.6 3109.4 3075.2 3050.3 3072.9 3096.0 2947.0 2812.0 2772.6 2734.7 2710.2 2662.5 2683.9 ..
Serbia 1503.4 1616.2 1635.4 1718.6 1822.7 2060.1 2121.9 2067.7 2076.0 2087.3 2149.9 2206.7 2349.7 2515.3
Slovakia 2817.4 2840.9 2827.1 2723.2 2723.7 2658.9 2609.1 2803.1 3003.4 3116.8 3167.4 3211.1 3387.5 ..
Slovenia 3770.4 4288.0 4330.7 4236.5 4166.9 3836.5 3939.8 4510.8 4880.5 5060.6 5187.2 5235.2 5370.4 ..
Spain 2880.0 2775.3 2693.4 2623.6 2614.4 2622.5 2712.7 2847.4 2984.3 3048.2 3051.6 3229.6 3387.5 ..
Sweden 5279.2 5172.5 5196.7 6717.6 6909.5 6846.1 7143.4 7316.6 7425.7 7685.8 7754.6 8159.8 8623.7 ..
Switzerland .. .. 4497.5 .. .. 5308.7 .. 5257.3 .. 5561.7 .. 6021.4 .. ..
Türkiye 882.5 977.3 1100.2 1175.9 1163.5 1136.2 1263.8 1420.6 1585.1 1737.6 1964.7 2209.7 2478.7 ..
Ukraine 1306.7 1237.5 1210.0 1139.6 1002.5 1006.0 1037.2 994.1 988.1 880.6 846.2 774.1 586.1 ..
United Kingdom 4089.2 3973.0 4018.0 4171.8 4280.8 4389.6 4434.7 4472.7 .. .. .. .. .. ..
United States 3550.1 3659.1 3642.6 3725.8 3824.0 3858.0 3809.1 3931.6 4226.8 4265.9 4464.1 4825.2 .. ..
Uzbekistan 551.7 582.3 520.3 514.8 509.0 504.7 513.0 502.0 482.0 422.1 426.5 523.9 543.8 542.1
Country 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Albania .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Armenia .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1187.4 1039.8
Austria 4379.2 4430.5 4720.8 4782.1 5009.4 5073.4 5400.3 5416.1 5682.4 5958.9 5829.3 6323.0 6658.5 ..
Azerbaijan .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1715.5 1732.4 1743.4 1702.3 1663.3
Belarus .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1473.4 1439.2 1434.2 1504.4
Belgium 3755.6 3880.2 4116.6 4161.6 4544.9 4731.8 4798.3 4757.3 5040.0 5290.9 5418.9 6596.7 6983.2 ..
Bosnia and Herzegovina .. .. 155.7 228.0 283.7 353.7 406.9 471.5 459.8 451.0 446.1 445.7 540.1 669.8
Bulgaria 1470.7 1606.2 1537.4 1685.2 1822.0 1976.8 2236.9 2125.5 2343.5 2420.1 2401.2 2346.7 2557.2 ..
Canada 4664.1 4802.7 4652.4 4647.6 4564.2 4546.0 4400.5 4429.1 4715.9 4850.9 5155.7 5411.8 .. ..
Croatia 1649.2 1594.2 1567.5 1535.6 1445.0 1513.8 1871.4 1900.9 1973.0 2203.6 2295.4 2414.4 2534.4 ..
Cyprus 1104.8 1092.0 1022.0 1026.7 1051.3 1010.6 1058.6 1209.6 1408.2 1657.7 1739.9 1743.1 1727.6 ..
Czechia 2799.1 2925.9 3162.1 3260.8 3428.3 3619.2 3546.9 3718.3 3906.7 4027.6 4187.2 4560.5 4696.7 ..
Denmark 6763.6 7045.8 7181.9 7115.4 7358.2 7566.5 7852.1 7647.6 7597.5 7693.5 7651.3 7708.2 8735.6 ..
Estonia 3057.8 3392.8 3457.8 3338.4 3285.6 3188.5 3296.4 3552.5 3766.1 3770.4 3836.4 4036.1 4654.9 ..
Finland 7740.9 7442.0 7492.5 7222.8 7022.2 6856.0 6543.7 6731.5 6872.7 7245.9 7548.3 7870.4 8073.1 ..
France 3849.6 3920.7 4052.2 4133.6 4210.0 4310.7 4392.0 4546.8 4670.5 4774.0 4883.2 5058.1 5181.8 ..
Georgia .. .. .. 599.6 1126.8 1359.0 1383.7 1381.9 1544.7 1788.4 1799.2 1703.0 1809.0 1768.2
Germany 4056.4 4191.5 4355.6 4380.4 4336.0 4755.3 4839.8 5058.4 5209.2 5398.6 5390.1 5520.6 5787.4 ..
Greece .. 2217.3 2236.3 2655.5 2733.9 3196.5 2726.6 3250.6 3416.1 3644.6 4008.2 4244.4 4926.8 ..
Hungary 2135.6 2310.0 2400.9 2527.8 2654.8 2569.7 2625.9 2902.2 3846.5 4021.2 4309.6 4452.5 4725.2 ..
Iceland .. 7088.8 .. 5739.7 .. .. .. 5979.7 5645.7 .. .. 6941.3 6863.5 ..
