India - Number of researchers in R&D

260.4 (per million people) in 2020

In 2020, number of researchers in R&D for India was 260.4 per million people. Number of researchers in R&D of India increased from 116.1 per million people in 1998 to 260.4 per million people in 2020 growing at an average annual rate of 15.19%.

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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.