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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 819 | ||||||||||
| Cambodia | 61 | ||||||||||
| Hong Kong SAR, China | 208 | 347 | 310 | 351 | 394 | 293 | 278 | 375 | 325 | 398 | 316 |
| Indonesia | 16 | 17 | 35 | ||||||||
| Japan | 619 | 559 | 582 | 559 | 513 | 514 | 537 | 522 | 503 | 521 | 524 |
| Korea, Rep. | 447 | 539 | 960 | 1,042 | 1,153 | 1,156 | 1,228 | 1,212 | 1,228 | 1,251 | 1,311 |
| Macao SAR, China | 228 | 582 | 666 | 645 | 733 | 746 | 1,107 | 161 | 218 | 182 | |
| Malaysia | 40 | 130 | 159 | 163 | 212 | 132 | 263 | 233 | |||
| Myanmar | 19 | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 774 | 1,018 | 996 | 1,040 | 1,276 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||||
| Austria | 2,169 | 2,374 | 2,580 | 2,648 | |||||||
| Belgium | 1,403 | 1,427 | 1,316 | 1,378 | |||||||
| Bulgaria | 479 | 491 | 499 | 442 | |||||||
| Croatia | 395 | 601 | 601 | 621 | 617 | 659 | 677 | 746 | 638 | 714 | |
| Cyprus | 280 | 367 | 257 | 256 | 237 | 237 | 264 | 257 | 271 | 325 | |
| Czechia | 711 | 1,343 | 1,516 | 1,619 | 1,740 | 1,788 | 1,874 | 1,825 | 1,829 | 1,957 | 2,186 |
| Denmark | 1,989 | 2,261 | 2,124 | ||||||||
| Estonia | 379 | 418 | 681 | 662 | 709 | 802 | 676 | 675 | 710 | 655 | |
| France | 1,721 | 1,882 | 1,876 | 1,874 | 1,836 | 1,809 | 1,798 | 1,805 | 1,806 | ||
| Georgia | 137 | 192 | 173 | 191 | 195 | 242 | |||||
| Germany | 1,159 | 1,401 | 1,725 | 1,733 | 1,710 | 1,883 | 1,910 | 1,946 | 2,007 | ||
| Greece | 753 | 585 | |||||||||
| Hungary | 505 | 455 | 601 | 657 | 709 | 788 | 697 | 727 | 641 | 770 | |
| Iceland | 2,267 | 1,868 | 1,639 | 2,101 | 2,371 | ||||||
| Ireland | 687 | 735 | 670 | 794 | 875 | 1,009 | 1,046 | 1,162 | 1,152 | 1,165 | |
| Kazakhstan | 28 | 28 | 64 | 177 | 184 | 162 | 149 | 124 | 124 | ||
| Latvia | 266 | 472 | 432 | 391 | |||||||
| Lithuania | 507 | 429 | 541 | 462 | |||||||
| Luxembourg | 3,402 | 3,363 | 3,289 | 2,954 | 2,941 | 3,094 | 3,285 | 3,109 | 3,166 | ||
| North Macedonia | 115 | 82 | 82 | 60 | 109 | 53 | 68 | 74 | 85 | 92 | 91 |
| Moldova | 93 | 81 | 66 | 66 | 74 | 69 | 68 | 74 | 71 | 60 | |
| Montenegro | 103 | 102 | 203 | 129 | 175 | 156 | |||||
| Netherlands | 1,514 | 1,421 | 1,326 | 2,038 | |||||||
| Poland | 354 | 233 | 285 | 360 | 421 | 385 | 439 | 444 | 400 | 415 | |
| Portugal | 260 | 278 | 378 | 340 | 338 | 742 | 709 | 753 | 701 | 780 | |
| Romania | 293 | 233 | 153 | 252 | 252 | 248 | 225 | 267 | 275 | 279 | |
| Russian Federation | 570 | 517 | 474 | 491 | 475 | 483 | 497 | 484 | 461 | 451 | 438 |
| Slovak Republic | 666 | 416 | 386 | 355 | 384 | 329 | 367 | 389 | 412 | 484 | 521 |
| Slovenia | 1,616 | 1,414 | 1,922 | 2,459 | 2,313 | 2,523 | 2,392 | 2,400 | 2,374 | 1,814 | |
| Spain | 628 | 907 | 1,293 | 1,244 | 1,233 | 1,211 | 1,163 | 1,190 | 1,189 | 1,265 | |
| Sweden | 2,028 | ||||||||||
| Switzerland | 2,321 | 2,683 | 2,935 | 2,620 | |||||||
| Turkiye | 37 | 70 | 143 | 172 | 190 | 198 | 208 | 221 | 316 | 354 | |
| Ukraine | 285 | 263 | 238 | 217 | 191 | 187 | 178 | 160 | 150 | ||
| United Kingdom | 688 | 934 | 1,140 | 1,061 | 1,188 | 1,255 | 1,350 | 1,305 | |||
| Argentina | 158 | 200 | 247 | 272 | 307 | 321 | 319 | 326 | 329 | 350 | 398 |
| Bolivia | 26 | ||||||||||
| Brazil | 336 | 497 | 755 | 810 | 864 | 917 | 970 | ||||
| Chile | 229 | 269 | 308 | 272 | 314 | 285 | 297 | 303 | |||
| Ecuador | 69 | 77 | 83 | 79 | 90 | ||||||
| El Salvador | 14 | 13 | 22 | ||||||||
| Guatemala | 11 | 19 | 14 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 20 | 11 | |
| Honduras | 10 | ||||||||||
| Mexico | 95 | 243 | 182 | 185 | 143 | 138 | 116 | 121 | 140 | ||
| Panama | 46 | 93 | 155 | ||||||||
| Paraguay | 12 | 78 | 40 | 46 | |||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 278 | 268 | |||||||||
| Bahrain | 17 | ||||||||||
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 251 | 260 | 267 | 273 | 352 | 344 | 337 | 371 | 370 | ||
| Jordan | 109 | ||||||||||
| Kuwait | 40 | 42 | 29 | 30 | 20 | 62 | 55 | 49 | 51 | 45 | |
| Malta | 549 | 809 | 974 | 913 | 807 | 948 | 766 | 743 | 886 | ||
| Morocco | 52 | 52 | 43 | 41 | 40 | ||||||
| Oman | 117 | 55 | 53 | 43 | 52 | 23 | 43 | 33 | |||
| Qatar | 180 | 390 | 397 | ||||||||
| Tunisia | 47 | 50 | 51 | 61 | 59 | 64 | 63 | 62 | |||
| United Arab Emirates | 890 | ||||||||||
| Canada | 1,241 | 1,642 | 1,521 | 1,555 | 1,370 | 1,378 | 1,353 | 1,456 | 1,248 | 1,268 | |
| 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 | ||||||||||
| 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 |