Ireland 3116.6 3341.4 4873.7 5141.7 5291.0 5242.1 5143.9 5114.2 4656.8 4961.4 5196.1 5213.4 5511.7 ..
Italy 1722.7 1760.6 1831.3 1916.3 1947.3 2075.8 2209.6 2322.4 2524.3 2670.7 2614.7 2658.9 2795.5 ..
Kazakhstan 360.1 375.5 596.8 720.2 781.4 760.8 678.9 650.8 650.0 619.6 668.8 610.0 661.7 693.1
Latvia 1837.0 1902.4 1909.0 1790.9 1872.3 1818.8 1600.6 1785.2 1786.3 1891.2 2134.1 2395.3 2270.1 ..
Liechtenstein .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 20047.0 .. .. .. 18129.8
Lithuania 2736.5 2748.0 2670.6 2878.7 3082.3 2794.9 2950.4 3068.3 3181.0 3445.3 3643.2 3946.5 4153.7 ..
Luxembourg 5200.1 5525.7 4402.0 4661.6 4782.9 4636.4 4802.2 4969.2 4754.9 5090.8 4688.8 4939.1 4879.2 ..
Malta 1391.9 1761.1 1968.7 1880.5 1835.3 1865.3 1989.6 2027.4 1904.9 1902.7 1964.9 2157.6 2427.6 ..
Monaco .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
Montenegro .. 643.0 .. 637.6 665.3 830.6 716.9 708.8 775.0 764.4 .. .. .. ..
Netherlands 3210.0 3648.1 4336.1 4887.4 4926.1 4891.8 5109.2 5273.2 5496.8 5592.1 5799.3 6003.9 6319.2 ..
North Macedonia 535.9 450.8 623.9 693.8 867.5 897.2 901.8 778.2 862.5 858.8 868.9 843.9 730.9 922.5
Norway 5444.7 5533.9 5584.1 5605.0 5722.6 5929.9 6120.8 6396.2 6484.2 6737.6 6766.0 7228.7 7394.8 ..
Poland 1697.0 1679.9 1752.1 1868.3 2054.7 2158.4 2304.0 2994.9 3079.5 3159.1 3260.2 3558.2 3721.1 ..
Portugal 3923.8 4166.1 4032.3 3605.8 3658.4 3724.6 3992.1 4348.1 4614.4 4859.2 5131.4 5430.9 5686.7 ..
Republic of Moldova 760.2 777.2 768.6 736.9 925.3 946.5 912.0 923.5 903.4 823.5 774.7 781.2 768.0 717.4
Romania 964.5 789.9 891.6 923.7 904.8 876.4 910.4 887.7 876.2 887.5 942.3 988.7 998.7 ..
Russian Federation 3071.6 3109.4 3075.2 3050.3 3072.9 3096.0 2947.0 2812.0 2772.6 2734.7 2710.2 2662.5 2683.9 ..
Serbia 1503.4 1616.2 1635.4 1718.6 1822.7 2060.1 2121.9 2067.7 2076.0 2087.3 2149.9 2206.7 2349.7 2515.3
Slovakia 2817.4 2840.9 2827.1 2723.2 2723.7 2658.9 2609.1 2803.1 3003.4 3116.8 3167.4 3211.1 3387.5 ..
Slovenia 3770.4 4288.0 4330.7 4236.5 4166.9 3836.5 3939.8 4510.8 4880.5 5060.6 5187.2 5235.2 5370.4 ..
Spain 2880.0 2775.3 2693.4 2623.6 2614.4 2622.5 2712.7 2847.4 2984.3 3048.2 3051.6 3229.6 3387.5 ..
Sweden 5279.2 5172.5 5196.7 6717.6 6909.5 6846.1 7143.4 7316.6 7425.7 7685.8 7754.6 8159.8 8623.7 ..
Switzerland .. .. 4497.5 .. .. 5308.7 .. 5257.3 .. 5561.7 .. 6021.4 .. ..
Türkiye 882.5 977.3 1100.2 1175.9 1163.5 1136.2 1263.8 1420.6 1585.1 1737.6 1964.7 2209.7 2478.7 ..
Ukraine 1306.7 1237.5 1210.0 1139.6 1002.5 1006.0 1037.2 994.1 988.1 880.6 846.2 774.1 586.1 ..
United Kingdom 4089.2 3973.0 4018.0 4171.8 4280.8 4389.6 4434.7 4472.7 .. .. .. .. .. ..
United States 3550.1 3659.1 3642.6 3725.8 3824.0 3858.0 3809.1 3931.6 4226.8 4265.9 4464.1 4825.2 .. ..
Uzbekistan 551.7 582.3 520.3 514.8 509.0 504.7 513.0 502.0 482.0 422.1 426.5 523.9 543.8 542.1
INDICATOR 9.5.2
Researchers (in full-time equivalent). The researchers (in full-time equivalent) per million inhabitants is a direct measure of the number of research and development workers per 1 million people.
TARGET 9.5
Enhance scientific research, upgrade the technological capabilities of industrial sectors in all countries, in particular developing countries, including, by 2030, encouraging innovation and substantially increasing the number of research and development workers per 1 million people and public and private research and development spending.
GOAL 9
Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
See United Nations Global SDG Database

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