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Researchers in R&D (per million people)

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2024. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•145 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
1,970.2Per million people
Median: 701.9Per million people
Countries Covered
145
with available data
Highest
Liechtenstein
18,129.8Per million people
Lowest
Guatemala
1.4Per million people
Top 5 Countries
1Liechtenstein18,129.8Per million people
2South Korea9,471.8Per million people
3Sweden8,910.7Per million people
4Denmark8,837.5Per million people
5Singapore8,781.7Per million people
By Region
Oceania5,002.0Per million people(2 countries)
Europe4,777.0Per million people(32 countries)
North America2,750.4Per million people(4 countries)
Asia2,176.4Per million people(21 countries)
Other799.2Per million people(71 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (1.4Per million people)High (18,129.8Per million people)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 1,970.2Per million people)

Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
North America (4)
Asia (21)
Other (71)
South America (6)
Africa (9)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from World Bank World Development Indicators, through 2024. Countries can have different observation years; compare broad patterns rather than treating all values as one survey wave. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Liechtenstein18,129.8Per million people
2South Korea9,471.8Per million people
3Sweden8,910.7Per million people
4Denmark8,837.5Per million people
5Singapore8,781.7Per million people
6Finland8,314.9Per million people
7Norway7,450.6Per million people
8Austria6,633.6Per million people
9Netherlands6,563.3Per million people
10Switzerland6,108.0Per million people
11Belgium5,990.1Per million people
12Portugal5,983.3Per million people
13Iceland5,952.5Per million people
14Germany5,926.1Per million people
15Hong Kong5,873.7Per million people
16Ireland5,752.8Per million people
17Canada5,624.3Per million people
18Slovenia5,616.3Per million people
19Japan5,608.6Per million people
20New Zealand5,435.5Per million people
21France5,368.6Per million people
22Luxembourg5,359.1Per million people
23Greece5,283.4Per million people
24United States of America4,937.5Per million people
25Estonia4,800.4Per million people
26Macao4,634.1Per million people
27Australia4,568.6Per million people
28Hungary4,567.1Per million people
29Czech Republic4,504.6Per million people
30United Kingdom4,472.7Per million people
31Lithuania3,703.9Per million people
32Poland3,675.1Per million people
33Spain3,653.8Per million people
34Slovakia3,506.6Per million people
35Italy2,855.1Per million people
36Serbia2,687.5Per million people
37Türkiye2,644.7Per million people
38Russian Federation2,638.6Per million people
39United Arab Emirates2,606.8Per million people
40Croatia2,440.3Per million people
41Bulgaria2,400.6Per million people
42Malta2,355.0Per million people
43Islamic Republic of Iran2,239.7Per million people
44Latvia2,190.9Per million people
45Cuba2,171.3Per million people
46People's Republic of China2,107.3Per million people
47Georgia1,896.0Per million people
48Faroe Islands1,824.7Per million people
49Algeria1,764.0Per million people
50Cyprus1,686.5Per million people
51Tunisia1,667.6Per million people
52Azerbaijan1,662.5Per million people
53Thailand1,592.0Per million people
54Belarus1,567.8Per million people
55Argentina1,312.8Per million people
56Saudi Arabia1,234.7Per million people
57Malaysia1,218.3Per million people
58Egypt1,120.2Per million people
59Morocco1,083.4Per million people
60Romania1,082.1Per million people
61Qatar947.8Per million people
62Armenia942.2Per million people
63Uruguay937.6Per million people
64Brazil903.2Per million people
65The Republic of North Macedonia888.1Per million people
66Bahrain848.9Per million people
67Vietnam836.1Per million people
68Montenegro764.4Per million people
69Kazakhstan758.0Per million people
70Oman739.4Per million people
71Chile707.1Per million people
72Bosnia and Herzegovina705.2Per million people
73Greenland701.9Per million people
74Mauritius688.5Per million people
75Moldova, Republic of649.9Per million people
76Uzbekistan639.5Per million people
77Ukraine586.1Per million people
78State of Palestine584.4Per million people
79Jordan576.0Per million people
80Senegal572.4Per million people
81Mongolia535.4Per million people
82Costa Rica507.8Per million people
83Brunei Darussalam506.2Per million people
84Trinidad and Tobago492.7Per million people
85Pakistan473.7Per million people
86South Africa444.2Per million people
87Mexico438.2Per million people
88Albania428.7Per million people
89Ecuador400.3Per million people
90Indonesia395.3Per million people
91Kenya384.0Per million people
92Puerto Rico332.4Per million people
93Philippines320.3Per million people
94Monaco309.9Per million people
95Guam292.5Per million people
96India259.3Per million people
97Panama250.5Per million people
98Bhutan236.3Per million people
99Namibia224.8Per million people
100Honduras187.8Per million people
101Venezuela180.0Per million people
102Botswana179.8Per million people
103Iraq164.3Per million people
104Seychelles146.5Per million people
105Kuwait144.8Per million people
106Syrian Arab Republic139.9Per million people
107Paraguay138.8Per million people
108Eswatini137.9Per million people
109Rwanda133.1Per million people
110Republic of the Congo127.0Per million people
111Cape Verde124.9Per million people
112American Samoa105.8Per million people
113Zimbabwe95.1Per million people
114Sri Lanka94.5Per million people
115Colombia90.2Per million people
116Ethiopia89.0Per million people
117Ghana87.5Per million people
118Uganda81.3Per million people
119Nicaragua71.3Per million people
120Cote d'Ivoire64.0Per million people
121Bolivia63.1Per million people
122Nepal59.7Per million people
123Togo57.8Per million people
124Chad56.7Per million people
125El Salvador55.5Per million people
126Republic of The Gambia50.9Per million people
127Burkina Faso46.6Per million people
128Mozambique44.4Per million people
129Zambia41.9Per million people
130Papua New Guinea33.2Per million people
131Madagascar32.9Per million people
132Lesotho32.2Per million people
133Cambodia30.4Per million people
134Myanmar28.0Per million people
135Niger26.9Per million people
136Mali26.0Per million people
137Malawi25.2Per million people
138Burundi22.5Per million people
139Nigeria22.1Per million people
140Dominican Republic20.0Per million people
141United Republic of Tanzania19.3Per million people
142Angola18.9Per million people
143Lao People's Democratic Republic15.6Per million people
144Democratic Republic of the Congo10.1Per million people
145Guatemala1.4Per million people
Showing 145 of 145 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2024).

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