Technicians in R&D and equivalent staff are people whose main tasks require technical knowledge and experience in engineering, physical and life sciences (technicians), or social sciences and humanities (equivalent staff). They participate in R&D by performing scientific and technical tasks involving the application of concepts and operational methods, normally under the supervision of researchers.
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 34.2 | 41.9 | |||||||||
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 250.8 | 259.8 | 267.2 | 272.8 | 351.6 | 343.9 | 336.6 | 371.2 | 369.6 | ||
| Morocco | 52.5 | 51.8 | 42.5 | 41.4 | 40.3 | ||||||
| Tunisia | 46.9 | 50.0 | 51.0 | 61.4 | 58.8 | 63.5 | 63.4 | 61.7 | |||
| Angola | 35.4 | 5.2 | |||||||||
| Botswana | 72.6 | 125.1 | |||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 37.1 | ||||||||||
| Burundi | 17.6 | 6.6 | |||||||||
| Cabo Verde | 8.0 | 40.5 | |||||||||
| Chad | 8.3 | ||||||||||
| Congo, Rep. | 35.5 | ||||||||||
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 6.7 | ||||||||||
| Ethiopia | 10.2 | 16.4 | 33.1 | 33.3 | |||||||
| Ghana | 29.5 | 28.7 | |||||||||
| Kenya | 627.7 | ||||||||||
| Lesotho | 0.9 | 6.9 | |||||||||
| Madagascar | 46.3 | 10.6 | 15.4 | 16.5 | 19.4 | 10.8 | 12.6 | ||||
| Malawi | 60.0 | ||||||||||
| Mali | 22.8 | 18.5 | 23.8 | ||||||||
| Mauritius | 54.4 | 130.3 | |||||||||
| Mozambique | 46.4 | 26.7 | |||||||||
| Namibia | 66.1 | ||||||||||
| Niger | 10.1 | 8.5 | |||||||||
| Rwanda | 5.3 | 5.7 | |||||||||
| Senegal | 34.8 | 36.9 | |||||||||
| Seychelles | 597.9 | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 109.6 | 105.6 | 107.0 | 124.6 | 128.6 | 141.7 | 138.8 | 134.6 | 129.5 | ||
| Eswatini | 36.0 | ||||||||||
| Tanzania | 10.6 | 6.2 | |||||||||
| Gambia, The | 398.8 | 88.8 | |||||||||
| Togo | 22.5 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.2 | 9.0 | 10.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.6 | ||
| Uganda | 13.8 | 10.8 | |||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 10.7 |