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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambodia | 61 | ||||||||||
| Indonesia | 16 | 17 | 35 | ||||||||
| Korea, Rep. | 447 | 539 | 960 | 1,042 | 1,153 | 1,156 | 1,228 | 1,212 | 1,228 | 1,251 | 1,311 |
| Malaysia | 40 | 130 | 159 | 163 | 212 | 132 | 263 | 233 | |||
| Myanmar | 19 | ||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | ||||||||||
| Philippines | 10 | 13 | 28 | 18 | |||||||
| Singapore | 338 | 557 | 456 | 458 | 456 | 454 | 451 | 450 | 422 | 377 | |
| Thailand | 161 | 168 | 191 | 241 | 320 | 297 | |||||
| Vietnam | 71 | 66 | 71 | ||||||||
| Uzbekistan | 83 | 67 | 58 | 61 | 57 | 59 | 59 | 62 | 46 | 48 | |
| Bolivia | 26 | ||||||||||
| Chile | 229 | 269 | 308 | 272 | 314 | 285 | 297 | 303 | |||
| Ecuador | 69 | 77 | 83 | 79 | 90 | ||||||
| Guatemala | 11 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 20 | 11 | |
| Honduras | 10 | ||||||||||
| Panama | 46 | 93 | 155 | ||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 278 | 268 | |||||||||
| Algeria | 34 | 42 | |||||||||
| Bahrain | 17 | ||||||||||
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 251 | 260 | 267 | 273 | 352 | 344 | 337 | 371 | 370 | ||
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | 188 | 189 | 161 | 497 | |||||||
| Iraq | 65 | 63 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 19 | 23 | ||||
| Jordan | 109 | ||||||||||
| Kuwait | 40 | 42 | 29 | 30 | 20 | 62 | 55 | 49 | 51 | 45 | |
| Morocco | 52 | 52 | 43 | 41 | 40 | ||||||
| Oman | 117 | 55 | 53 | 43 | 52 | 23 | 43 | 33 | |||
| Qatar | 180 | 390 | 397 | ||||||||
| Syrian Arab Republic | 68 | ||||||||||
| Tunisia | 47 | 50 | 51 | 61 | 59 | 64 | 63 | 62 | |||
| United Arab Emirates | 890 | ||||||||||
| West Bank and Gaza | 72 | 178 | |||||||||
| India | 85 | 92 | 101 | 96 | 73 | ||||||
| Pakistan | 40 | 56 | 68 | 67 | 32 | ||||||
| Sri Lanka | 91 | 61 | 83 | 75 | |||||||
| Angola | 35 | 5 | |||||||||
| Botswana | 73 | 125 | |||||||||
| Burkina Faso | 37 | ||||||||||
| Burundi | 18 | 7 | |||||||||
| Cabo Verde | 8 | 41 | |||||||||
| Chad | 8 | ||||||||||
| Congo, Rep. | 35 | ||||||||||
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 7 | ||||||||||
| Ethiopia | 10 | 16 | 33 | 33 | |||||||
| Ghana | 30 | 29 | |||||||||
| Kenya | 628 | ||||||||||
| Lesotho | 1 | 7 | |||||||||
| Madagascar | 46 | 11 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 11 | 13 | ||||
| Malawi | 60 | ||||||||||
| Mali | 23 | 18 | 24 | ||||||||
| Mauritius | 54 | 130 | |||||||||
| Mozambique | 46 | 27 | |||||||||
| Namibia | 66 | ||||||||||
| Niger | 10 | 9 | |||||||||
| Rwanda | 5 | 6 | |||||||||
| Senegal | 35 | 37 | |||||||||
| Seychelles | 598 | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 110 | 106 | 107 | 125 | 129 | 142 | 139 | 135 | 130 | ||
| Eswatini | 36 | ||||||||||
| Tanzania | 11 | 6 | |||||||||
| Gambia, The | 399 | 89 | |||||||||
| Togo | 22 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Uganda | 14 | 11 | |||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 11 |