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 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 3,470.7 | 4,568.6 | ||||||||||||||
| Brunei Darussalam | 506.2 | |||||||||||||||
| Cambodia | 30.4 | |||||||||||||||
| China | 549.6 | 856.7 | 898.9 | 972.0 | 1,029.0 | 1,079.6 | 1,101.8 | 1,162.7 | 1,208.9 | 1,235.8 | 1,317.5 | 1,483.9 | 1,600.3 | 1,686.0 | 1,849.2 | |
| Hong Kong SAR, China | 1,160.1 | 2,612.0 | 3,062.5 | 3,036.8 | 3,137.6 | 3,309.7 | 3,512.8 | 3,487.9 | 3,668.3 | 3,720.2 | 3,978.2 | 4,240.4 | 4,355.8 | 4,591.7 | 4,815.2 | 5,273.7 |
| Indonesia | 209.7 | 177.7 | 214.1 | 215.2 | 387.2 | 395.3 | ||||||||||
| Japan | 5,102.4 | 5,322.5 | 5,117.2 | 5,123.3 | 5,048.6 | 5,166.8 | 5,351.5 | 5,198.5 | 5,232.7 | 5,319.8 | 5,339.5 | 5,376.1 | 5,450.4 | 5,589.8 | 5,629.8 | |
| Korea, Rep. | 2,324.1 | 3,763.2 | 5,429.4 | 5,908.8 | 6,393.3 | 6,457.9 | 6,867.3 | 7,020.4 | 7,057.2 | 7,453.2 | 7,918.5 | 8,329.0 | 8,620.0 | 9,071.5 | 9,434.8 | |
| Malaysia | 283.0 | 1,452.7 | 1,633.9 | 1,769.9 | 2,016.0 | 2,256.6 | 2,334.1 | 2,110.4 | 711.5 | |||||||
| Mongolia | 332.4 | 681.4 | 535.4 | |||||||||||||
| Myanmar | 30.0 | 34.1 | 30.4 | 32.8 | 19.1 | 26.4 | 28.0 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 3,159.2 | 3,731.3 | 4,044.0 | 5,476.9 | 5,035.6 | 5,665.4 | 5,094.8 | |||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 33.2 | |||||||||||||||
| Philippines | 79.1 | 82.6 | 182.6 | 103.2 | 170.2 | |||||||||||
| Singapore | 4,167.6 | 5,650.6 | 6,368.3 | 6,578.6 | 6,514.1 | 6,735.0 | 6,756.2 | 7,134.9 | 7,052.9 | 6,950.1 | 7,002.5 | 7,509.6 | 7,503.3 | 7,917.0 | ||
| Thailand | 311.9 | 528.6 | 773.8 | 941.8 | 844.1 | 1,179.1 | 1,315.7 | 1,712.2 | 1,744.2 | 2,018.3 | 1,695.8 | 1,863.1 | ||||
| Vietnam | 684.8 | 681.7 | 707.7 | 754.6 | 767.9 | |||||||||||
| Armenia | 1,187.4 | 1,039.8 | ||||||||||||||
| Azerbaijan | 1,715.5 | 1,732.4 | 1,743.4 | 1,702.3 | 1,663.3 | |||||||||||
| Georgia | 599.6 | 1,126.8 | 1,359.0 | 1,383.7 | 1,381.9 | 1,544.7 | 1,788.4 | 1,799.2 | 1,703.0 | 1,809.0 | 1,768.2 | |||||
| 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 | ||
| Uzbekistan | 665.8 | 638.5 | 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 |
| India | 110.6 | 135.1 | 156.2 | 214.3 | 250.0 | 259.3 | ||||||||||
| Pakistan | 73.2 | 130.1 | 144.4 | 257.7 | 315.0 | 362.4 | 401.4 | 473.7 | ||||||||
| Sri Lanka | 132.7 | 102.8 | 107.0 | 95.9 | 102.4 | 102.9 | 102.2 | 101.1 | 100.8 | 94.5 |